3,000 compo claims lodged with new board

MORE THAN 3,000 compensation claims have been lodged with the Personal Injuries Assessment Board since it was set-up six months ago.

The independent assessment board, set up last year on the basis it would deliver a low-cost and more efficient response to personal injury claims, said yesterday its claims’ process is ahead of schedule.

The fast-track system is expected to reduce the waiting time for settlements to around six to nine months. The average waiting time for cases to be resolved through the courts is four years.