Parasitic Claims companies

mrbadexample

I'd like to know which of the screen-scraper insurance websites recommended by MSE sold my details to whoever's on the other end of 01612494522.

I missed the first call but Googled the number as I didn't recognise it. I then didn't answer any further calls from that number. They phoned me two or three times a days for about two months, only giving up after I started answering but not speaking, just to cost them a few shekels.

They left it for about a month or so, and I forgot about them. Then I answered it by mistake when they called again. I told them in no uncertain terms that I didn't appreciate unsolicited calls from ambulance chasers. :mad:

The following day I started getting calls from 01142565286. I wonder how long they'll play for?

forgotmyname

Have some fun with them, Tell them your going into hospital & may lose a limb, You will have to picture
the huge grin on their faces as all they will see are ££££££££ signs.

JQ.

mrbadexample wrote: »

I'd like to know which of the screen-scraper insurance websites recommended by MSE sold my details to whoever's on the other end of 01612494522.

I missed the first call but Googled the number as I didn't recognise it. I then didn't answer any further calls from that number. They phoned me two or three times a days for about two months, only giving up after I started answering but not speaking, just to cost them a few shekels.

They left it for about a month or so, and I forgot about them. Then I answered it by mistake when they called again. I told them in no uncertain terms that I didn't appreciate unsolicited calls from ambulance chasers. :mad:

The following day I started getting calls from 01142565286. I wonder how long they'll play for?

I got those calls after renewing my mobile phone. Several times a day for about 3 weeks - at first I ignored them then I just hurled abuse at them. After 2 calls with me abusing them, I've not had a single call.

dacouch

A whistle works a treat

jd82

I hate all this compensation culture. Yes some times there are cases when it needs to be paid out but more often or not an accident is an accident. A bit of whiplash is a consequence of traveling by car - a risky thing to do.

I think there some how needs to be a change in the law to stop all these accident management companies milking insurance companies and causing misery to people like me, an honest motorist that now pays over £200 a month excluding petrol just to run a basic 1.1 car.

rev_henry

Couldn't agree more. See here:
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/insurance/2010/11/drivers-face-soaring-car-insurance-costs

'When asked what could be done to help reduce claims costs, Anderson said referral fees, which are paid by and to personal injury claims firms, should be banned and fixed legal costs should be introduced. 'Ban ads'
There were also calls for claims management firms to be banned from advertising and cold-calling potential customers.
But MPs heard that as well as facing higher claims costs as a result of the rise in claims management companies, insurers were also benefiting from them, with the majority of firms receiving referral fees for passing on details of accidents to them.
Nick Starling, director of general insurance and health at the Association of British Insurers, admitted this was the case, but said the system was "essentially dysfunctional" and insurers recognised these fees must go.'

Antispam

You should get compensation from ambulance chasers for stress and inconvenience maybe they then would think twice about harassing people if they did

Funny how data protection is always quoted by companies when you ask them something yet they dont think twice about selling details on when it suits them

mrbadexample wrote: »

I'd like to know which of the screen-scraper insurance websites recommended by MSE sold my details to whoever's on the other end of 01612494522.

I missed the first call but Googled the number as I didn't recognise it. I then didn't answer any further calls from that number. They phoned me two or three times a days for about two months, only giving up after I started answering but not speaking, just to cost them a few shekels.

They left it for about a month or so, and I forgot about them. Then I answered it by mistake when they called again. I told them in no uncertain terms that I didn't appreciate unsolicited calls from ambulance chasers. :mad:

The following day I started getting calls from 01142565286. I wonder how long they'll play for?

bluenoseam

ambulance chasers are a pain in the backside, but blaming "compensation culture" for frustrations caused by accidents is wrong, blaming a lack of common sense on the other hand is!

smjxm09

My wife had a small accident in a country lane when her car and another car clipped each other as they passed. The insurance companies were both contacted and we assumed it would be handled as a knock for knock claim. We then got a letter from the other driver’s solicitor claiming that the other driver received an injury.

My wife contacted her insurance company telling them that she thought the claim was bogus. The next thing we heard was that the other driver had been blamed for the accident which my wife thought was unjust but we came to the conclusion that this was done to stop the other driver making a claim.

Pincher

What I find really annoying is having to pay for "Legal Assistance",
when all the insurance company does is to pass your case to an ambulance chaser, and get a commission from it.

I had a wing mirror clipping five years ago, no damage to mine, but the other car's wing mirror cracked. I reported it to the insurance company, like you are supposed to, and they passed it on to some sort of law firm. The firm asked for all sorts of details, until I realised they are not the insurance company at all. I rang up and said, what are you claiming, there was NO damage! I hope they stopped claiming from the other side after that.

The report was showing up as a claim for years after that, presumably affecting my premium. Aviva :mad: