The number of accident claims arising out of crashes by drivers in uninsured or untraced vehicles has increased by almost 10 per cent in the last two years. This is 2 per cent down on the figure of 2,802 claims made in 2016, but up almost 10 per cent on the 2,516 claims made in 2015. Dublin (1,140) accounted for 41 per cent of all claims handled by the bureau in 2017. Leitrim had the highest percentage increase (70 per cent), followed by Roscommon (60 per cent), Carlow (43 per cent) and Monaghan (42 per cent). Mr Fitzgerald added: “We are now making it much more difficult for claims of this type to succeed and we believe this more aggressive approach will lead to the decline in bogus claims over time, reducing the overall number of claims received in future.”

Source: The Irish Times February 12, 2018 01:07 UTC