Eight out of 10 claims handlers have dealt with a distressing case

Mental health

Four out of five claims handlers have suffered second-hand trauma from dealing with distressing claims, such as fatal fires, according to research undertaken by the Chartered Insurance Institute’s New Generation group.

To quantify and understand the mental toll of processing claims from accidents that have led to injury, and sometimes even death, the CII’s new generation group surveyed the experience of 261 claims

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