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The Insurance Institute of Galway (with a geographical spread from Mayo to Clare and Roscommon/Westmeath to Offaly) is a major player in the development of the institute movement throughout Ireland and noted for its professionalism and dedication to its membership of some 800 people. It is also noted for warmth and hospitality, a simple trait it is still very proud of.

Significant cost savings are emerging for insurance providers in respect of personal injury claims and these savings should translate to lower insurance premiums for consumers and businesses, according to Injuries Board CEO, Patricia Byron.

Labour General Election candidate Dr Jerry Cowley is calling on the Equality Authority to address what he has dubbed “the blatant discrimination” against older people by VHI who have raised their premium levels for older people.

A move by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to cut the cost of making compensation claims could save up to €2 million per year, according to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Batt O’Keeffe.

A plasterer whose van was involved in a traffic accident and who only found out following he accident he had insured another van he had sold rather than the one he intended to insure, was in Ballyhaunis District Court this week.

Kilkenny communities have taken the bull by the horns in a bid to prevent borrowing from money lenders and other risky organisations in their locality by becoming involved in saving in community banks.

The National Consumer Agency (NCA) has just published its latest motor insurance cost comparison on www.nca.ie.

A man has been sentenced to five months in jail for his third no insurance conviction.

EBS Mullingar has announced details of an information week focusing on home insurance. EBS Mullingar will run an Insurance Week from Monday August 23 to Friday August 27. EBS is offering home owners a chance to avail of three months free cover when they purchase their home insurance buildings and contents policy this summer. Any customer who takes out an insurance policy during this particular week will be entered into a draw for a chance to win a food and wine hamper.

Recent numbers indicating up to 200,000 people are to emigrate from Ireland within the next five years if unemployment is not addressed are an indication of the continued trend of departures from Ireland, as young graduates and unemployed persons leave to seek work in popular destinations such as Australia and Canada.