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Cost of motor insurance

Transport Committee Closed Inquiry

Opened: 19 Oct 2010 Closed: 1 Apr 2012 Parliament page

The Transport Committee held a short inquiry into the cost of motor insurance, focusing on: The reasons and consequences of recent increases in the cost of motor insurance The impact on young people of the high costs of motor insurance The extent to which the cost of motor insurance is … Read more The Transport Committee held a short inquiry into the cost of motor insurance, focusing on: The reasons and consequences of recent increases in the cost of motor insurance The impact on young people of the high costs of motor insurance The extent to which the cost of motor insurance is influenced by the prevalence of road accidents, insurance fraud, legal costs and the number of uninsured drivers Whether there are public policy implications of the rise in the cost of motor insurance and, if so, what steps the Government might take in response to them. Follow up inquiry In light of further concerns about the rising cost of insurance, the Transport Committee agreed to re-open this inquiry and took further oral evidence on 11 October 2011. The Committee published its report on 12 January 2012. Oral Evidence 11 October 2011 Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, John Spencer, Chairman, Motor Accident Solicitors Society, Andrew Dismore, Access to Justice Action Group, and Paul Evans, CEO, AXA UK; and Mike Penning MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Transport, and Jonathan Djanogly MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice Watch the session 11 January 2011 Deputy Chief Constable David Ainsworth (lead on vehicle crime), and Chief Superintendant Geraint Anwyl (representing Roads Policing), Association of Chief Police Officers, and Viv Nicholas, Executive Director, European Secure Vehicle Alliance, and David Powell, Manager, Underwriting, Lloyd’s Market Association, and Mark Boleat; David Bott, Vice President, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and Laurence Beck, Managing Director of Accident Advice Helpline, Claims Standards Council, and Tony Baker, Director General, and Steve Evans, CEO, Accident Exchange, The Credit Hire Organisation; and Mike Penning MP, Under-Secretary of State, and Pauline Morgan, Head of Driver Licensing and Insurance Team, Department for Transport Watch the session 9 November 2010 Edmund King, President, AA, and Will Thomas, Head of Car Insurance, Confused.com, and Dr David Brown, Chair of the Actuarial Profession’s Third Party (Motor) Working Group, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, and Duncan Anderson, EMB Consultancy; and Nick Starling, Director of General Insurance and Health, Association of British Insurers, and Graeme Trudgill, Head of Corporate Affairs, British Insurance Brokers Association, and Ashton West, Chief Executive, Motors Insurers Bureau, and John Spencer, Chairman, Motor Accident Solicitors Society Watch the session Show less

3 Reports

Activity timeline 5 events

20 Apr
2012

Report published

13th Special Report - Cost of motor insurance: follow up (Government Response to the Committee's Twelfth Report of Session 2010-12)

12 Jan
2012

Report published

12th Report - Cost of motor insurance: follow up (Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence)

9 Sep
2011

Report published

5th Special Report - The Cost of motor insurance: (Government Response to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2010-12)

11 Mar
2011

Report published

4th Report - The cost of motor insurance - additional written evidence

11 Mar
2011

Report published

4th Report - The cost of motor insurance

Reports 3 reports · click to expand

Title	HC No.	Published
12th Report - Cost of motor insurance: follow up (Report, togeth…	HC 1451	12 Jan 2012
4th Report - The cost of motor insurance	HC 591	11 Mar 2011
4th Report - The cost of motor insurance - additional written ev…		11 Mar 2011