Insurance News - September 2006

12-09-2006  British motorists against car black boxes

The majority of British drivers are against the idea of having a black box in their cars, even if it meant that their insurance payment would go down, according to ...View Full Details

12-09-2006  Insurer offers text quotes

For the first time ever, a major insurer is offering motor insurance quotes by text message.The insurer, swiftcover.com, is to offer a service, dubbed Swift Text, that will allow a ...View Full Details

12-09-2006  CCM unveils the new Street Scrambler

Bolton-based bike manufacturer CCM has announced details of its new SR40 Street Scrambler bike, enduro news reports.The SR40 features a Suzuki 400 cc engine with an electric start and a ...View Full Details

11-09-2006  Chauffeur parents 'have no choice'

Of parents who drive their children to school, 90 per cent claim that they have no choice, according to a survey from insurer swiftcover.com.Three million parents drive their children to ...View Full Details

11-09-2006  Driving menace caused by terrible teens

Drivers could be dangerously distracted while ferrying teenagers due to their bad behaviour, a survey from Cornhill Direct has found.One if four drivers have said that their children make them ...View Full Details

11-09-2006  Motorbike run roars into Essex

The annual Essex Air Ambulance motorcycle run zoomed its way through Harwich over the weekend, in an effort to raise money for the service.Seaside town Harwich hosted a special day ...View Full Details

08-09-2006  Pet insurance for over 50's introduced

An insurance company specialising in insurance for those aged over 50 have started to offer pet insurance, a symptom of the growing popularity of pet owners investing in coverage for ...View Full Details

08-09-2006  Many parents clueless on new car seat laws

The majority of parents who drive with their children in the car are ignorant about the new laws concerning child car seats, which will come into effect on September 18th, ...View Full Details

08-09-2006  Ducati unleashes Testastretta

Italian super-bike company Ducati has announced the release of the stirring 2007 Monster S4R Testastretta.Boasting an incredible 130 HP, a full 23 HP gain over the one that went before, ...View Full Details

07-09-2006  Insurance broker offers policies in MP3 format

A major UK insurer has become the first to offer its customers downloadable insurance policies in MP3 format.esure is offering insurance policies that can be downloaded onto an iPod or ...View Full Details