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Thursday 26 November 2020
Industry profit margins were up from 9% in 2018 to 10% last year.
The High Court heard further submissions in a case taken by bars against the insurer.
In what are seen as important test cases lawyers representing four publicans have brought cases challenging FBD Insurance Plc’s refusal to indemnify them.
The Commission examined similar legislation in other jurisdictions including the UK and Australia.
The case was heard in the High Court today.
The Judicial Council’s Personal Injuries Guidelines Committee is expected to publish its guidelines in October.
“I am satisfied that by any reasonable measure it cannot be viewed as proportionate,” Mr Justice Seamus Noonan said of the original award.
It was a long time coming but there’s still plenty of debate out there.
Insurance Ireland has advised people to double-check their policy to see if they are covered for non-essential travel.
Treatment of businesses by insurance companies is “appalling”, Dáil told.
The insurance firm said its policies do not provide cover for a pandemic of this nature.
Pub owners claim they are entitled to have consequential losses covered by what they say is an insurable risk.
MIBI said the figures show an urgent need for an automatic number plate recognition system.
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has asked for an examination of the issue.
The size of the refund a customer receives is based on the plan that they have with the insurer.
Private hospitals will act as part of the public health system for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, but the exact details are yet to be confirmed.
Claims are being rejected as Covid-19 is not on the list of infectious diseases on some policies.
A number of properties were searched in Roscommon in February.
Accounts show the aqua dome is loss-making eight months of the year.
Anti-fraud gardaí, pooled insurance schemes and a potential referendum are all part of the parties’ plans on insurance.
Video footage of the man walking without the wheelchair was shown in court.
Insurance Ireland is the representative body for the insurance industry.
Minister Michael D’Arcy sat down with TheJournal.ie to discuss the progress being made in reducing the cost of insurance.
The Taoiseach recently claimed that the price of motor insurance is going down.
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Creches are seeing insurance quotes that are double that of last year.
Childcare providers have warned of a crisis as the cost of insurance increases.
The Federation of Early Childcare Providers says some creches are seeing insurance quotes that are double that of last year.
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty has said the insurance crisis is not a priority around the Cabinet table.
Sky-high premiums aren’t covering the cost of a ‘compo-culture’ but servicing the industry’s profits, writes Pearse Doherty.
Figures showing the average cost of premiums and payouts were released by the Central Bank today.
‘The cure for whiplash is compensation payment in Ireland,’ said the Taoiseach.
The Kildare-based club had faced possible closure next week.
Galway Community Circus said this week it had become another business affected by the “national insurance sector crisis”.
Customers are urged to check that their broker is registered before taking out insurance.
Customers are experiencing successive price increases, according to the CCPC.
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty claims customers are being hit by a ‘loyalty penalty’.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar suggested the idea of a referendum yesterday.
The Taoiseach said the insurance industry must play its part in decreasing premiums.
Search warrants were executed at a number of solicitor’s offices, gardaí said.
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC Health Emergency Team is meeting today to make its recommendation to Government about easing Level 5 restrictions.
The recommendation will potentially set out what people are able to do in the weeks leading up to Christmas, ahead of the Government’s decision this week on whether or not it will re-open things like pubs and restaurants across the country after 1 December.
It’s been reported this week that some ministers believe restaurants should be allowed to open for indoor dining during December and that pubs should also be allowed to reopen.
However, some public health experts believe that it would not be safe to re-open restaurants next month, given the potential to the virus to spread in congregated indoor settings.
But what do you think? Today we’re asking: Would you be comfortable going to a restaurant for a meal in December?
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