UK Insurance News

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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Motor insurance has risen at it’s fastest pace in 15 years according to a report from the AA, with the rising cost of personal injury claims and insurance fraud having a major effect on the premiums that we pay.
The average premium quoted for comprehensive motor insurance rose by 5.6% in the last quarter up to [...]

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A man who claimed to have been injured when a coach carrying himself and guests crashed on the way to his wedding, was found guilty of attempted insurance fraud in Manchester Crown Court.
The bridegroom Andrew Singh  was sentenced to twelve months, along with parents Graham Singh and Niramella Singh. The family had made the claim [...]

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UK insurer MORE TH>N say that despite the media coverage relating to the ‘crash for cash’ scam, 41% of motorists have never heard of this form of gang crime.
While co-ordinated efforts by the police and insurance companies have seen a drop of 11% in incidents of the scam over the last two years, MORE TH>N [...]

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UK Farmers are being warned that they must undergo improved risk management and adopt safer working practises in a sector that has one of  the worst records in fatalities.
The warning comes from insurer Aviva, as part of its 2009 Simply Safety campaign and aimed at an agricultural industry that is becoming increasingly diversified as farmers [...]

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