Auto Injury Claims Still High Despite Improvements

NU Online News Service, Jan. 24, 3:09 p.m. EST?Bodily injury liability claim rates from auto accidents remain high despite trends indicating that auto accident rates and serious crash injuries have decreased, according to the Insurance Research Council.[@@]

In its report, "Trends in Auto Injury Claims, 2004 Edition," the Malvern, Penn.-based research association, a division of the American Institute of CPCU and the Insurance Institute of America, said that one in four auto accidents resulted in a bodily injury claim in 2003.

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