Insurance claims

Company Fined 120K After Fatal Workplace Incident

The latest case report from the HSE; A manufacturing company has been fined £120,000 after a worker was killed after becoming trapped between two heavy steel beams. In May 2019, Steve Rooke, 55, was working […]

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CMT Offers Insights into Distracted Driving Home For Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone and here’s some data which highlights how easy it is to drive distracted, then have an accident this time of year. Several factors at play here, beyond the CMT data research below. […]

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Cider Company Fined £1.4m After Workplace Tragedy

Latest case report from the HSE; A cider manufacturer has been fined after a much-loved grandfather was killed on his 65th birthday. Tommy Manns, from Dymock, Gloucestershire, was driving for H Weston and Sons Limited, […]

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Thanksgiving Driving Risks: CMT Has The Data

CMT have published some data on distracted driving over the Thanksgiving holidays in the USA, here’s the word; According to a new CMT analysis, distracted driving skyrockets on Thanksgiving Day. On an average day two […]

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Twilight Hours Are Danger Zone for Urban Cyclists

Ahead of Road Safety Week (19th-25th November), the UK’s leading specialist in hostile vehicle mitigation, Heald, speaks with a cycling expert to share safety tips for cyclists this winter. November witnesses a spike in road […]

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Men Fancied a Pizza Da Action, So They Staged Accident

Latest case report from HF; An investigation by HF (Horwich Farrelly), the UK’s leading counter-fraud legal specialists, has led to two men being found to be fundamentally dishonest following their attempts to fraudulently seek damages […]

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RAC Warns on Bank Holiday Breakdown & Claims Spike Ahead

It’s almost Bank Holiday time again and despite the generally dismal rainy summer, many UK drivers will be heading off for a last break before September arrives. For insurers that means an inevitable rise in […]

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Pothole Breakdown Rate Will Push Up Bolt-On Pricing

Drivers are being warned about the worsening condition of roads across the UK, following news pothole-related breakdowns are at a five-year high. Experts from price comparison website Quotezone.co.uk are calling on the government and local […]