• ERS puts staff on notice
    • 26/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
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    Specialist motor insurer ERS has put 380 staff on notice of redundancy ahead of the closure of its Brentwood office, Post Online has revealed. The company will enter a 45-day consultation period until 14 May for 350 Brentwood-based staff, who cover a range of business functions, and 30 London staff, who are mainly [...]
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  • FCA plans opt-out ban
    • 25/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Financial Conduct Authority today announced plans to ban opt-out selling in financial services markets. Opt-out selling is the practice of defaulting consumers into buying a product which they then have to opt out of, for example by using pre-ticked boxes to sell the consumer add-on insurance. Following a [...]
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  • Honda appoints Aviva
    • 23/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Honda UK has appointed Aviva as its sole supplier of Honda car insurance. As well as offering Honda car insurance, Aviva also provides a five day drive-away insurance policy to every buyer of a new or approved used Honda vehicle bought from one of its 150 UK franchise dealers. Managing director for Honda UK [...]
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  • ABI publishes insurance fraud report
    • 18/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    ABI-commissioned research published today sheds further light on the motivations of insurance fraudsters. The research study, carried out by Perpetuity Research led by Professor of Criminology Martin Gill, will help insurers develop and refine their fraud prevention and detection practices and controls to further [...]
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  • Insurance industry launches apprenticeship framework
    • 13/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Major players within the insurance industry have launched a new government-backed framework for apprenticeships. They claim the insurance apprenticeship framework will ensure that apprentices develop valuable professional skills that are consistent across the industry and meet the needs of business. The [...]
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  • LV= continues to diversify
    • 11/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    LV= has today unveiled its full results for the year to 31 December 2014, with the group witnessing ‘good growth in other products’ besides personal motor insurance, its most significant business line. Group operating profit was down to £86m (2013: £105m), however general insurance operating profit was up to [...]
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  • Telematics box saves drivers life
    • 11/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A telematics device has saved a drivers life after it sent a message to his insurer when the car stopped with sudden force, according to a story published today on the Mail Online. The story reported that Max Charles, who was 18 at the time, was involved in a serious car accident which left him with a brain injury [...]
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  • RAC launches multicar insurance
    • 11/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The RAC has launched its first multicar insurance package aimed at reducing the cost of motoring for those with more than one car registered at the same address. RAC Multicar Insurance rewards customers who have more than one car in their household insured with RAC Insurance. This could save spouses, sons, [...]
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  • Three appointments for Bollington
    • 10/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Bollington Insurance has made a trio of appointments to its motor trade team, in a bid to further bolster its position as one of the leading brokers in the motor trade insurance market. Pauline Brookes joins as commercial development manager, heading up the motor trade combined sales team. And she is joined at [...]
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  • Clementine launches online quoting system
    • 10/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Launched in January 2014 by Chartwell, Clementine Motor Insurance offers customers the highest standards of customer service and, now, customers have the option to get an online quote. Clementine Motor Insurance - www.clementineinsurance.com - offers customers the highest standards of customer service and ensures [...]
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