Car Insurance : New iPhone Application for New Jersey Drivers
Palisades, New Jersey car insurance company, announced today the launch of a new iPhone application available to all Palisades customers and New Jersey residents. The free, easy-to-use application is available to download on iTunes and the Palisades web site for use with an iPhone or iPod Touch. The application offers a variety of resources, including the ability to store insurance information, click-to-call on-the-go emergency contact lists, easy accident reporting and instant access to important car maintenance records including date of last... Lire la suite
Car insurance : Top tips for rental car businesses to avoid ‘crash for cash’ schemes
The Insurance Fraud Bureau has claimed that “crash for cash” schemes, in which car accidents are staged in order to claim on another drivers’ insurance, are at an all time high. Aon has created a list of tips for rental companies. Rosemarie Spiers, rental business services director of Aon commented: “Rental companies are seen as an easy target in ‘cash for crash’ schemes, predominantly because the hirer has no long-term connection to the vehicle involved, making it more difficult to track the hirer’s history. “Quite apart from... Lire la suite
Insurers may hike premiums for flood-prone properties in Singapore after a deluge caused millions of dollars in damage and led to luxury stores being barricaded with sandbags, a report said Friday. “Three floods within a one-month period is unprecedented in Singapore,” General Insurance Association president Derek Teo told the Straits Times as businesses and homeowners in the city-state braced for more rains. The daily estimated that claims for damage to property and vehicles since mid-June could exceed 10 million Singapore dollars... Lire la suite
Insurance fraud : Police arrested three in ‘cash for crash’ raids
Three men have been arrested in the Lancashire area as part of an ongoing investigation into ‘cash for crash’ activity. The raids, which were made this morning, were carried out by Durham Constabulary’s Serious and Organised Crime Group. Warrants were executed at a total of four addresses in the Derwentside area, Lancashire. In July 2009 Durham Constabulary approached the Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) with quantities of paperwork related to insurance claims highlighting anomalies with suspicious links to local businesses. Following... Lire la suite
Car insurance premiums soar by 14%
The cost of car insurance soared by 14% during the second quarter as insurers raised their prices in a bid to return to profit, research has indicated. The average cost of a comprehensive motor policy rose by 14.2% during the three months to the end of June to £599 – a £74 increase, according to price comparison website Confused.com. The latest rise leaves a comprehensive policy costing 31%, or £142, more than it did in July 2009. The group said insurers were imposing double digit price hikes in a bid to get back into profit, following... Lire la suite











