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Article: Insurance: New accident insurance laws `will penalise motorists'
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 9, 1998
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THE GOVERNMENT came under attack for penalising motorists
yesterday when Frank Dobson moved to recover some of the cost of
treating road accident victims from insurers.
While the Secretary of State for Health acknowledged that the
Association of British Insurers had estimated premiums could rise by
up to pounds 9 per policy if the full charge was passed on, he said
the industry would have had nearly two years to adjust by the time
the changes became law next year.
Opening the second reading debate on the Road Traffic (NHS
Charges) Bill, Mr Dobson dismissed accusations of big increases in
insurance premiums as "untrue scare stories". But Ann Widdecombe,
the Shadow health secretary, said the ...