• Accidents set to drop by 80%
    • 03/05/2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The number of crashes is set to drop by 80% by 2035 according to a high-level panel discussion organised by Volvo Cars and Thatcham Research. The panel discussion will discuss how the multi-billion pound motor insurance industry faces a period of radical restructuring as a result of the advent of autonomous driving [...]
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  • Ageas UK confirms leadership appointments
    • 02/12/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Ageas has announce a number of key internal leadership appointments in its Retail business, reporting to Ant Middle, CEO, Ageas Retail, from 1 January 2016. Adam Clarke will become managing director for Ageas Retail Direct, the business responsible for the Ageas-owned brands RIAS and Castle Cover. Adam takes up [...]
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  • Impact of Driverless Cars presentation
    • 30/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A discussion on the ‘Impact of Driverless Cars on Logistics and Insurance’, plus new Business Models and related case studies will be presented during the second edition of Frost & Sullivan's GIL 2015, in Monaco on 23 October 2015. Disrupting unsustainable business models is the only way to survive and [...]
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  • Motorist’s potentially driving uninsured
    • 14/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Millions of motorists could potentially be driving with invalid insurance, or far lower cover than they believe to be in place, according to new research from Churchill Insurance. Over a third (35 per cent) of people with a UK driving licence think that if they have a fully comprehensive car insurance policy they [...]
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  • UK watchdog plans yardstick for insurance policies
    • 25/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Reuters reports that British insurance firms may be forced to publish their average payouts and claim acceptances to help consumers decide if policies offer good value under proposals floated by the market regulator on Wednesday. A study by UK regulators in 2013 found that inadequate competition was leading to 108 [...]
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  • Volvo cuts accident claims by 28%
    • 11/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    One of the most comprehensive scientific studies performed on collision avoidance systems in cars reveals that Volvo Cars’ standard City Safety technology reduces insurance claims for rear-end frontal collisions by 28%. Based on real-life accumulated insurance claims data from the Swedish insurers If and Volvia, [...]
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  • Drivers ignorant to foreign rules
    • 05/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New research from Gocompare.com Car Insurance has found that British drivers have a worrying lack of knowledge of EU road laws, which could land them in hot water when driving abroad. In a recent study, the comparison site found that though two in five (39%) motorists are planning a foreign driving holiday this [...]
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  • Insurance insider investigation sees three arrested
    • 01/05/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    An Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) investigation into the suspected fraudulent sale of an insurer’s confidential customer information has seen three people arrested across Bournemouth and Poole. The City of London Police unit took action after LV= referred suspicions that, between January and [...]
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  • Insurance website corrupter sentenced
    • 20/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A Liverpool man who manipulated an insurer’s website to get £10,000 worth of car insurance for just £10 has been sentenced. Callum Mullen had previously been found guilty of two counts of fraud by false representation at Liverpool Crown Court, following an investigation by the City of London Police’s [...]
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  • Classic car insurance scheme introduced
    • 15/04/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Ernest R Shaw in conjunction with LV= has introduced a new insurance scheme for bodyshops and garages dealing with classic cars. Ernest R Shaw and LV= Insurance have launched an exclusive motor trade insurance scheme for bodyshops, restoration/service, repair and car sales services to the classic car [...]
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