Panorama - The Great Car Insurance Swindle - Mon 8.30PM BBC1

[va1o]

Just a heads up this is on tonight, looks interesting

With motor insurance premiums up nearly 40 percent this year Panorama investigates the car insurance industry from top to bottom.
We go undercover to infiltrate a criminal gang faking accidents for fraudulent insurance claims and we look at who's benefitting from some of those text claim messages we're all getting. Declan Lawn investigates what's gone wrong with the industry and discovers how we're all paying for it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012s1xj

[Thom987]

Thanks, will record it.

[russ_a]

It's nearly 20 years ago when I started working in a claims dept for a lloyds syndicate and even back then we have a book of people that used to setup accidents.

Most were taxi drivers!

[Mr E Driver]

Half an hour to go.

My insurance company charges me £20 when I change the registration number. Then charge me £1.50 for paying by Debit card, robbing bds.

[AdeTuono]

Thom987 said:

Thanks, will record it.

Excellent. When do you think you'll watch it? Be sure to let us know.

[Laurel Green]

AdeTuono said:

Thom987 said:

Thanks, will record it.

Excellent. When do you think you'll watch it? Be sure to let us know.

At a guess, sometime after Police Interceptors has finished over on C5.

[AdeTuono]

Laurel Green said:

AdeTuono said:

Thom987 said:

Thanks, will record it.

Excellent. When do you think you'll watch it? Be sure to let us know.

At a guess, sometime after Police Interceptors has finished over on C5.

Oooh! Is that on? I might record it. Or I could watch it now and stop posting on PH. Decisions...

[Mr E Driver]

There is a thread about that accident, no?

[anonymous-user]

Mr E Driver said:

There is a thread about that accident, no?

Yup:

Link

[tonym911]

AdeTuono said:

Thom987 said:

Thanks, will record it.

Excellent. When do you think you'll watch it? Be sure to let us know.

top quality sarcasm here, v good

On the matter of the programme, profoundly depressing on many levels. The whole system could hardly have been better designed for abuse by chancers at every stage from the moment of crash impact - or before that in the case of crash for cash operators.

Edited by tonym911 on Monday 11th July 21:23

[B'stard Child]

tonym911 said:

AdeTuono said:

Thom987 said:

Thanks, will record it.

Excellent. When do you think you'll watch it? Be sure to let us know.

top quality sarcasm here, v good

On the matter of the programme, profoundly depressing on many levels. The whole system could hardly have been better designed for abuse by chancers at every stage from the moment of crash impact - or before that in the case of crash for cash operators.

Ignoring the cash for crash aspect

Everyone wins it appears, Insurance companies sell data to ambilans chasers, ambilans chasers sell details to solicitors - solicitors take insurance companies to court and win 100% of claim amount bonus...... from the insurance company that sold the info in the first place

[Thom987]

Laurel Green said:

AdeTuono said:

Thom987 said:

Thanks, will record it.

Excellent. When do you think you'll watch it? Be sure to let us know.

At a guess, sometime after Police Interceptors has finished over on C5.

Maybe one of you could record Police Interceptors for me, we dont get channel 5 here.

That was hardly a ground breaking episode of Panorama.

[Laurel Green]

Thom987 said:

Maybe one of you could record Police Interceptors for me, we dont get channel 5 here.

That was hardly a ground breaking episode of Panorama.

Can you not watch it on their website? Clicky for C5

[Mike 820]

I have a friend in the industry unfortunately. It wasnt too long ago that an asian guy approached him and asked him to supply rta details for a small cut.

Whole industry makes me sick!

[va1o]

Really pisses me off that this is going on. Why is it always the same demographic involved in the 'crash the for cash' scams?

[Bing o]

Mike 820 said:

I have a friend in the industry unfortunately. It wasnt too long ago that an asian guy approached him and asked him to supply rta details for a small cut.

Whole industry makes me sick!

What sort of Asian was he? Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Burmese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Indian? Have I missed any.....?

[Halb]

Bing o said:

What sort of Asian was he? Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Burmese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Indian? Have I missed any.....?

I would guess the English colloquial kind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian

[Teppic]

B'stard Child said:

Ignoring the cash for crash aspect

Everyone wins it appears, Insurance companies sell data to ambilans chasers, ambilans chasers sell details to solicitors - solicitors take insurance companies to court and win 100% of claim amount bonus...... from the insurance company that sold the info in the first place

It's ambiwlans you 'tard.

[B'stard Child]

Teppic said:

B'stard Child said:

Ignoring the cash for crash aspect

Everyone wins it appears, Insurance companies sell data to ambilans chasers, ambilans chasers sell details to solicitors - solicitors take insurance companies to court and win 100% of claim amount bonus...... from the insurance company that sold the info in the first place

It's ambiwlans you 'tard.

Indeed it is - I blame fat stubby fingers - thanks for pointing it out

[Mike 820]

Bing o said:

What sort of Asian was he? Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Burmese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Indian? Have I missed any.....?

Not sure. His words not mine but im guessing the 'western kind'

See link
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Asia