Personal Injuries Assessment Board

Separate judgment awaited on constitutionality of personal injury guidelines

New data from Courts Service contrast markedly with lack in cuts to the cost of insurance, says lobby group

Industry figures concede a lot of work is being done to reform the insurance sector in Ireland, but believe it’s not being done fast enough to prevent businesses from closing down

Central Bank figures show the total cost of settling the average litigated public liability case in the first half of last year was €70,744

Group expects to invest €100m as it looks for sustainable share of motor business over next five or six years

Liberty Mutual entered the Irish market in 2011 with Quinn Insurance takeover

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Concern expressed over continued reliance on court system for many personal injury cases

Insurance is the biggest issue for businesses seen as high risk due to ‘excessive’ litigation

Insurer expects to pay outstanding Covid-19 pub business interruption claims this year following High Court ruling on outstanding issues

Aviva Insurance Ireland’s operating profit fell to €32m from €44m for the previous year

The Judicial Council Act provides for departure from guidelines if judge feels an award is “simply wrong”, State says

Appeal over constitutionality of guidelines has major implications for future handling of personal injury awards

Judge held Anne Marie Corrigan compromised action against Aramark Ireland by agreeing to settle claim

Changes around duty of care rules should encourage more players into the business liability insurance sector and hopefully bring down premium costs

Claimants at risk of more legal costs if they go to court after rejecting Personal Injuries Assessment Board’s offer

Paul Brannigan says he was knocked unconscious while a passenger on a motorbike but could not recall identity of driver

Three Court of Appeal judges are drafted in to hear appeal over controversial guidelines slashing damages

Court rules medical records in months following accident are ‘not only relevant but invariably crucial’ to claim

Judge forced to abandon case mid-action to work on family law list

OUTsurance would be first new entry to Irish market in a decade

Average personal injury award by PIAB between January and June 2022 was 38% lower than before new guidelines

223 new claims per month in first nine months of last year, compared with 666 per month in 2019

Motor premiums have been coming down consistently since 2016 but liability and commercial property remains a challenge

Industry group suggests premiums now about a quarter below their peak

Edward Staunton was knocked off his bike when bus passed Luas roadworks in 2016

Insurers welcome annual report, which shows impact of new guidelines and Covid-19 pandemic

Insurance industry has been loss-making since 2015 in underwriting employers’ and public liability and commercial property insurance

Personal Injuries Assessment Board hopes ruling will lead to more cases resolved without litigation

Personal injuries board failed to give adequate reasons for award, woman claims

Average premium falls 1% with private motor insurance premiums down 9% on last year

Raft of new legislation includes establishment of gambling regulator and PIAB reform

The fiction that one can do better financiallyby by bypassing PIAB is propagated by vested interests

The value of claims do not allow for proper compensation of many claimants

Head of assessment board says awards recalibrated in line with international norms

PIAB guidelines have ‘immediate and colossal’ impact on insurance payouts

Minister must have thought ‘all her Christmas’ came together’ when damages cut

Woman disputes €3,000 award for footpath trip and fall, seeking between €18,000 and €34,000

Meath County Council paid €8.7m over five years to meet trip and slip and other claims

One year on from reforms, insurers are waiting to see how claims play out in court