Archived Insurance News from October 2007
Published: 10/10/2007
The department for environment food and rural affairs (Defra) has announced the changes it proposes to make to the amount it plans to spend on flood defences.Defra says that it is planning to grow spe...
Read More: Defra outlines flood spending >Published: 10/10/2007
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has welcomed the government's proposed changes to inheritance (IHT) and capital gains tax (CGT), saying that they should allow people to build up capital for ...
Read More: ABI lends support to tax measures >Published: 09/10/2007
General Motors (GM) has announced the release of a new anti-theft device, which should prove entirely effective in halting any would-be car thief in their tracks.In news that should be welcomed by the...
Read More: GM releases anti-theft device >Published: 09/10/2007
Car insurance premiums will continue to rise towards the end of the year, a new report claims.The AA's British Insurance Premium Index states that 1.35 per cent rise in average quoted premiums was rec...
Read More: Car insurance premiums 'to rise' >Published: 09/10/2007
Around 35 per cent of the lowest-income households (earning under £10,000 per year) have no car insurance, home insurance or other type insurance, a new report reveals.The study, from the Associa...
Read More: Non-insured need insurance most >Published: 08/10/2007
Car insurance customers have been warned to take care when parking in urban locations, after police officers in Northampton identified a large number of vehicles at risk of theft.A search by Northampt...
Read More: Police find theft risk vehicles >Published: 08/10/2007
Around ten per cent of UK motorists could face a very costly lock-out were they to lose their car keys - as they don't have a spare set to fall back on, a new report has revealed.Research from Britann...
Read More: Costs rise on lack of spare keys >Published: 08/10/2007
People should guard against complacency when it comes to identity fraud, one industry expert has warned.Peter Hurst, chief executive of the UK's fraud prevention service CIFAS, marked the beginning of...
Read More: Complacent attitudes need to be ousted on identity fraud >Published: 08/10/2007
Changing attitudes towards gay people's insurance, enshrined by a recent law change, have been welcomed by a leading financial expert.Independent financial adviser Chris Morgan, managing director of C...
Read More: 'Virtual equality' on life assurance for gay people >Published: 04/10/2007
With a motorist's profession having a big bearing on the premium that they pay for their car insurance, it has been revealed by insurance comparison website Confused.com that professional footballers...
Read More: Footballers 'pay the most' for car insurance >