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100,000 parents ‘fronting’ insurance
- 02/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
New research from The Co-operative Insurance reveals that around one hundred thousand parents are currently ‘fronting’ motor insurance for their offspring. One in ten of parents of young drivers in the UK currently aged 17-25 have admitted to fronting their son’s and daughter’s motor insurance policy at [...] -
APU helps dismantle car theft ring
- 22/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A high-level, international car theft operation that focused on the theft of high value 4x4 vehicles and those equipped with keyless ignition systems, has been broken up by law enforcement agencies and anti-fraud investigators APU Ltd, part of the Automotive Insurance Solutions Group. APU’s blend of covert, [...] -
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 [...] -
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 [...] -
27,000 uninsured cars seized this year
- 27/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
New analysis by Churchill Car Insurance reveals at least 27,688 cars have been seized by UK police forces in 2015 because the vehicle was uninsured. London is the uninsured vehicle capital of the UK, with the Met Police having seized 9,935 cars already this year because they were not insured. This is twice the number [...] -
Police face telematics ‘skills gap’
- 27/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The police face an increasingly wide ‘skills gap’ as complex connected vehicles and telematics devices become commonplace, according to leading motor fraud investigator, Asset Protection Unit (APU). Connected vehicles are rapidly becoming more prevalent and generate large quantities of data which can be used as [...] -
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 [...] -
Miss England jailed for false claim
- 13/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A model who previously competed in Miss England and played semi-professional football has been jailed for two months after she lied to her insurance company, falsely claiming she had been injured in a car crash. Amy Laban, 25, claimed to have whiplash and demanded £3,000 compensation, whilst simultaneously [...] -
Tips for avoiding intentionally staged accidents
- 12/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
IAM is looking at how motorists can avoid intentionally staged road accidents that force insurance companies to pay out high claims. Here are IAM’s head of driving standards, Peter Rodger, offers some top tips to help you stay clear of these scams. If you’re travelling through busy urban roads stay extra alert [...]