Insurers considering ELTO-like tool for victims of child sexual abuse

The Association of British Insurers is working on the service on the recommendation of the government-appointed Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

The public liability database is likely to take a similar form to the Employers’ Liability Tracing Office, which was established in 2011.

A report by the IICSA gave the ABI a year to come back with a feasibility study into the service.

“The chair and panel recommend that the Association of British Insurers considers whether a register of public liability insurers could be introduced to assist claimants in child sexual abuse cases in locating the insurers relevant to their claim, and how it would operate,” the report said.

“The chair and panel recommend that the ABI sets out its consideration of the issue and the conclusions it has reached in a written update within 12 months of the publication of this report.”

The recommendation was one of several in a report by the Inquiry published last month.

A spokesperson for the ABI said: “The ABI is accustomed to using its expertise to advise on a wide-range of issues and we will be continuing our engagement with the IICSA enquiry team and our members in the year ahead as we oversee this piece of work.”