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IN THE first case of its kind, a former insurance claim advisor was fined $8,000 for inflating the cost of repairs done to a car involved in an accident in April 2009. Liew Hock Wei, 29, had pleaded guilty last week to trying to cheat NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative of $9,449. Then, a district court heard that he had submitted a claim for $21,363 for costs of repairs to the car. It had been left in the car park of Bukit Batok Street 32 when another car hit it. The insurance firm appointed independent surveyor JP Knights to assess the repairs and discovered that the radiator and the rear tailgate had not been replaced as claimed by Liew. During further investigations, the Malaysian admitted that 17 other parts had been repaired and not replaced. These included the front bonnet, aircon condenser and rear bumper. The total cost of all of these items he had initially claimed had been replaced added up to $9,440. Liew, who was then working for motor workshop MBM Wheelpower told police that it was 'market practice' to inflate insurance claims. Defence counsel Anand Nalachandran had confirmed that the money would have gone to the workshop and not to his client. Liew had committed the offence out of 'over-zealousness', the lawyer added. In passing sentence, district judge Kessller Soh said while offences involving cheating insurance companies usually carried a jail sentence, in Liew's case a stiff fine would be an appropriate deterrence. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/S...ory_676799.html ---------------------------------- so this is why insurance premiums keep going up? :angry:

dear bros, i always hv this problem inflating one of my tyres. When i press e pump (those at petrol kiosk) nozzle against the tyre's 'nozzle', air rushes out! i machiam liek deflating rather than inflating!!! need to press the pump nozzle damn blardy hard inorder to inflat the tyre. so far only hv problem with 1 of e 4 tyres is it becoz of e damaged tyre nozzle? what can i do??? thanks in advance!!!

hey bros, jus to share and clarify. I decided to pump air after collecting the car more than 2 months ago. ok fair enough, pressure was lower than recommended level of 33 PSI or 230kn/m2. Anyway I overinflated it slightly to 34PSI. Woah, big difference in pick up! Of cos, ride was marginally bumpier I went back again and pumped in more, up it to 35PSI. Woah...this time steering wheel was much lighter (easier to drive) pick up wise...still the same as when it was at 34PSI. My question is, inflating it by 2 more PSI above the recommended poundage, is it bad? The tire wont blow out rite? I think i should down it to 34 again..any opinions? Thanks