A man took part in a 67km triathlon five weeks after allegedly suffering “incapacitating injuries” in a bicycle incident involving a hit and run driver, Dublin Circuit Civil Court has heard.

Judge says State should make up shortfall or else Setanta-insured motorists could be liable for €15.5m

The boss of insurance firm FBD has hit back at criticism by the Law Society president that blame for the Setanta Insurance fallout and high premiums lay squarely at foot of the insurance industry, saying it was meritless and ‘without fact’, writes Pádraig Hoare.

The president of the Law Society has accused the insurance industry of using the Setanta Insurance fallout to “excuse their egregious increase in premiums”, claiming the sector will soon find another way to keep customer payments high in the future.

Car insurance premiums are likely to fall “in the short to medium term” following a Supreme Court ruling over the Setanta Insurance collapse.

The Supreme Court will give judgment next week on the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland’s appeal over decisions it is potentially liable for claims brought against collapsed insurer Setanta.

A cyclist who suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was thrown almost 2.5m in the air after he was hit by a van has settled his High Court action for €3m.

A forum on policing has proposed the establishment of a motor insurance database to aid gardaí in the detection of those driving without cover.

The claims of 1,700 policyholders caught up in the Setanta Insurance collapse in 2014 have still not been resolved, the Department of Finance has confirmed.

The future of 14,000 motor insurance policies in Ireland is in confusion after the Enterprise Insurance Company, which is regulated out of Gibraltar, was declared insolvent.

The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland has lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court over the allocation of the liabilities of Setanta Insurance which collapsed in 2014.

Drivers are set to face even higher premiums in the coming months as insurance sector bodies continue to quibble over the cause of the increases. Figures from the CSO last week showed premiums have ballooned by 24.4% in the past year.

Nearly 50% of respondents to a survey feel the Government should pay for any outstanding claims if a motor insurer goes to the wall. The study is by insuremyvan.ie.

Customers of the defunct Setanta Insurance could be forced to wait years for outstanding claims to be met as the insurer’s liquidation drags into its second year.

The outcome of an imminent legal case may determine the level of compensation customers of the former Setanta Insurance will be paid — with costs potentially climbing to multiples of the original figure.

COMPENSATION will have to be paid to people travelling in uninsured cars involved in accidents they did not cause, the European Court of Justice has said.

THE only remarkable thing about the announcement that all drivers involved in road accidents will face a mandatory breath test is that it has taken so long to introduce such a potentially effective measure.

THE State’s refusal to pay out compensation to the family of a Dublin teenager killed while travelling on the floor of a car driven by an uninsured motorist is to be examined by Europe’s highest court.