Insurers seek more efficient motor claims

The Malta Insurers’ Association is close to reaching an agreement with stakeholders which will help to raise the standards of motor repairs after accidents.

This is not the first attempt to find a solution: 10 years ago, the Malta Standards Authority had already tried to do so at the behest of the GRTU and the MIA. At the time, the intention was to set up an accreditation system for the repairers, classifying them into five categories depending on the complexity of the work. The intention was to make the system voluntary for the roughly 300 repairers at that time. Training had been provided and progress had been made but MIA president Julian Mamo admitted that what there was today was “a very watered-down version” of what the association wants.

.....read more
As reported on The Business Observer, Times of Malta 5th November 2015