A report on the rising cost of car insurance is due out later today.

It will reveal that premiums have risen by 37 per cent on average - with insurance companies, solicitors and barristers all playing a part.

New laws to force companies to reveal details of their claims are among the 76 recommendations made in the report.

Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness is Chairman of the Oireachtas committee.

He says the balance needs to be tipped back in favour of the consumer: