ELO - Insurance Intelligence

This forum reviews whether the

injury claims market is starting to regain confidence after the introduction of the Compensation Bill and monitoring of the Ministry of Justice

The motor insurance company I work for are pretty big into the niche market of female car insurance and we have to say doing pretty good out of it too. There seems to be a forgotten market of male only car insurance, I am I the only one here who sees a gapping opportunity for male car insurance

Our firm has been advertising in telephone directories for years and to be fair this has been our main form of motor insurance advertising. Since Oct 06 our marketing Director has been saying the bottom has fallen out of the directory market and we have to look for toward the internet, has anyone else in the car insurance industry experienced this

We hear the phrase no win no fee over and over again in accident compensation claims but how does is work, injury claims solicitors say you get 100% of your compensation award so how do they make their money

When it comes to topics of personal injury compensation the same old chestnut crops up over and over, the road traffic accident whiplash injury. Is this the most popular type of compensation claim or are there other types of compensation claims

car insurance via your mobile is being touted by some as the next biggest thing. But how long? It seems like everyone has just caught on to the idea of the Internet!

For the last decade there has been a barrage of bad press in relation to the accident compensation culture that has risen in the UK. Years ago there was stark warning from industry specialists that the american style compensation culture would soon descend on Britain.  Sure enough with the introduction of companies like the Accident Group we have undertaken nearly a decade of compensation culture but is this continuing or are the new regulations calming things back down

In days gone by you had to shop around and get lucky in finding cheap car insurance. Now UK motorists can simply surf the web and check out the best market rates by just visiting few insurance aggregators. The insurance customer is guaranteed of finding cheap car insurance because providers are displaying rates they would not have dared disclose to callers to the call centre just a short while ago. Lets hear your views about having to cuts rates to the bone in order to get to the top of the aggregators.

With the introduction of the Compensation Bill and the requirement for injury claims management companies to be registered and authorised with the Ministry of Justice is this a sign of more transparency in the injury claims arena?

For years there has been an argument in the compensation industry about whether medical reports agencies offer a valued service or they exist simply as a cash cow opportunity.
Years ago solicitors used to find their own medical experts but now they can use medical reports agencies to get the reports and even charge them a nice commission kickback for doing the work for them! Whats your view?