Register of public liability insurers
IICSA · Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse · Issued 25 April 2018 · Addressed to: Association of British Insurers
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, G
The Chair and Panel recommend that the Association of British Insurers considers whether a register of public liability insurers could be introduced to assist claimants in child sexual abuse cases in locating the insurers relevant to their claim, and how it would operate. The Chair and Panel recommend that the Association of British Insurers sets out its consideration of the issue and the conclusions it has reached in a written update within 12 months of the publication of this report.
IICSA, Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse · 25 Apr 2018 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- In May 2023, the government noted that the ABI had raised concerns about feasibility (Government Response to IICSA Final Report, HM Government, May 2023).
- No published register of public liability insurers to assist CSA claimants has been identified to March 2026.
Response — verbatim from government
●UK Government
On 24 April 2019, the Association of British Insurers formally responded to this recommendation by raising a number of questions about the merits of such a register and the challenges that may be faced by its introduction. The response from the Association of British Insurers was referred to in the Accountability and Reparations Investigation Report (page 101), and a second Inquiry recommendation on a register of public liability insurers was made (see row 80).
UK Government · 22 May 2023 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
No published activity has been recorded against this recommendation yet.
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