Government proposals
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Following the Transport Select Committee’s recommendations in March 2011, the government has made the following proposals: ● introduce a continuous insurance reinforcement scheme, including giving insurance firms and other parties access to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) database to stamp down on uninsured drivers. Everyone who registers a vehicle will be sent a letter reminding them of the need for insurance and failure to comply with this will be vigorously pursued; ● abolish the recoverability of no-win, no-fee success fees; ● introduce a more transparent system of referral fees. Money changes hands when solicitors pay fees to accident claims managers to get the work of taking cases to court. Such arrangements inflate the cost of a claim; ● the Ministry of Justice is considering extending the current £10,000 limit to £25,000 or £50,000 for county court personal injury cases, dealt with in writing where witnesses are not required to attend court; ● the government has welcomed the insurance industry’s initiative of funding a dedicated police unit to look into insurance fraud, especially ‘crash for cash’ cases; ● driving tests should be made tougher and road safety training should be improved.