According to a new survey, the UK motorists might be thankful to their car insurance provider for the insurance cover that protects them in emergency.
After the survey of 40,000 vehicles one-third were found to be failed to use indicators, which misguide the other drivers. While taking any turn on a junction most of the drivers do not bother to give any kind of signals and indicators to intimate the drivers in rear and front. Such sudden turns on junction cause accidents most of the times and in such condition your insurance cover comes as rescue.
One in ten UK motorists is found to be driving too fast making it unsafe for not only himself but also for other road users.
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Car insurance industry has been on a rise in the recent past. All because of the compulsory insurance needed for legally driving a car on road as per the UK legislation. And with millions of cars on road, it comes as no surprise. Here is some latest news from the world of car insurance if you are planning to buy one soon.
According to a recent study, it has been found that women tend to hide some facts while applying for cheap car insurance policies. They follow the policy of truth being bent a little for personal gain. If you are of the fairer sex, ensure that you be a little more careful with this.
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Soaring amounts of car insurance premium has forced many people to drive uninsured cars. However, dodging the authorities will now be a difficult task. As per the new laws, driving and owning uninsured cars will be a criminal offence and strictest of punishments being handed out. There are ways one can cut down on the insurance amount and following the same can reap early benefits. Some are listed below:
The general observation states that the insurance companies think differently when it comes to high end cars. They do not fascinate the same way you do about such cars. And it is not uncommon for them to charge higher while insuring such cars.
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Allstate Insurance has filed a lawsuit seeking reimbursement of more than $1.1 million from 16 New York State individuals and medical companies it claims were illegally run by people with no medical training and were involved in submitting bogus claims for payment of personal injury protection (PIP) benefits.
A complaint filed in federal district court on Dec. 30 claims that a chiropractor, a layperson and three professional medical corporations that had been incorporated under false pretenses, wrongly identifying a medical doctor as their owner, turned in dishonest bills to Allstate, according to the coverage provider.
Allstate claims the companies were actually owned and controlled by individuals with no background in the medical field, rather than by licensed medical professionals, as is required by state law.
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Turns out driving habits and modifications aren’t the only factors knocking up car insurance premiums. A poll by Confused.com has found that insufficient tyre maintenance is another headache to be added on your things-to-do list for a successful premium.
The study claims that bald or defective tyres could set you back by as much as 10,000 pounds and a denial of your car insurance claim. Adding to the sorry figures, you could also be hit with three penalty points, which will only keep adding up every time you are caught.
Starting with a fine of 2500 pounds and three penalty points, the fines will simply keep mounting, reaching apoplectic sums of 10000 pounds.
However, the deplorable truth, as revealed by the survey, is that almost 60% of UK drivers stay nonplussed about the correct tyre depth, 1.6 mm. I
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