The Wheel

Lobbying Organisation The Wheel

Date published 19 Sep, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Economic Development and Industry

Period 1 May, 2018 to 31 Aug, 2018

Specific Details The cost of insurance premiums and settlements is unsustainable for Ireland's charities. The Wheel, as a member of the Alliance for Insurance Reform, has participated in the preparation and submission of briefing papers to Minister Michael D'Arcy, Department of Finance, requesting that 10 key policy changes be made to the state's current regulatory regime for insurance.

Intended results To bring down the unsustainable cost of insurance premiums and settlements facing Ireland's charities, and voluntary clubs, groups and associations

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Ivan Cooper, Director of Public Policy

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Letter (2-5)

The Wheel has participated in Alliance for Insurance Reform submissions to Minister D'Arcy consisting of ten "asks" to reduce insurance costs as follows: 1. Set up the Garda Insurance Fraud Unit funded by Insurance Industry 2. Amend Section 8 of the Civil Liability Act 2004 to reduce the period for reporting accidents to 1 month 3. ensure exaggerated and misleading claims are automatically forwarded to the Gardai for prosecution 4. Regulate claims management companies (claims harvesters) 5. Change the approach to calculating the Book of Quantum using the cap and concept of proportionality 6. Require judges who award damages in excess of the Book of Quantum to set out a detailed reasoning 7. data from the new National Claims Information Database to go the PIAB 8. Reinstate the Blue Book overview of the insurance industry 9. Reinstate the 2003 IIF/IBEC protocol on dealing with claims 10. Scrap and revisit the agreed Large Increases Protocol

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Michael D'Arcy Minister of State (Department of Finance)