Quinn Direct Car Insurance.Amongst the plethora of different insurance claims that the man on the street can go for, the personal injury claim is surely the most varied in it’s outcome. Being subjective by it’s very nature - one man’s minor cut could be another’s gaping wound - means that the upshot of cases can be extremely mixed, and no two are ever the same.
But one thing is a certainty whatever case is being dealt with: the amount of cash that the claimant could receive has to be maximised. This truism has recently been dealt a blow by new research claiming to show that insurers are often pressurising claimants to take an early, lower payout.
The trade union Unite has been on the forefront of a battle against outside influences directly contacting the claimants before they have had a chance to consult with independent legal advice: a practise known in the industry as ‘third-party capture’. One insurance company, Zurich, offered a claimant