Insurance News - August 2005

17-08-2005  Home insurance may not cover high-tech gadgetry

An explosion in user-friendly, miniaturised, high-tech gadgetry in recent years may mean many homes are underinsured. Homeowners are often forgetting items such as iPods, MP3 players, digital cameras, computers ...View Full Details

17-08-2005  Home contents insurance essential with kids around this summer

Kids cause around three billion pounds of damage to family homes each summer, a new report finds. Lloyds TSB Insurance have calculated that accidental damage claims rise by 25 ...View Full Details

16-08-2005  Increasing excesses can reduce premiums

Adding a higher excess to your motor insurance policy could save you money on premiums. The price comparison website, insuresupermarket.com, claims that by increasing your excess, or adding an ...View Full Details

15-08-2005  Old bike, good cause

Unwanted motorbikes are being revamped back to their former glory through a motorbike repair scheme, that raises funds for the disabled. The scheme known as the Motorcycle Recycle Scheme ...View Full Details

15-08-2005  Motorcycle design given stamp of approval

Royal Mail is releasing six special stamps to celebrate the glory years of British motorcycle design. The stamps feature six of Britain's most legendary bikes including a 1991 Norton ...View Full Details

15-08-2005  4X4 forever in our hearts

Despite recent concerns about their effect on the environment, British drivers are still keen to get their hands on four-wheel-drive vehicles (4x4s). Sales of the vehicles, dubbed ‘Chelsea ...View Full Details

12-08-2005  'Frustrated Fridays' fatal for roads

Fridays are the most dangerous day for British motorists to be on the road, and August is the most dangerous month, according to new research. Friday afternoons and early ...View Full Details

12-08-2005  Drivers who plan less likely to speed

Drivers who plan their journeys are less likely to speed, according to results from a new online driving simulator. The Motor Safety simulator, created by Marks & Spencer Money, ...View Full Details

10-08-2005  Britons put up with faulty goods because they haven't saved

Four out of five Britons do not regularly save, and could not afford to make emergency home repairs, a study by Alliance and Leicester shows. Fifty-two per cent of ...View Full Details

10-08-2005  Fuel cell motorbike wins backing

A fuel cell motorcycle is to be demonstrated in Taiwan after proposals won financial backing from the government. The funding, hailed as an important milestone on the road towards ...View Full Details