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IFB evolution ‘on track’
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The evolution of the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) is ‘on track,’ according to the Bureau’s strategy project board Chair, Mihir Pandya. Following a cross-industry consultation in 2014, the IFB’s new five-year strategy (2015 – 2019) was launched, with two primary areas of development [...] -
VW apologise for emissions error
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Volkswagen has apologised after US regulators found some of its cars disguised pollution levels. VW chief executive, Martin Winterkorn said, ‘I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public.’ An investigation has now been launched into the device that allowed VW [...] -
Cuvva to launch Pay and Go insurance
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Insurance provider Cuvva, will offer a new type of UK car insurance through a smartphone app that gets you covered on a car for only as long as you need it. The Scottish based firm offer temporary insurance cover to those who have borrowed someone else’s car and the customer selects how long they require cover [...] -
Zurich abandons RSA deal
- 21/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Zurich Insurance has announced that it has finished discussions with RSA and does not plan to make a bid. The insurer had previously announced in July that it was considering buying RSA for £5.6bn. RSA said that Zurich's decision not to proceed had not been a result of anything unexpected in the due diligence [...] -
Blaze rips through Central Sports Cars
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A number of luxury supercars worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been destroyed after a fire tore through a car bodyshop. Eight fire crews tackled the severe blaze which took hold of Central Sports Cars in Stourbridge, West Mids, at around 4.30pm on Thursday. More than 30 firefighters had to withdraw from [...] -
DVLA warns of email scam
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The DVLA has warned the public of scam emails asking you to provide your driving licence and confirm credit card details. ‘We’re aware that some members of the public have received emails claiming to be from DVLA which link to a website mocked up to look like a DVLA online service.’ ‘The website asks for [...] -
Thatcham urges EU to match US
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Thatcham Research is calling on 10 vehicle manufacturers in Europe to match their USA commitment to fit autonomous emergency braking (AEB) as standard on all new cars. Ten major vehicle manufacturers in the States — Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo — [...] -
Ultra-green car league table revealed
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A new shows that the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid remains the most common ultra-green car on the road in the UK. However overall sales growth of the greenest vehicles slowed in the last quarter. The figures are revealed in analysis of DVLA data by the RAC Foundation. There were 12,066 Outlanders licensed [...] -
Apple remain tight-lipped on autonomous car
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Tim Cook, chief executive of tech giant Apple, has refused to rule out that the comapny is working on its own self-driving car. Appearing on The Colbert Show, Cook refused to reveal much about the possibility of Apple joining the race for a self-driving car. ‘We look at a number of things along the way and we [...] -
Brits driving their cars into the ground
- 18/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
More than half of British drivers don’t get problems with their cars checked until three months after they have appeared, according to new research. A survey of more than 1,000 British drivers conducted by BookMyGarage, found that Britons are risking road accidents, worsening damage and steeper repair bills, as a [...]