Archived Insurance News from March 2008
Published: 27/03/2008
Motorists are paying £333 million in administration fees every year, research has shown.Price comparison site uSwitch.com revealed that 14 million drivers are hit with additional charges.The fees...
Read More: Motorists face £333m admin bill >Published: 26/03/2008
Car enhancements such as lowered suspensions and tinted windows can make insurance premiums significantly more expensive, figures show.Research by the price comparison site, Confused.com, revealed tha...
Read More: Car add-ons add on to premiums >Published: 26/03/2008
Insurers have called on the government to push ahead with plans to reform personal injury claims.Ministers launched a consultation in the spring of last year and are now coming under pressure to put t...
Read More: Insurers step up pressure on personal injury >Published: 26/03/2008
Insurance companies that allow customers to 'mirror' their no-claims discount when they buy a second car are offering their customers big savings.That is the finding of research by moneysupermarket.co...
Read More: 'Mirroring' offers big savings >Published: 26/03/2008
Homeowners are fixing their mortgage repayments for longer, according to research.Figures compiled by MoneyExpert.com, a personal finance website, revealed that deals upwards of ten years were becomin...
Read More: Fixed rates 'getting longer' >Published: 25/03/2008
The government has launched a new initiative to tackle tired driving.While tiredness ranks well below alcohol on most drivers' radars, it causes one in five crashes.A You Gov poll revealed that only 1...
Read More: Government launches tired driving initiative >Published: 25/03/2008
The housing market is in desperate need of an interest rate cut to restore consumer confidence.That is the view of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), which this morning stepped up the p...
Read More: Housing market 'needs rate cut' >Published: 20/03/2008
Insurance brokers have given a cautious welcome to a consultation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on connected travel insurance.The consultation proposes extending the current regulation tha...
Read More: Cautious welcome for FSA consultation >Published: 20/03/2008
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has extended its probe into the commercial insurance sector with the launch of a new discussion paper.The paper will examine a number of issues thrown up by an F...
Read More: Regulator continues commercial insurance probe >Published: 20/03/2008
Home contents insurance is ignored by as many as one in four Britons, according to research.The price comparison site Confused.com revealed that a worryingly high proportion of homes are not adequatel...
Read More: Contents insurance 'ignored' >