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Homeserve ready for £500m D&G buy-out
Homeserve is preparing to ramp up its position in the home emergency cover market after opening talks with Domestic and General (D&G) over a potential buy-out.The emergency services provider admitted it had approached its smaller rival, with a view to entering discussions over an offer.According to analysts this could be ...
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Personal lines drive for Post Office
The Post Office has drawn up ambitious plans to grow its share of the competitive home and motor insurance market.In the next five years the company hopes to grow its share of the home insurance market by around 2% while also tripling its share of the car insurance market to ...
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FSA finds improvement in insurance advertising
Improvements follow the regulators challenge to firms to improve home and motor insurance press advertising standards...
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Carbon neutral motor insurance launched
ibuyeco announces a new motor insurance offering which will help motorists offset their carbon footprint
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Swinton: penalty points won't drive up premiums
Drivers need no longer fear impact of penalty points on premium rates following Swinton announcement
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Two arrested in staged motor accident crackdown
Police arrest a further two suspects in dawn raids in the ongoing crackdown on cash for crash scam
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Four arrested in 'cash for crash' insurance scam
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) has helped West Yorkshire Police with intelligence-gathering, leading to the arrest of four people today suspected of staging motor accidents...
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MCE launches motor insurance website
Broker, MCE, has launched a new fully interactive e-commerce site for private car and motorcycle insurance...
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Costs of motoring on the rise
British motorists are revving up over £51bn pounds a year just to keep their vehicles on the road, according to new research by Zurich. More than 9 in 10 (91 %) say car-running costs have increased over the last 5 years. Three quarters (74 %) say that owning a ...
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Curbing young driver deaths
Despite soaring young driver deaths, the insurance industry and politicians disagree on how it should be tackled. Tom Flack reports
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Third of teens think they're safer motorists than others
Young drivers are under the impression that they are safer motorists than others despite being more likely to up their car insurance premiums through risky behaviour...
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New push by insurers to use recycled parts
Persuading insurers to use car repair scheme an 'uphill battle'
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Fiat opts for PPI and GAP from Sterling
Sterling Insurance Group will provide payment protection and Guaranteed Asset Protection services across the Fiat and Alfa Romeo dealer network...
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Primary General launches motor trade combined policy
Primary General has launched a new motor trade combined policy, covering a broad range of motor trade risks.The policy will be available to selected broker partners across the UK.Simon taylor, marketing director, commented: “Motor trade risks can be a complex and specialist area of the market, where a comprehensive policy ...
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Friday 13th unlucky for motorists
More motor-related claims made on Friday 13th than any other days...