THE cost of motor insurance, which has fallen by 35% in real terms over the past three years, is under threat, a top insurer has warned.

THE ban preventing supermarkets and independent stores from selling cut-price fresh produce should be upheld, a report urged yesterday.

STATE-BACKED business ventures ought to generate more jobs than they lose in 2004 the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business was told.

MOTOR insurance companies should be prevented from lowering their initial quotes to match cheaper offers from rival insurers, an Oireachtas committee has recommended.

MEMBERS of an Oireachtas committee have criticised insurance brokers who reduced quotes only after clients informed them they had found a cheaper price elsewhere.

Eddie Cassidy

THE scale of legal fees paid to solicitors in personal injury actions must be investigated as a matter of urgency, a Dáil committee has said.

INSURANCE premiums must drop by a third within two years to ensure value for money, a high powered Dáil body has concluded.

GROWING numbers of building firms cannot afford insurance and are playing Russian Roulette on a daily basis by hoping they can avoid claims, a construction group has said.