Claims Standards Council

Peoples Claims is proud to be a registered member of the Claims Standard Council.

The Claims Standards Council is the trade association which represents claims management businesses and aims to ensure that a balanced view of the claims management sector is promoted to lawyers, insurers, the government and the consumer. All businesses that provide claims management services must be authorised by the claims management regulator under the Compensation Act 2006.

Aim

To represent its members to the Regulator, government, the legal sector, the insurance industry, banking sector and consumer group and ensure a balanced view of the sector is fully promoted.

General

The CSC has been encouraged to become the recognized trade body for the sector and appointed an executive to sit on the Government's Regulatory Consultative Group whose terms of reference include:

• Advising the DCA on the authorisation, conditions, monitoring and enforcement arrangements and all other aspects of the regulatory regime being established under the Compensation Act 2006.
• Advising on the operation of the regulatory regime under the Compensation Act 2006
• Advising on the impact on the claims management services market of the operation of the regulatory regime
• Advising on the operation of the contract with the Monitoring Compliance Unit
• The Claims Standards Council gives its members a way to ensure their interests are best represented to the regulator, the government, the legal sector and the insurance industry, by providing a forum for discussion and information that will assist them in their business.

ABI will provide other services to member companies which benefit the industry collectively; which support the mission; which can be provided without diversion of resources from the core functions; and which cannot be done more effectively by any other body.