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Fri 03 Mar 2007Follow the money: The buck stops where?Insurance companies insist they are passing on to consumers a significant proportion of the savings achieved under the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) system.The board says it has saved €30 million so far by processing claims far more cheaply than before, but there have been claims that much of this money has gone to bolster insurance companies' profits.