insurance

FCA review reveals finance shortcomings

A Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) review has revealed that insurers and insurance intermediaries are not always providing customers with clear information about the different payment options available, when buying general […]

Insurance insider investigation sees three arrested

An Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED) investigation into the suspected fraudulent sale of an insurer’s confidential customer information has seen three people arrested across Bournemouth and Poole. The City of […]

Insurance website corrupter sentenced

A Liverpool man who manipulated an insurer’s website to get £10,000 worth of car insurance for just £10 has been sentenced. Callum Mullen had previously been found guilty of two […]

APIL chief targets insurers

The Law Gazette reports that Jonathan Wheeler – incoming president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has his sights set on the insurance industry in the association’s upcoming […]

Halo in awards first

Halo Accident Repairs has scored an industry ‘first’ by partnering with Ageas Insurance and securing entry onto the British Insurance Awards shortlist for Claims Initiative of the Year – Insurance […]

Classic car insurance scheme introduced

Ernest R Shaw in conjunction with LV= has introduced a new insurance scheme for bodyshops and garages dealing with classic cars. Ernest R Shaw and LV= Insurance have launched an […]

Insurance prices remain static

Comprehensive car insurance premiums have held steady during the first quarter of 2015, according to the latest Confused.com Car Insurance Price Index in association with Towers Watson. This means that […]

Car insurance fraudster sentenced

A Liverpool man who manipulated an insurer’s website to get £10,000 worth of car insurance for just £10 has been sentenced. Callum Mullen had previously been found guilty of two […]

Concern over rise in uninsured drivers

Insurers have conceded they are largely powerless to prevent an uptick in uninsured drivers after the Motor Insurers’ Bureau reported the number of motorists without insurance had ‘plateaued out’ after […]

Ageas partners with Volkswagen

Ageas UK and Volkswagen Financial Services have entered into an agreement that will see customers buying an Audi, Volkswagen, Skoda, SEAT or Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle within the group’s retailer network […]

IFB welcomes guilty verdict

The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has welcomed the guilty verdicts handed down yesterday at Manchester Crown Court to a group of fraudsters who staged ‘crash for cash’ insurance scams totalling over £1 […]

Catlin sells insurethebox

UK insurer, Catlin has sold its stake in Box Innovation Group (insurethebox) to Japanese-owned motor insurance specialist, Aioi Nissay Dowa. Under the sale agreement announced back in December 2014, Aioi […]