LAST AUTO NEWS – WHIPLASH LIE DETECTOR ON WAY
Last Auto account – Whiplash lie detector on way â??Injured’ motorists’ claims will be put to analysis by Witkit
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Insurance fraudsters watch out! A new whiplash lie detector is in development that aims to brand out those dodgy claims for good.
The arguable convenance of assuming an blow has resulted in a crippling close abrasion is abounding in the UK; whiplash claims currently amount the industry £2billion a year and add £66 to every premium, says the AA.
But a new Whiplash Abrasion Toolkit (Witkit), getting developed by car aegis analysis centre Thatcham and six insurers, will anon ascertain whether an abrasion
is 18-carat or not.
The software uses an advice database on every car. Details of the blow are entered – such as the claimant’s sex, weight and height, how abounding cartage were in the car and whether it independent baggage – and the arrangement again indicates whether a close abrasion is likely. As able-bodied as dispatch up the administration of accepted claims, the new programme would be able to atom apocryphal ones, too.
That’s a top antecedence for awning providers, as abstracts acknowledge that 1,200 whiplash claims are fabricated every day. As it’s actual difficult to analysis whether anyone is in pain, it’s usually easier for insurers to pay out than altercate and go to court.
A agnate arrangement acclimated in Germany by Allianz, one of the insurers alive on the Witkit, has already cut payouts by a massive 30 per cent – so we should see premiums bargain here, too.
Thatcham’s administrator of bartering development, Lesley Upham, told Auto Express: â??Witkit is in the endure stages of testing. The programme is authentic and customisable. It’s the aboriginal time a bit of science has been acclimated in this area.â?
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