Call for Govt to implement Judicial Council Bill to allow reform of insurance industry

The director of Government Affairs for Insurance Ireland, Declan Jackson, has called on the Government to immediately implement the Judicial Council Bill to allow for the recalibration of personal injury awards.

He was responding to new figures from the Central Bank that reveal the cost of motor insurance claims fell 2.5% between 2009 and 2018, but premiums rose 42%.