ABI calls for reform in personal injury compensation
The ABI (Association of British Insurers) has today joined forces with the CBI and Citizens Advice to call for the Government to introduce its proposals for reforming personal injury compensation without delay. These will enable personal injury compensation to be paid more quickly to injured people.
In April 2007 the Government published proposals for a faster, fairer, more cost efficient compensation system. Implementing these proposals now would save 110 million days a year in delays dealing with personal injury claims following motor accidents alone.
Speaking at an ABI parliamentary reception to launch Adding Insult to Injury: the need for reform of the personal injury compensation system, Stephen Haddrill, the ABI’s Director General, said: “Our compensation system is failing many
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