One family behind 40 personal injury claims

V8 Interceptor

Good to know where our premium money is going.


A British family is currently under investigation suspected of involvement in a number of alleged staged crashes in Ireland.
Several members of the family have brought a total of 40 personal injury claims worth over €1m.
They have been involved in 15 accidents between 2007 and 2015 in Ireland and the UK. An investigation by Aviva Insurance showed they had been travelling to Ireland every year since 2005 and had been involved in a car crash each time.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/just-one-family-behind-40-personal-injury-claims-worth-over-1m-37720550.html

Feets

It is annoying. My friend had a claim on him...not his fault....but the people dealing with the case said they allow a certain amount of claimsto go through as it was not worth fighting...in this case they were travellers. His premium doubled.

V8 Interceptor

But when you have what appears to be "fraud tourism" where people come to make claims because our system is so generous then there must be something wrong with that system.

punisher5112

Dash cam, dash cam, dash cam......

Best investment anyone will ever make.

enricoh

V8 Interceptor wrote: »

But when you have what appears to be "fraud tourism" where people come to make claims because our system is so generous then there must be something wrong with that system.

They should knock the last zero off claims, 15k becomes e1500 n no one bothers anymore.
I read before that some rental companies in dublin airport wouldn't rent to either Romanians or Lithuanians any more as there were so many hiring a car and having crashes.
The jokes on us!

corks finest

Feets wrote: »

It is annoying. My friend had a claim on him...not his fault....but the people dealing with the case said they allow a certain amount of claimsto go through as it was not worth fighting...in this case they were travellers. His premium doubled.

In most cases involving multiple claims they're travellers

corks finest

punisher5112 wrote: »

Dash cam, dash cam, dash cam......

Best investment anyone will ever make.

Any recommendations for a decent but inexpensive one?

drunkmonkey

Insure your no claims bonus. It's not that expensive.

James Bond Junior

This country is being held to ransom by travellers.

vicwatson

James Bond Junior wrote: »

This country is being held to ransom by travellers.

But but it’s their culture

Pkiernan

In fairness, if you rear end a caravan you're not paying attention!

NSAman

Pkiernan wrote: »

In fairness, if you rear end a caravan you're not paying attention!

Even if that caravan is going backwards?

Homer

James Bond Junior wrote: »

This country is being held to ransom by travellers.

I think I hear the sound of the high horse brigade arriving over the hill.. any minute now :P

NSAman

Homer wrote: »

I think I hear the sound of the high horse brigade arriving over the hill.. any minute now :P

Not unless its a sulkie..;)

punisher5112

corks finest wrote: »

Any recommendations for a decent but inexpensive one?

Nextbase seems to get a good review, I've had a few. Had a ddpai M6 but it only lasted about a year but it was dead handy having the WiFi link with your phone.

Funnily enough it saved me big time with a crash 4 cash.

corks finest

punisher5112 wrote: »

corks finest wrote: »

Any recommendations for a decent but inexpensive one?

Nextbase seems to get a good review, I've had a few. Had a ddpai M6 but it only lasted about a year but it was dead handy having the WiFi link with your phone.

Funnily enough it saved me big time with a crash 4 cash.

Thank you