The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has published its 2025 mid-year business update alongside its 2024 Annual Report, which provides a review of activities across the range of its business functions, including the State Claims Agency.

Mid-Year Business Update Highlights

The State Claims Agency is the name given to the NTMA in managing personal injury and third-party property damage claims against the State and State authorities, as delegated by Government, and providing related risk management services. It also manages claims for legal costs against the State and State authorities, as delegated, however so incurred.

Key highlights relating to the State Claims Agency include:

• Managing a portfolio of 10,968 active claims across its general and clinical claims portfolios at end-2024, the SCA resolved 3,632 claims in 2024
• Fifty-six per cent of claims concluded were resolved without court proceedings
• The State Claims Agency continued to pursue mediation as an alternative to the formal court process through 2024, particularly in complex clinical claims. Forty-three per cent of clinical claims concluded in 2024, where damages were paid, involved a mediation process
• Legal Costs Unit settled 1,803 claims for legal costs incurred by third parties, achieving a 40% reduction on the amounts initially claimed.

Annual Report 2024