Why does so much get blamed on insurance in Ireland?

Ubbquittious

I went to a main dealer one time, was told no customer could go into the workshop to look at a car. For insurance reasons


Real reason: The owner doesn't want you to see the sledgehammer & duck tape job they're doing on your car or someone else's.


That wouldn't be the first or the only time I was told some part of some building or yard was off limits for insurance reasons. Perhaps the owner feels more comfortable using that excuse than just admitting he doesn't want people going in there.


A few years ago some contractor was doing the road here and although the surface of the road was perfect and finished and the lads themselves were driving over it they would block it off with huge blocks of concrete at night and for the weekend. During the day they just wouldn't let you through. As usual the big ominous and most likely foreign insurance company was supposedly the backer of this nonsense.


That's before you get to all the tradesmen who claim to be working half the year for the insurance. Then you find out his insurance is actually only a few 100 quid.

Mr. Incognito

Insurance rarely pays out but costs a fortune.

Personally I think it's a scam and a lot of large companies could easily self insure.

Gaillimh1976

You have obviously never had to deal with an insurance company.

kneemos

Public versus employee liability.

billybonkers

/s