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UK insurance premiums up 4.8%
- 09/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Quarterly comprehensive car insurance premiums in the UK have increased by 4.8 per cent, the biggest rise since 2010, according to Confused.com's car price insurance index. The rise, which has been steady for the past year, pushed the average premium for an annual comprehensive car insurance policy to £629, the [...] -
Vauxhall strengthens partnership with ingenie
- 09/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Vauxhall in partnership with young driver insurance specialist ingenie has extended its industry-leading insurance offer on selected ADAM and Corsa models. Young drivers (18- to 20-year-olds) could take advantage of £99 first year insurance on both ADAM SLAM and Corsa Limited Edition. On the same models, those [...] -
Vodafone announces new security product
- 08/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Vodafone Automotive UK has introduced a new tracking-on-demand product for fleet and rental operators: Vodafone Vehicle Defence. Vodafone Vehicle Defence is a compact, lightweight, fully enclosed tracking device which is easy to covertly install during a pre-delivery inspection at the dealer or by the fleet [...] -
New appointment at Thatcham
- 08/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Thatcham Research, the insurers’ automotive research centre, has announced the appointment of RSA’s Ian Currie as the new Chairman of the Thatcham non-executive Board. As director of motor and injury at RSA, Ian is responsible for RSA’s motor claims and also sits on the Board of the Motor Insurance Bureau [...] -
Young drivers could benefit from telematics
- 07/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Younger drivers could see the cost of their insurance fall in the coming months, helped by growing numbers of ‘black box’ telematics policies, according to Comparethemarket.com. The comparison website said that across the motor insurance market generally, competition appears to be letting up, which could pave [...] -
Cash-for-crash fraudster jailed
- 05/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A man has been jailed after it emerged that he claimed money for an incident that occurred in Chiswick, yet his accomplice wasn’t even in the country at the time. Mohamed Labre Chiadmi, also known as Adam Leno, pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation and two counts of making false declarations to obtain [...] -
Motorists confused by car insurance
- 02/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Motorists are confused by their car insurance, and one in four, or approximately 8.7 million drivers, have no idea what cover they have, according to the Chartered Insurance Institute. More than a third of motorists (34%) wrongly believe that if they have an accident while driving another car, their comprehensive [...] -
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 [...] -
Cash for crash gang to be sentenced
- 02/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Six men are due to be sentenced over a multimillion-pound crash-for-cash scam. The men from London and Manchester attempted to defraud insurers out of around £5.6 million by setting up a claims management company, Herald Claims Limited, to file fraudulent or inflated insurance claims after a [...] -
New app rewards safe driving
- 02/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The phone application market is continually expanding and thanks to a new app you can now get cheaper car insurance if your phone says you're a safe driver. The free Octo U app uses telematics and GPS to track your movements and invites motorists to notch up 100 hours of safe driving, over the space of at least [...]