The Great Car Insurance Swindle

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Duration: 29 minutes

With motor insurance premiums up nearly 40 percent this year Panorama investigates the car insurance industry from top to bottom.

We go undercover to infiltrate a criminal gang faking accidents for fraudulent insurance claims and we look at who's benefitting from some of those text claim messages we're all getting. Declan Lawn investigates what's gone wrong with the industry and discovers how we're all paying for it.

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Tue 19 Jul 2011 00:55 BBC One Wales only

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    With an average rise in car insurance premiums of nearly 40% in the past year, Panorama infiltrated a "crash for cash" ring to investigate how criminals are a factor in steep premium hikes and the compensation claims industry is adding even more to the cost of being on the road.
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Presenter
Declan Lawn
Producer
Jim Booth

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