Archived Insurance News from October 2007
Published: 15/10/2007
Implementing solutions such as security lights and strong locks can help lower your home insurance premiums significantly, a leading industry body has said.Kelly Ostler, spokesperson for the Associati...
Read More: Security and lights 'can lower premiums' >Published: 15/10/2007
The pretty market town of Louth in Lincolnshire is spearheading a new campaign aimed at getting youngsters to think safe when riding on their scooters.The town's Neighbourhood Policing Team is impleme...
Read More: Market town promotes scooter scheme >Published: 15/10/2007
Pubs in areas commonly hit by flooding are set to be affected by a lack of government spending on flood defences - but there are a number of things they can do to minimise the effect of flood waters. ...
Read More: Flood-risk pubs facing insurance woes >Published: 12/10/2007
Fewer customers may take out car insurance in the coming months, with a new report revealing that motor traders are still finding trading conditions difficult.A study from global information solutions...
Read More: Car dealership failures fall >Published: 12/10/2007
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need to make sure they have a tested business continuity plan in place, in addition to commercial insurance - as a most smaller companies don't have the reser...
Read More: Business continuity plans 'extremely important' for SMEs >Published: 12/10/2007
Around 25 per cent of people in the UK currently don't have any home contents insurance, it has been claimed.Kelly Ostler, spokesperson for the Association of British Insurers (ABI), says that take up...
Read More: A quarter missing contents insurance >Published: 11/10/2007
A voluntary code of practice for price comparison websites should be introduced.This is the recommendation of a new report from the Resolution Foundation, which claims that such sites do make an inval...
Read More: 'Code of practice' needed for comparison sites >Published: 11/10/2007
The amount of money Brits spend on repurchasing items they forgot to pack while on holiday is equivalent to the entire GDP of the Seychelles, a new report claims.A study from Abbey Current Accounts re...
Read More: Brits repurchasing the equivalent of Seychelles >Published: 11/10/2007
The moratorium on insurance companies using results from genetic tests to calculate premiums should be extended, a leading industry body has claimed.Jonathan French, of the Association of British Insu...
Read More: Genetic test moratorium should be extended >Published: 10/10/2007
Insurance companies' threat to withdraw insurance for homeowners living in areas at risk from flooding could lead to a "two-tier" society, it has been claimed.Debra Williams, managing direct...
Read More: 'Two tier society' to follow from flood threats >