The compensations set by court order in insurance claims for body injury or death totaled 174.6 million lei (EUR38.7 million) at the end of 2011, two-fold higher than those settled by mediation, at RON83.44 million, CSA member Dan Constantinescu said Wednesday.
Constantinescu added the average paid compensations were at RON38,506 for the insurance claims solved by mediation, while those solved in court were at RON90,123.
“This gap (…) is another element we could put our hopes in regarding the development of the insurance mediation sector over the future,” he said.
Albin Biro, another CSA member, said the mediation could equally relieve the judges of the number of insurance files, considering that in some cases, more than a half of the files during a day were related to insurance field.
Mediation is a method to solve conflicts amiably, by means of a third party specialized as mediator, in a neutral, impartial and confidential environment and with the parties’ consent.
As of October 1, 2012, each natural person or legal entity that opened or aims to open a legal action in a certain field set by law must be notified on mediation. (EUR1=RON4.5089)