-
Alliance and Maiden expand partnership
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Maiden Holdings, Ltd. and Allianz Global Automotive today announced a significant expansion of their long standing partnership focused on developing branded insurance solutions to automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their customers. The partnership will bring together the unique skills and [...] -
Lasers can stop driverless cars
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A homemade gadget can disable the systems that allow self-driving cars to see where they are going, the BBC reports. Jonathan Petit, a security researcher, demonstrated how a modified, low-cost laser could create ghostlike objects in the path of autonomous cars. The cars slowed down to avoid hitting them and if [...] -
LV= group post interim results
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Mutual insurance group LV=, the UK’s largest friendly society, has announced its interim results for six months ending 30 June 2015. General Insurance financial highlights: Operating profit up 52% to £70 million (H1 2014: £46 million) Underwriting profit increased by 152% to £53 million (H1 2014: £21 [...] -
Irish motor insurance market in jeopardy
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Insurance Ireland today said it has serious concerns regarding the decision of the High Court in relation to Setanta Insurance and stated that the judgement has far-reaching implications. The Insurance Compensation Fund, which was established in 1964, has historically intervened in the event of insurance company [...] -
Motorists will fail MOT before changing tyres
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
New research from Kwik Fit reveals that 3.6 million motorists wait until MOT failure before changing their tyres. Kwik Fit warns that not only can illegal tyres leave motorists risking three penalty points and £2,500 in fines, but even more importantly, can seriously compromise their vehicle’s safety and [...] -
New survey shows accelerating SUV boom
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A new Ford Motor Company survey shows SUVs are highly desired by Millennials – those aged 17-34 – indicating Europe’s SUV boom is poised to accelerate as the generation reaches prime new car buying age. More so than other age groups, Millennials say SUVs make them feel powerful when they drive, are the kind [...] -
New appointment at IAL
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
International Applications (IAL), the coatings and consumables supplier, has appointed Scott Ballantine as its new sales and marketing director with responsibility for the company’s Trade Group and Supply360 distribution divisions. Scott has twenty years’ experience of bringing commercial growth to businesses [...] -
Toyota invests $50m in autonomous cars
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Toyota is making a major investment into developing intelligent and self-driving vehicles alongside two leading US universities. Over the next five years, Toyota Motor Corporation will invest approximately $50 million (about £32 million) in establishing joint research centres at both Stanford and the [...] -
Public fights back against insurance cheats
- 08/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The UK public is being thanked by the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) for fighting back against insurance cheats and reporting valuable information they have about insurance fraud to the IFB’s ‘Cheatline’. In 2014 over 500 reports were made to the Cheatline every month by members of the public, 6,347 reports in [...] -
JLR launches lifelong learning academy
- 07/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Jaguar Land Rover has launched its Academy, the first of its kind in the UK automotive sector. The new Academy will offer all Jaguar Land Rover workers the opportunity to take part in continuous development programmes to enhance their careers and provide the skills the company needs. With an annual learning and [...]