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Could a drop in personal injury awards lead to a change in your pocket?

According to end-of-year figures from the Personal Injuries Assessment Board - the average award for a minor personal injury fell to €13,825 last year, a drop of more than 40 percent. The drop followed the introduction of new guidelines, adopted last March, slashing sums for mainly minor personal injuries. For more on this Newstalk Breakfast spoke to Peter Boland, Director of the Alliance for Insurance Reform.# Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.   see more