UK Motor Insurance Industry News
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Calls for education as cheats targeted
The insurance industry and the government have united to create a new weapon to hit fraudsters who are claiming benefits. Under the new scheme personal injury claims will be electronically referred to a dedicated benefit office operation in the north east of England which will cross check claiman ... read moreDate - 08/10/2003
InsureYourMotor.com backs mobile ban
Leading online motor insurance broker InsureYourMotor.com has welcomed the announcement by the Department for Transport to ban driving while using hand held mobile phones. Ministers say the new offence is to take effect from December 1st this year, with offenders fined £30 initially or up to £100 ... read moreDate - 08/10/2003
Higher premiums for overweight drivers!
David Harlow of InsureYourMotor.com has called for higher insurance premiums for overweight drivers. The controversial statement was issued as a result of recently released statistics on this particular group of motorists and their risk on the roads. According to a recent BBC report, overweight d ... read moreDate - 18/09/2003
Young drivers on the increase but at what price?
The insurance industry has recently learned of a rising road menace - young drivers. Recent research has found that drivers between the ages of 17 and 21 are twice as likely as other motorists to be involved in accidents where someone is killed or seriously injured and, worryingly for the indus ... read moreDate - 10/09/2003
InsureYourMotor.com 'hogs' the limelight on Harley Davidson Long Ride Home and Freedom Tour
Leading UK online motor insurance specialist InsureYourMotor.com ‘hogged’ the limelight last weekend when members of the company joined in the action on the ‘Long Ride Home’ Freedom Tour to celebrate 100 years of Harley Davidson. Over 150 Harley Davidson motorcycles escorted a twelve foot high, 3 ... read moreDate - 08/08/2003
Rev it up for Harley's 100th birthday!
Leading online motor insurance broker, InsureYourMotor.com are proud to announce their sponsorship of Harley Davidson’s 100th birthday celebrations to take place on 27th July 2003 across the UK and beyond. The Sculpture Road Tour and Freedom Ride will be the largest birthday party and motorcycle ... read moreDate - 16/07/2003
New fines for uninsured drivers
The Home Office has launched a pilot scheme that will see £200 fixed penalties for uninsured drivers. In addition, they are already studying plans that could see drivers forced to undertake community service. The pilot will see 23 police services across the UK using the new Motor Insurance Databa ... read moreDate - 11/07/2003
Fraudulent claims costs UK insurance industry.
The UK’s premier online motor insurance broker, InsureYourMotor.com estimates that one in 20 drivers are uninsured and many more than this give false information to their insurance company in an attempt to lower their premiums. Last year the insurance industry lost £1.3bn as a result of fraudulent c ... read moreDate - 03/07/2003
Equal rights, but at what price?
Women have for many years been fighting for equal rights and have achieved great social, academic and commercial success as a result. However, the battle of the sexes has always been dominated by one question; which sex is the better driver? In a recent independent survey from leading motor insur ... read moreDate - 19/06/2003
InsureYourMotor.com 'monkey' around for office prank!
One of the UK’s leading online insurance brokers, InsureYourMotor.com is to appear on ITV2’s hit wind up show, ‘Office Monkey’. The show, to be shown next Tuesday 17th June at 11pm, invades the InsureYourMotor.com Middlesex offices for two days wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting staff. The forma ... read moreDate - 13/06/2003
Car crime soars
Last month the UK’s leading online insurance broker InsureYourMotor.com reported that UK car crime figures fell by 40% last year. New statistics, however, show that the latest crime wave to hit motorists is 'key crime'. Thefts of keys from bags or pockets or from motorists' homes are becoming increa ... read moreDate - 09/06/2003
UK Motorists Foot £850m Bill for Insurance Fraudsters
Staggering figures, disclosed by the UK’s premiere online motor insurance bureau InsureYourMotor.com, show that uninsured drivers are pushing up insured drivers premiums from anything between £15-£30 per policy, per year. According to recent DfT Transport Statistics, there are approximately 28 milli ... read moreDate - 23/04/2003
White Van Men risk going out of business every day!
Leading online motor insurance broker InsureYourMotor.com warns that over 56% of ‘White Van’ drivers could go out of business if they had a serious road traffic accident! Whilst road traffic accidents ruin lives, many accidents can ruin businesses. The unprecedented increase in the number of ‘Whi ... read moreDate - 17/03/2003
Easy ride for car thieves as motorists attempt to avoid congestion charges
Leading motor insurance broker InsureYourMotor.com suggests that outer London locations will become huge car parks, as motorists leave their cars and take to the Underground in a bid to avoid congestion charges. As the deadline for congestion charges rapidly approaches several London Boroughs ar ... read moreDate - 13/02/2003
Leading insurance broker gives local rugby club a try
Leading motor insurance broker, InsureYourMotor.com have given local Croydon rugby club, the Whitgiftians a welcome boost to the season with a new sponsorship deal. Managing Director of InsureYourMotor.com, David Harlow who has played for the club since the early nineties, wanted to give somethin ... read moreDate - 21/01/2003
