Continuous Insurance Enforcement: What you need to know

Continuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE) is a new compliance approach to reducing the level of uninsured driving in the UK. The law came into effect 4th February 2011 and enforcement will begin in Spring 2011.

CIE means that it will be illegal to keep a vehicle without insurance unless you have completed a valid Statutory Off-road notification (SORN). What's more, you don't have to be driving to get caught.

The DVLA and the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) have joined forces to identify registered vehicles with no insurance. Late or inaccurate data could mean your policyholders receive a letter advising them that they do not have insurance. The letter will set out what options the registered keeper can take to comply with CIE: either buying insurance or updating their insurer or the DVLA on any changes in details.

If no action is taken, penalties could include a £100 Fixed Penalty Notice, their details being added to the DVLA’s wheel clamping partners’ list, court prosecution with a maximum fine of £1000 or vehicle seizure by the police – and they must still purchase a valid insurance policy or make a SORN declaration.

Further information on the change in law is also available from www.direct.gov.uk/stayinsured

Article courtesy of RSA. Published 10-02-11


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