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ABI calls for clampdown on rogue claims companies
- 09/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The public continues to be plagued by nuisance calls or texts from companies encouraging them to claim for compensation, such as for personal injury, according to the ABI. Despite measures aimed at curbing their activities, nearly half of Briton’s say they have been contacted by one of these companies within 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 [...] -
Insurers warn of ‘ghost brokers’
- 14/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Motorists should steer clear of cheap insurance deals sold in pubs, clubs, campuses and on dubious websites, according to the ABI. So-called ‘ghost brokers’ sell cheap, but counterfeit, motor insurance policies, leaving drivers at risk of having to pay out for themselves following accidents. The Association [...] -
Motorists cutting corners with insurance
- 13/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Thousands of motorists are paying a high price, in some cases driving illegally, by cutting corners when buying motor insurance according to latest figures out today from the ABI (Association of British Insurers). ABI research shows that in 2014 insurers uncovered 212,000 attempted dishonest applications for motor [...] -
PI claims pushing premiums higher
- 30/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The average price paid by motorists for an annual comprehensive motor insurance policy rose by 2.1% in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter, according to figures released today by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The ABI’s Quarterly Average Private Comprehensive Motor Insurance [...] -
£1.32 billion saved in insurance fraud
- 13/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Honest insurance customers were saved £1.32bn from frauds uncovered in 2014 according to figures released by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The new figures also highlighted the fact that dishonest motor insurance claims are the most common type of insurance fraud. The £3.6 million a day saved by [...] -
Why age affects insurance premiums
- 02/07/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The Association of British Insurers has published new data today which shows why age is an important factor in deciding premiums for motor insurance policies. The data shows the average premiums that customers of different age groups pay for their car insurance, compared to the cost of the average claim they [...] -
80 year old test needs updating
- 01/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
On the 80th anniversary of the driving test, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) is urging the Government to start the long overdue process of modernising the way young people learn to drive to bring the UK in line with other major nations like the USA, Australia and New Zealand. Since the driving test became [...] -
Young drivers need law change
- 14/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Long overdue reform of the UK’s driver testing regime is required said the ABI today. The reform, in the form of graduated driving licencing, is required to help reduce the shockingly high numbers of young drivers and passengers killed or seriously injured on the UK’s roads each year, the Association of British [...] -
UK premiums continue to fall
- 01/05/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The average price paid for private comprehensive motor insurance fell in the first quarter of 2015, over the previous quarter according to the ABI’s latest Quarterly Average Private Comprehensive Motor Insurance Premium Tracker published today. Since the first quarter of 2013, insurers have passed on nearly £1bn [...]