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ARTICLE · 19 JANUARY 2017

Cost Of Insurance Report Published

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On 10 January 2017 the Irish Government was presented with and approved the Cost of Insurance Working Group's "Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance".

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On 10 January 2017 the Irish Government was presented with and approved the Cost of Insurance Working Group's " Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance". The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach undertook a review in parallel and published their "Report on the Rising Costs of Motor Insurance" in November 2016. The Working Group took into account many of the Committee's recommendations and therefore many of the themes and recommendations of both Reports are in line with each other.

The categories and themes that emerge in the Report are six in total and include protecting the consumer; improving data availability; improving the personal injuries claims environment; reducing the costs in the claims process; reducing insurance fraud and uninsured driving; promoting road safety and reducing collisions

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