Insurance News - October 2007

18-10-2007  Home insurance dodgers beware, providers uncover £1m in fraud daily

Providers of cover - such as car and home insurance - are discovering and preventing fraudulent claims worth over £1 million every day, it has been announced.According to the Association ...View Full Details

18-10-2007  Kids 'bored after ten minutes in cars'

Children grow bored after just ten minutes in a car it has been reported.Restless children in a vehicle, whose actions may lead to the distraction of the vehicle driver and ...View Full Details

18-10-2007  Motorists 'advised to hide evidence of in-car gadgets'

Van drivers in Lancashire were warned by police to avoid the need for a claim on their commercial vehicle insurance by removing signs of expensive gadgets from their automobiles.Opportunistic burglars ...View Full Details

18-10-2007  Corgis tipped to lead the pack in canine film awards

The corgis who played Dame Helen Mirren's canine companions in the 2006 film The Queen have been tipped to win first prize in the first ever Fido Awards.Chief critic of ...View Full Details

17-10-2007  "Highly unlikely" that DIY damage will be covered by home insurance

It is "highly unlikely" that home insurance providers will cover damages that result from unskilled DIY efforts, it was asserted by an industry body yesterday.Andrew Leech, technical consultant for the ...View Full Details

17-10-2007  Damage courtesy of pets and children 'risks home insurance claims'

Parents may face costly home insurance claims through damage done to their houses by children and pets during the upcoming half-term holidays, it has been reported.Walls, carpets and other flooring ...View Full Details

17-10-2007  Smoking the 'biggest in-car peeve'

Smoking has topped a list of bad habits that annoy fellow passengers and may cause a driver to become distracted and lead to the need to make a costly car ...View Full Details

17-10-2007  Animal lover shells out on hi-tech equipment to track her tortoises

A pet owner has invested in a number of radio-tracking devices to keep tabs on her tortoises, it has been reported.Jane Williams owns some 60 tortoises and has had each ...View Full Details

16-10-2007  Flea and tick numbers leap to record high

Experts have warned that the number of ticks and fleas is currently at an all time high after the publication of the Infest-Nation report.Vets have advised pet owners to be ...View Full Details

16-10-2007  Thousand of parents 'unwittingly' commit car insurance fraud

Many thousands of parents and grandparents who have helped their child or grandchild buy a car and has it insured in their own name may be committing car insurance fraud ...View Full Details