CASCO: Fraud with contracts It is not uncommon to encounter situations in which from the insurance company with which an automobile collision insurance contract has been concluded attempts to obtain payment illegally. Let's look at the most common cases. TOP-5 Illegal methods of enrichment in motor hull insurance Unscrupulous policyholders come up with many different ways to outsmart the insurance company and illegally enrich themselves. But for each method of fraud, the insurer has its own countermeasure. Double car insurance Fraudsters use this method when the car is already damaged at the time of insurance. Then they find a car of the same make and color and come to insure it with the documents of the damaged car, hoping that the body and chassis number will not be checked. However, when concluding a car insurance contract, an employee of the insurance company is obliged to check the data of the car recorded in the documents with the actual data. Replacement of a drunk dr...
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Procedure of the driver in case of accident outside Ukraine
Procedure of driver's actions in case of accident outside Ukraine 1. Stop the vehicle and stay at the accident site. Do not change the position of the vehicle under any circumstances. 2. Call the police. Obtain a copy of the report or any other document that establishes fault, identifies the participants and the circumstances of the accident (it is advisable to take photos or videos of the vehicles involved in the accident from different angles and of other objects involved in the accident). If none of the accident parties speaks the language of the country where the accident occurred, you should call the Motor Bureau (an organization established to control the activities of insurers) of the country where the accident occurred (phone numbers are on the back of the Green Card policy). 3. If you are required to sign a document If you are required to sign a document in which the fault of the parties involved in the accident is stated in a language that you do not understand, yo...
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