VICTIMS of car accidents are being contacted by claims companies within two hours of an incident, a new study has shown.
Some people are being approached at the roadside or in hospital to encourage them to make a compensation claim, it was found.
A survey of 2000 adults involved in a crash in the past three years, by insurance firm LV=, revealed one in four would not have made a claim if they had not been pressured.
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