Governing body claims insurers refusing to indemnify drivers over motorsport accidents

The Irish Motor Sport Federation (IMSF), trading as Motorsports Ireland, claims Allianz and UK-based DTW 1991 Underwriting, trading as Just Underwriting Motorsport, have refused the indemnity for crashes at races in Kerry and Meath in 2015. Picture: Stock image

The governing body for four-wheeled motorsport is suing an insurance company and an underwriting firm over a refusal to indemnify the drivers of two cars involved in collisions in which eight racing event spectators were injured in two separate incidents in 2015.