Archived Insurance News from January 2008
Published: 31/01/2008
Motor insurance fiddles add another £30 to the cost of every policy, according to a fraud investigator.Darren Hodgkinson spends his working life sieving the honest claims from the dishonest ones....
Read More: Fraud adds £30 to motor insurance >Published: 31/01/2008
Staff across the country, including those at insurers Allianz, Lloyd's and WPA, are going to de-stress themselves by slipping on their slippers and switching off their emails this week.Friday February...
Read More: Insurance staff into slippers >Published: 31/01/2008
Around 5.5 million customers are confused about what coverage to expect on their travel insurance policy, according to a price comparison website.MoneyExpert.com says that its research shows that 12 p...
Read More: Customers confused over travel cover >Published: 30/01/2008
The increasing problem of insurance fraud is set to be highlighted this week in two television programmes.Honest, tonight on ITV 1 at 9pm, shows the character of Lindsay getting a job at an insurance ...
Read More: TV highlights insurance fraud problem >Published: 30/01/2008
A man has been given a suspended jail sentence after admitting forging his wife's signature to obtain more than £56,000 in loan and insurance payouts.Taxi driver and mechanic, Nicholas Pratt, ble...
Read More: Husband forged wife's signature >Published: 30/01/2008
Prospective homeowners already concerned about the cost of home insurance, utility bills and council tax were dealt another blow this morning.An affordability index released by the Royal Institute of ...
Read More: Property 'becoming less affordable' >Published: 30/01/2008
Pet owners have been urged to do their research so they know exactly what they are paying for when it comes to insuring their furry companions.Defaqto, the research and analysis firm, has noted that p...
Read More: Pet owners urged to wise up >Published: 29/01/2008
Reich Insurance has announced it will be expanding its operation by taking over fellow Manchester-based broker Tidey.The deal, struck on January 18th, will immediately swell the income of the Reich gr...
Read More: Reich expanding >Published: 29/01/2008
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has made a start at sieving the "alphabet soup" of qualifications it dispenses.CII deputy-director general, Bob Bullivant, has welcomed the news that ...
Read More: 'Alphabet soup' sieved >Published: 29/01/2008
Nearly three million rooms have vanished in the last five years as a result of Brits knocking through walls to create more space.Halifax Home Insurance has undertaken research showing that increasing ...
Read More: Rooms vanishing >