UK Insurance News

Research by insurance company SwiftCover.com has revealed that motorists are paying over the odds for motor insurance when choosing flashy hot hatch GTI style cars over similar standard versions of the same make and model.
This is no real surprise and has always been the case particularly as the high end versions offer better performance and [...]

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One of the UK’s leading motor insurers are to set up an Anti Fraud Team that plans to reduce premiums being paid by honest customers by weeding out customers who are likely to make fraudulent claims.
Hastings Direct and sister brands, Renew, Insure and Likewise are investing in state of the art technology that will help [...]

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As any driver from the UK who has driven abroad can testify, Britons are generally among the most law abiding and safety conscious of motorists in Europe.  I guess we all knew that already, but research from AXA insurance in its annual survey of driver behaviour across ten European countries has confirmed the UK as [...]

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Struggling Helphire, the accident management company that offers courtesy cars to insured drivers who are involved in accidents that were not their fault, have formed a partnership with Hastings Insurance Services.
In September this year it was reported that Helphire had been hit on several fronts when Arcomas ended their association with the company, the owners [...]

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UK motorists who drink and drive are not only a menace to other road users and pedestrians, but also to themselves, as research shows that drivers convicted of drink driving will face increased insurance premiums of up to twice the normal figure, if they can obtain insurance at all.
According to research by Moneysupermarket.com motorists who [...]

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