[GI] Lunchtime Seminar - Motor Insurers' Bureau - All You Need to Know

This event is kindly sponsored by BHIB

This Lecture will cover the following points:

• a brief history of MIB

• what are the current costs and challenges of uninsured driving

• how the MIB developed into assisting other areas of the insurance industry

• current areas of focus and challenge

• new agreements with the government

• public awareness and working with police

• Vnuk: how an accident to a Slovenian farmworker could have such an impact on compulsory insurance in the UK

• research into 'hit and run' accidents.

At the end of this event, you will be able to identify:

• what the MIB is, why it exists and the areas of work it is involved in

• how the MIB and other stakeholders are tackling the problem of uninsured driving

• how the MIB assists victims of accidents with uninsured and 'hit and run' drivers

• what the role of the MIB is in relation to cross border claims and some of the challenges in that area

• how a recent European Court case is threatening the UK system of compulsory insurance and its enforceability

• how the MIB is looking to understand more about why drivers leave the scene of an accident.