UK Insurance News

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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It appears that Hastings Direct are unable to do any wrong at present, following a management buyout from the Insurance Australia Group earlier in the year, the management team have set upon an ambitious programme of expansion, despite the current economic climate.
Last month Hastings Direct acquired the Newmarket based Renew Insurance Services Ltd an insurer [...]

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A senior police officer has warned the UK public over the growing number of  fraudulent burglary claims, the latest insurance scam where people are pretending that they have been burgled with the aim of collecting money from their insurance policies.
Chief Constable Julie Spence suggests that the recent increase in fraudulent burglary claims is possibly linked [...]

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Insurance group NFU Mutual have highlighted the latest trend in livestock rustling in the UK, recent thefts include 2000 game birds and 600 piglets. High meat prices and the current economic situation have led to an increase in animal rustling and subsequently an increase in claims from farmers.
In recent incidents nine rare breed cattle were [...]

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Legal expenses insurance providers in the UK have reported that calls from businesses seeking advice over redundancies have trebled during the first quarter of this year as the economic downturn takes it’s toll.
One of the UK’s leading insurance specialists Abbey Legal Protection reports that calls for advice from mid-corporate businesses increased by 190% in the [...]

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