This means that where employers have gone out of business, many asbestos victims are denied their rightful compensation.
The government is currently looking at whether insurers should be obliged to pay for a statutory fund of last resort similar to the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB). This would be known as the Employers’ Liability Insurers Bureau (ELIB).
Please support this campaign by writing to your MP and asking him to press the government for an ELIB.