This paper is an in depth look at the practice of insurance steering, a tactic employed by many insurance companies. This paper attempts to establish that this practice is anti-competitive nature, drawing on various aspects of Irish, European and American sources of competition and insurance law.
Insurance Steering in the Motor Trade Industry is the practice by where insurers pressure, mislead and forcefully imply to consumers that they must use one of their “approved” or “preferred” repairers. While this practice benefits the insurance company, and often even the consumer due to financial incentives to take the insurers advice, it has led to many body-shops across the country being excluded. Any bodyshop not in this exclusive network of repairers have found themselves in a rather precarious position. While complaints have been made that this is anti-competitive and harming the market, as well as consumer welfare and choice, the claims have failed to be heard in Ireland.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Insurance Law in Ireland
2.a. The Claims Process
3. Competition Act 2002
4. The Place of the Consumer in Competition Law
4.a. The Rights of the Consumer, a Competition Law Objective?
4.b. The Role of Competition Authorities
5. The Competition Authority in Ireland
6. A European Stance
7. Assessing the Market
7.a. Anti- Competitive Foreclosure
7.b. Vertical Restraints
7.c. The Irish Market
8. The American Stance
9. Conclusion
10. Bibliography
I. Table of Legislation
II. Table of Cases
III. Books
IV. Articles
V. Websites
VI. Web Articles
VII. Miscellaneous
VIII. Primary Sources
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