Archived Insurance News from February 2008
Published: 29/02/2008
Tradex Insurance has hailed a black cab specialist in acquiring the business of Westminster Motor Insurance Association.Stephen Endean, chief executive officer of Tradex, told the Post magazine that h...
Read More: Tradex hails black cab specialist >Published: 29/02/2008
The biggest earthquake to hit the UK in 25 years could cost the insurance industry up to £30 million, according to a firm of catastrophe risk analysts.Risk Management Solutions (RMS) said that in...
Read More: Earthquake could cost insurers £30m >Published: 28/02/2008
Car insurers desperate to protect their profits are using a number of crafty tactics to escape paying out the full value of a car when it is written off.According to the Association of British Insurer...
Read More: Car insurers crafty at payout time >Published: 28/02/2008
Home insurers only just recovering from the shock of having to fork out around £3 billion because of last year's floods have been shaken again by the largest earthquake to hit Britain for 25 year...
Read More: Insurance companies shaken by quake >Published: 28/02/2008
Two environmentally aware members of insurer Allianze's staff are on a mission.Kate Piggott and Paul Titley have won grants from environmental charity Earthwatch of up to £2,000 to fund expeditio...
Read More: Allianz staff on a mission >Published: 27/02/2008
The devastating summer floods, which caused the insurance industry as a whole to lose around £3 billion has been blamed for a bank's general insurance losses.Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) has j...
Read More: Floods blamed for HBOS losses >Published: 27/02/2008
A tremor of fear ran through some homeowners when the biggest earthquake to hit the UK for nearly 25 years shook houses across huge swathes of England and Wales this morning.The panic caused by the qu...
Read More: Tremor of fear for homeowners >Published: 27/02/2008
Many homeowners are "grossly" under-insured when it comes to protecting their possessions, which could prove costly in the event of a claim, according to a price comparison website.Moneyfact...
Read More: Under insurance could be costly >Published: 26/02/2008
Homeowners in Glasgow have been counting the cost of stormy weather, after a 70mph wind lashed the city in the last 24 hours.The west of Scotland experienced something of a downpour as well as gale-fo...
Read More: High winds buffet Glasgow >Published: 26/02/2008
Consumers are being advised to check their car insurance in light of a changing industry which is seeing an array of different policies emerge.Rising costs in the industry have seen the average car in...
Read More: Consumers told to keep tabs on the car insurance market >