This Sub-Fund was established for the purpose of providing compensation to victims of Hit & Run accidents.

The Hit and Run Sub-fund have been set up under the IICF through the contribution of insurers for the payment of compensation to persons suffering from personal injury sustained in a hit and run road traffic accident.

The Insurance Industry Compensation Fund (the ‘IICF’) pursuant to the Insurance (Industry Compensation Fund) Regulations 2015 (the Regulations 2015) was amended in February 2024 to:

• to double the amount of compensations paid to victims of hit and run;
• reduce the time limit within which the victim or legal guardian or their of a victim can make a claim after the hit and run accident from
six (6) months to three (3) months;
• to increase the statutory period during which a victim of a hit and run road traffic accident could make a claim for compensation from the IICF two (2) to five (5) years as from the date of occurrence of the accident;
• to assist in kind to persons suffering from personal injury in a hit and run road traffic accident or their heir(s) in the case of the death of the victim.

To assess a claim from a victim of ‘Hit and Run’, The Managing Committee and the Technical Sub-Committee(s) work closely and rely on the collaboration of the Mauritius Police Force and the Hospitals.