• 15,000 write-offs back on UK roads every year

    • 19 May 2021
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    One-in-50 vehicle write-offs are being put back on the road with a clean vehicle history According to an Autocar investigation, a loophole in a database used by the insurance industry is leaving buyers at risk with up to 15,000 cars that have been written off returning to UK roads every year The Motor Insurance [...]
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  • Write-offs granted VRT refunds

    • 8 October 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Vehicle history expert CARTELLIE has announced the number of written-off vehicles exported out of Ireland and issued a vehicle registration tax (VRT) refund In August Cartellie announced that 3,284 vehicles had been exported out of the State and of those 556 or 17% had VRT refunded by the Government Refund of [...]
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  • The cost of total losses is £2 billion

    • 10 September 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Nearly 12 percent of all crashes over the past year resulted in at least one vehicle being written-off, according to new research by Accident Exchange Analysis of 40,000 collisions handled by the accident management firm indicates that across the UK the number of write-offs topped 257,000 in just 12 months – at a [...]
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  • One in 10 UK imports previously written off

    • 5 August 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    New research from consumer car-history check experts MyWheelsie, carried out on behalf of the Irish Independent, shows that one in 10 vehicles imported this year had previously been written off The investigation also found that the number of imported write-offs is rising month on month Sources claim that [...]
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  • Insurance firm destroys car without consent

    • 6 July 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    An insurance firm reportedly destroyed a customer’s car without his consent after it was damaged in an accident, the car was a gifted to the man by his late wife, the Mirror reports The 1996 Saab 900 was badly damaged in an accident in December and the customer, Greg, advised the insurance company the car had [...]
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