Child Abuse Inquiry Publishes Interim Report

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recently published their first interim report, providing an overview of the Inquiry's work and highlighting emerging key themes.

The Inquiry has so far held five public hearings, a series of seminars and published two investigation reports.

The Inquiry Chair, Professor Alexis Jay, anticipates the Inquiry will have made substantial progress by 2020, with a further eight public hearings to be heard within the next 12 months.

The Interim Report lists 18 recommendations to be implemented by the Government, police and other institutions to better protect children from sexual abuse. Of these recommendations, two are of primary importance to insurers: