IRC Reports Claimed Medical Expenses for Auto Injury Claimants Far Outpace...(e study Auto Injury Insurance Claims: Co...),Health

Date:2/13/2008

e study, Auto Injury Insurance Claims: Countrywide Patterns in Treatment, Cost and Compensation, 2008 Edition, collected data on more than 42,000 auto injury claims closed with payment under the five principal private passenger coverages. Twenty-two insurers, representing 58 percent of the private passenger auto insurance market in the United States in 2006, participated in the study. This study is the sixth of its kind conducted by the IRC. The report includes findings on type and seriousness of injury, medical treatment, claimed losses and total payments, and attorney involvement.

For more detailed information on the study's methodology and findings, contact Elizabeth Sprinkel by phone at (610) 644-2212, ext. 7568; by fax at (610) 640-5388; or by e-mail at irc@cpcuiia.org. Or visit IRC's Web site at http://www.ircweb.org. Copies of the study are available at $250 each in the U.S. ($265 elsewhere) postpaid from the IRC, 718 Providence Road, Malvern, Pa. 19355-0715. Phone: (610) 644-2212, ext. 7569; Fax: (610) 640-5388.

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Insurance Research Council is a division of the American Institute for CPCU and the Insurance Institute of America. The Institutes are independent, nonprofit organizations dedicated to providing educational programs, professional certification, and research for the property and casualty insurance business.

The IRC provides timely and reliable research to all parties involved in public policy issues affecting insurance companies and their customers. The IRC does not lobby or advocate legislative positions. It is supported by leading property-casualty organizations.

'/>"/>

SOURCE Insurance Research Council Copyright©2008 PR Newswire. All rights reserved

0 GOOD

Page: 1 2
Related medicine news :

1. New Study Reports High Injury Rates for Hotel Workers, Even Higher Rates for Women and Nonwhites
2. Haemacure Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
3. First-Ever List of the 5,000 Fastest-Growing Businesses Reports Total Revenue of $194.5 Billion
4. Consumer Reports Analysis: Drugs for Nerve Pain, Fibromyalgia Effective, But Not Always Best
5. MDS Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results
6. Allied Healthcare Reports Strong Fourth Quarter, Flat Net Income for Fiscal 2007 vs. 2006
7. AtriCure Reports First Human Implant of the Cosgrove-Gillinov Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion System
8. NMHC Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2007 Financial Results
9. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Reports Eighteenth Consecutive Year of Positive Performance
10. ReBuilder Medical Technologies, Inc. Reports International Sales Expansion
11. AdCare Health Systems, Inc. Reports Discontinuation of Definitive Merger Agreement with Family Home Health Services, Inc.