Archived Insurance News from September 2007
Published: 25/09/2007
Motorists could help reduce carbon emissions by adhering to a few simple rules when taking to the roads, a new report states.A study from the Commission for Integrated Transport (CIT) says people coul...
Read More: 'Few simple steps' for carbon reduction >Published: 25/09/2007
Homeowner should carry out annual reviews of their home contents and insure their provider of any changes they have made, a leading industry body has advised.Graeme Trudgill, technical services manage...
Read More: Homeowners 'continual' contents insurance review >Published: 24/09/2007
Vehicle repairmen are continually putting motorists' lives at risk by doing a shoddy job on their vehicles, it has been claimed.Investigators from Trading Standards found that 50 per cent of drivers l...
Read More: Repairmen 'putting lives at risk' >Published: 24/09/2007
Drivers who do not declare who was driving when their car is clocked for speeding will face tougher penalties in new legislation to be introduced by the government.People who are stopped or fined for ...
Read More: Tougher penalties for speeding drivers >Published: 24/09/2007
The north-west of England is the worst region in the UK to commute to and from work in, a new report states.A study from the RAC Foundation claims that people travelling home from work in this region ...
Read More: North-west is commuters' worst area >Published: 21/09/2007
Older drivers are being asked to pay less for their car insurance, a new report has found.Consumer website moneysupermarket.com has published a study which indicates that a 30-year-old driver will hav...
Read More: Older drivers 'have lower car insurance premiums' >Published: 21/09/2007
Insurance firms will be able to respond to consumer claims after natural disasters more swiftly in the future, after the industry announced new protocols that cover the issue.The new agreement is betw...
Read More: New rules to improve insurers' response to disasters >Published: 20/09/2007
The UK is among the few countries in the world in which flood insurance is available on the free market, a leading insurance industry body has said.The Association of British Insurers (ABI) says that ...
Read More: UK 'unique' for flood insurance >Published: 20/09/2007
The use of IP telephony within business has the potential to improve small and medium-sized enterprise organisational effectiveness and performance, it has been claimed.Maren Bennette, leader of the C...
Read More: IP telephony 'can improve' SME performance >Published: 19/09/2007
People whose homes were flooded this summer won't necessarily see their insurance premiums rise as a result, it has been claimed.The Association of British Insurers claims that "many factors"...
Read More: Flood victims 'won't necessarily' see premiums rise >