Cars
Godfather of Soul James Brown once sang, “Stock market going up, jobs going down,†and he’s never been more right. Only it’s not the stock market going up, its car insurance in the UK. And it’s going up a lot. Twelve months ago, drivers were paying (on average) £633.55 to insure their cars. Now they’re £892.08 or forty percent more, and there was a similar 40% increase the year before and the year before that. Yet with accidents declining and the competition increasing more than ever before, premiums – you’d think – would be lower than ever.
- Study Finds Nearly 50 Percent Of Drivers Under 30 Access The Web While Driving
Driving is an activity that should not be taken lightly; on the contrary, it demands 100 percent of your attention at all times. Yet distracted driving, which according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood accounted for 3,092 deaths and 400,000...
- Office Of Fair Trading To Begin Fact Finding Probe Into Uk Insurers
The UK Office of Fair Trading has launched a preliminary investigation – known as a call for evidence – into the nation’s insurance companies after car insurance premiums rose 40% over the last twelve months. The consumer watchdog...
- Poor Economy Linked To Increased Insurance Frauds -suspicious Car Fires Up 27%!
The ongoing economic downturn has been linked to a raise in the number of possible cases of insurance fraud in the U.S, according to a new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). An analysis of "questionable claims" that were classified...
- Top 5 Least Expensive Cars To Insure In 2011
We've been here before, both in 2009 and in 2010. Insure.com does a wonderful service for the American populace by tracking insurance rates across the United States, finding average figures for average drivers, and breaking this down by specific models...
- Top 5 Cheapest Cars To Insure In America
Recent automotive insurance quotes I've received bare no resemblance to the figures you'll read about below. Insure.com has done some research. While the state in which you live, along with your zip code and driving record, will play a huge role...
Cars
Britain’s Wonderland Syndrome: Motorists Deliberately Causing Accidents and Claiming Big Payouts
Godfather of Soul James Brown once sang, “Stock market going up, jobs going down,†and he’s never been more right. Only it’s not the stock market going up, its car insurance in the UK. And it’s going up a lot. Twelve months ago, drivers were paying (on average) £633.55 to insure their cars. Now they’re £892.08 or forty percent more, and there was a similar 40% increase the year before and the year before that. Yet with accidents declining and the competition increasing more than ever before, premiums – you’d think – would be lower than ever.
So what gives? Well, insurance companies are making bigger payouts thanks to litigation. Litigation! Roughly 200 claims a year to be exact, executed by those nefarious, “no win, no fee†lawyer-types. And this is in the UK; a country that I’d have thought would have more sense than that. Fortunately, it seems some people in the UK do have more sense than that as British Parliament has finally woken up to this litigation bully.
- Study Finds Nearly 50 Percent Of Drivers Under 30 Access The Web While Driving
Driving is an activity that should not be taken lightly; on the contrary, it demands 100 percent of your attention at all times. Yet distracted driving, which according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood accounted for 3,092 deaths and 400,000...
- Office Of Fair Trading To Begin Fact Finding Probe Into Uk Insurers
The UK Office of Fair Trading has launched a preliminary investigation – known as a call for evidence – into the nation’s insurance companies after car insurance premiums rose 40% over the last twelve months. The consumer watchdog...
- Poor Economy Linked To Increased Insurance Frauds -suspicious Car Fires Up 27%!
The ongoing economic downturn has been linked to a raise in the number of possible cases of insurance fraud in the U.S, according to a new report by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). An analysis of "questionable claims" that were classified...
- Top 5 Least Expensive Cars To Insure In 2011
We've been here before, both in 2009 and in 2010. Insure.com does a wonderful service for the American populace by tracking insurance rates across the United States, finding average figures for average drivers, and breaking this down by specific models...
- Top 5 Cheapest Cars To Insure In America
Recent automotive insurance quotes I've received bare no resemblance to the figures you'll read about below. Insure.com has done some research. While the state in which you live, along with your zip code and driving record, will play a huge role...