article_snippet: Whiplash insurance claims linked to car crashes are rising again - adding £93 to the average premium, new figures show.
article_snippet: Aviva suggest the number of personal injury claims linked to road accidents will have risen by nine per cent in the the year to April 2015.
article_snippet: Around 80 per cent of these will include a claim for whiplash, which is a far higher proportion than other comparable nations in Europe.
article_snippet: A new regime that vets and accredits medical experts who assess whiplash injury claims has also been set up by The Government under an organisation called MedCo.
article_snippet: Whiplash involves the sudden hyperextension (right) followed by immediate hyperflexion (left) of the neck, resulting in damage to the muscles, ligaments and tendons .
article_snippet: ‘The UK’s compensation culture is at the root cause of the £93 cost of whiplash claims paid by motorists within whiplash claims paid by motorists within their insurance premiums insurance premiums,’ The firm’s chief executive, Maurice Tulloch said.
article_snippet: But We must address how to best treat the excessive number of fraudulent, exaggerated and minor whiplash claims which are driving up the cost of insurance.
article_snippet: Sadly, we are now witnessing a resurgence in the number and cost of whiplash and soft-tissue injury claims despite some very positive developments, such as the LASPO Act, which helped reduce customer premiums.
article_snippet: Aviva says the large number of whiplash claims has driven up premiums here to an average of £372 a year.