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Future Developments in RTA Claims, Reducing Fraud and Costs - Andrew Mckie, Clerksroom

06/04/15. The landscape for RTA PI claims has changed dramatically since 2010. We have been through the portal changes and fixed costs changes but the MOJ is not prepared to leave matters there. The industry has become fixated on ‘reducing fraud’ in whiplash claims and some insurance organisations are convinced that Britons have the weakest necks in Europe.

This Chapter therefore seeks to examine the recent and upcoming changes in whiplash related claims that makes further attempts to reduce fraud and cut costs in relation to whiplash claims.

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