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Fleets won’t drop diesel without changes
- 20/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Fleets across Europe are unlikely to move markedly away from diesel power unless major tax and legislative changes are introduced, predicts Chevin Fleet Solutions. The fleet software specialist says that recent concerns over the accuracy of diesel emissions tests and the effects on air quality of NOx and other [...] -
HPI urges dealers to protect themselves
- 20/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
As a Birmingham independent car dealer is jailed for five years and six months for clocking more than 4 million miles off cars, vehicle history check expert, HPI, highlights this case to serve as a warning to used car dealers, who aren’t conducting regular mileage checks on their vehicles. Believed to be the [...] -
Telematics convicts hit and run driver
- 20/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Evidence provided by a telematics device has resulted in a suspended prison sentence for a motorist who ploughed into a pedestrian walking home from a Christmas celebration on 12 December last year, says anti-motor fraud unit, APU Ltd. The driver, Nicholas Regan, 24, of Bushy Mead, Basildon, admitted hitting [...] -
Consumers still favour diesel
- 20/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Despite the ongoing diesel emissions scandal Volkswagen finds itself caught up in, it seems that the consumer is still willing to choose diesel engines over petrol units. With the scandal in full flow, Motoring.co.uk surveyed a proportion of its 1 million monthly readership. The results revealed that 61% would [...] -
European car sales continue to rise
- 20/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
European new-car sales continued to increase in September, completing 25 consecutive months of growth. The result is in line with the 2015 monthly average while YTD figures reveal a healthy 9.0% increase over 2014 at 10.77 million units. Looking at the markets, the UK ranked first as a result of the usual September [...] -
New insurance solutions for digitalisation
- 19/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Dynamic market change may bring countless opportunities, but it invariably also brings new risks. In a survey conducted by Munich Re, some three quarters of insurance companies said they believe that digitalisation will have a dramatic impact on the industry. In order to respond appropriately to these [...] -
ACIS supports Boundary 500 SOS Challenge
- 19/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Charity fundraisers who have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds in two-wheel motorcycle events are revving up for their biggest challenge to date – to get as many people as possible to make their own personal journeys to each of the UK’s three Zoe’s Place Baby Hospices. The Boundary 500 SOS Challenge is [...] -
New MoT history website launched
- 19/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The government has launched a new website (https://mot-history.net/) allowing users to check the MoT history of any UK car by simply inputting in the make and registration number. The new service promises to be an invaluable tool for used car buyers. The website gives detailed information of the car’s MoT [...] -
Mobile phone prosecutions drop drastically
- 19/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Fewer motorists are being prosecuted for using their mobile phone while driving than ever before, according to official figures seen by the RAC – with prosecutions down by 47% between 2009 and 2014. The fall comes despite figures from the Department for Transport showing a persistent number of drivers are still [...] -
Ageas early adopters of Insurance Act
- 19/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Ageas has become one of the UK’s first insurers to adopt the principles of the Insurance Act 2015, 10 months ahead of the 12 August 2016 live date. As part of this process, Ageas has confirmed to brokers that there will be no change to its TOBAs as a consequence of the Insurance Act 2015. Any new claims from [...]