UK Insurance News

Helphire is the company that was set up to offer cars to motorists involved in accidents that were not their fault, but the financial crisis appears to have taken its toll on the company as higher fuel prices mean fewer cars on the roads and fewer accidents.
Also the stock of cars that Helphire offer to [...]

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UK supermarket chain Tesco have formalised their partnership with insurance provider Fortis UK Ltd to provide Home and motor insurance products to its customers.
The deal was first announced in June this year following Tesco Personal Finance PLC ending their business relationship with the Royal Bank of Scotland with a buy out that gave the supermarket [...]

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With recent research showing that 21% of motorcyclists in the UK are 50 or over, it is no surprise that Saga have just launched an insurance package aimed squarely at that market.
The policy offers full cover against loss, damage and theft of their machines and includes 60 days minimum EU cover. Add-ons include personal accident [...]

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Statistics from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) show an alarming rise in the number of fire claims over the two year period between the first half of 2007 to the first half of 2009.
Worringly a growing number of the claims are being contributed to arson and insurance company Aviva has warned businesses to be [...]

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A fall in the price of scrap metal and in particular lead, has helped the specialist ‘church insurer’ Ecclesiastical to recover from huge losses this time last year, to report a healthy £25.7million pre tax profit for the first six months of the year.
Chief Executive of Ecclesiastical Michael Tripp said that one of the key [...]

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