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Police are considering setting up a new separate unit, to tackle fraudulent insurance claims. They are concerned that the increase in these claims is still putting up the cost of insurance by 40pound a year and there is a dramatic increase if false injury claims.

"The committee has failed to recognise that the main cause of the recent increases in motor insurance premiums is ever-increasing personal claims and spiralling legal costs," said Nick Starling from the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

The association said the rise in legal costs had added 40pound a year to average motor premiums.

The committee said insurers must do more to tackle fraudulent injury claims, which were also driving up the cost of motor insurance. It wants a dedicated police unit, paid for by insurers, to tackle the issue.

Simon Douglas, director of AA Insurance, welcomed the idea of a special police unit.

"With insurer control, such a unit could very quickly pay for itself. Fraud, particularly false personal injury claims, is in my view the biggest driver of premium increases," he said.

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