Blog: Covid-19 lockdown - how will it impact motor insurers and the repair industry?

Coronavirus

As countries pull the lockdown lever in response to Covid-19 Tom Helm, head of claims consulting at Willis Towers Watson, and David Shepherd regional managing director at Solera ask what early global repair industry statistics show? What are the implications for vehicle damage claims for UK motor insurers and are there lessons to be learned from China as it starts to reopen?

China is six weeks ahead of European countries, with restrictions imposed on 16 January leading to what the Wall Street Journal described as the largest quarantine in history. China’s new motor claims

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