Insurance News - June 2006

09-06-2006  Drivers uncaring about petrol prices

With petrol selling for 95.6p per litre, this figure would have to double to make drivers abandon their cars and use public transport For motorists to use public transport ...View Full Details

09-06-2006  42 per cent of men lose wedding ring

Almost half of the UK's married men – 42 per cent – lose their wedding ring within five years of getting married. Over £94 million worth of wedding rings ...View Full Details

08-06-2006  RSPCA offers new pet insurance

The RSPCA is to team up with AXA insurance to offer a new pet insurance deal which pays 20 per cent of every policy back to the society to help ...View Full Details

08-06-2006  Half of drivers feel they would fail test

Over 50 per cent of drivers fear that if they were required to take a driving test they would fail it outright. Insurance Firm Direct Line Breakdowns has conducted ...View Full Details

07-06-2006  UK drug driving among worst in Europe

New research has found that over one in five drivers in Britain have driven after using drugs. Also forty per cent of those who drug drive actually think that ...View Full Details

07-06-2006  British bikers criticise EU

The British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) has criticised a recent EU paper that it says treats motorcycles as a problem and fails to recognise their transport value. Entitled "Reduction of ...View Full Details

06-06-2006  Summer crackdown on drink driving begins

All 43 police forces across England and Wales have kicked off the annual Drink and Drug Driving Campaign for the summer. The campaign is directed at cutting down casualties ...View Full Details

06-06-2006  Uninsured home could cost thousands over a lifetime

At least six major disasters per lifetime will happen to a house, leaving uninsured homeowners to pay mammoth costs. A major accident will occur to 3.2 million homes in ...View Full Details

05-06-2006  Brits to spend £5478 each on home improvement

Every other home owner in the UK is planning to spend money doing up their homes this year. Approximately 21.3 million homeowner are to spend £5,478 each - £116.9 ...View Full Details

05-06-2006  31 point driver finally banned

A driver who tallied up a staggering 31 points on his license has at last been banned from driving. Hailing from Greater Manchester, Jefferey Englander has been banned from ...View Full Details