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Motor insurance claims climb by 11.8% despite fewer reported accidents

Christopher Tan

Christopher Tan

Published Tue, Sep 25, 2018 · 09:50 PM

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Singapore

MOTOR accidents are becoming more severe and involving more injuries, going by first-half results released by the General Insurance Association (GIA) on Tuesday.

The association said there had been a "significantly higher increase" of 11.8 per cent in incurred motor insurance claims, totalling S$291.3 million for the interim period, despite a dip of 4.3 per cent in the number of reported motor accidents.

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