Personal injury law, which attorneys refer to as tort law, allows you to make a claim for compensation when injured in an accident caused by the negligent, careless, reckless, or intentional conduct of another party. State laws control the process for filing a personal injury claim, including setting limits on how long you have from the date of an accident to assert the claim or lose the right to recover damages. You generally must follow the law of the state in which an accident occurred, so the smart thing is…
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Auto insurance consumers feel the pain of whiplash in their wallets
The largest insurer in the United Kingdom has revealed the cost of the condition on monthly premiums. Aviva, the U.K.’s largest auto insurance company, has just revealed the impact that whiplash claims have on the monthly premiums paid by policyholders, showing that they pay an average of £118 more per year as a result of that issue, alone. The insurer has also stated that it believes that handling claims directly could reduce costs by £1.5 billion. According to the auto insurance company, since October 2008, premiums have increased by 80…
Read MoreCarnival announces Costa Concordia insurance will recover $851 million
According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Carnival Corp. has posted $851 million in recovered funds from its insurance policies as being among its first quarter assets for 2012. Carnival has announced that “substantially all” of the amount recovered through insurance are connected to the Costa Concordia disaster, which occurred on January 13, when the cruise ship ran aground and then capsized off of the Italian island of Giglio. In early March, the cruise liner company had announced that its first quarter net losses for 2011 were…
Read MoreFlorida takes aim at insurance fraud and staged accidents
State leaders, such as those in Florida, are working with insurers to make a move to form legislation that will combat auto insurance fraud so that it will be ready for the January start of the next session of lawmaking. Proposed bills in 2011 to fight fraudulent claims on personal injury protection insurance did not receive their approval from the state Legislature this year due to worries over the struggles it may create for policyholders that are making legitimate claims, as well as their doctors and attorneys. That said, two…
Read MoreMichigan Senate bill aims to restrict auto insurance injury benefits
According to the results of a study that were recently released, there would be “potentially disastrous economic impacts” if there were to be a cap to the personal injury benefits under the state’s no-fault insurance law. The research, which was performed by the Anderson Economic Group for the Coalition Protecting Auto No-Fault, looks into the possible outcome of a bill before the Michigan Senate that had bipartisan support. This bill was sponsored by senators Virgil Smith (D-Detroit) and Joe Hune (R-Whitmore Lake) and would permit a cap as low as…
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