Direct claim adjustment to run on April 1

As many as eight insurers signed an agreement on March 30 to establish the Polish system of direct claim adjustment for liability insurance (BLS) which will be launched on April 1, the media reported.

"BLS is the most important project of the Polish insurance market in recent years. (...) We have worked out a solution in line with which a customer will be able to adjust the claim by one's insurer," Jan Grzegorz Prądzyński, the CEO of Polish Insurance Association (PIU) said.

The following insurers will join the system: Concordia Ubezpieczenia, Ergo Hestia, PZU, UNIQA, Warta (from April 1), Aviva, Liberty Ubezpieczenia (from July 1) and Gothaer (from October 15). The mentioned insurers represent 68 percent of the liability insurance market.

There will be a month-long trial program.