False claims pushing up costs
I bet any money that your car insurance is going up this year, right? Even all those insurance comparison websites couldn’t help you out much either, could they? Those meerkats and that fat, annoying opera guy don’t know what they’re taking about! I suggest a career change might be in order; I could see little Sergei working in IT developing online recruitment software, can’t you? The problem is that insurance companies, who have to turn a profit for their shareholders, are forced to push up prices because the UK is becoming a much litigious country. In other words, whereas before people would say “Well, it was just an accident, no point in making a fuss” now if they’re involved in a car crash the first worlds out of their mouth are usually “Ow, my neck. I think I have whiplash”. Last year the car insurance industry paid out over £2 billion for injuries like that caused by collisions; bet you can see now why your premium has gone up by so much!
