News

Govt Agency Wants Cyclists & Pedestrians to Have Priority on UK Roads

There’s been another call from the Institute for Health and Care Excellence, also known as NICE, to design roads and pavements which give pedestrians and cylists priority over cars, vans, buses and motorcycles. The proposals […]

Opinion

Opinion: Compulsory Electric Bike Insurance Misses the Bigger Problems

From the Editor’s smokin’ laptop, comes this predictable grumble about compulsory insurance for electric bicycles, due to come into law across the UK, once some type of Danegeld deal is struck with the EU in […]

Global insurance trends

Brexit: Draft Deal Could Be Good News for UK Insurance Industry

Apparently there is a chance of a Brexit deal being agreed, which if true, should be good news for the insurance industry. It’s difficult to see a scenario where the EU creates barriers to international […]

Fraud

Fraud News: Ireland Kicks Insurance Database Idea Down The Road

The cost of insurance keeps rising rapidly across Ireland and in the motor sector in particular costs are very high, especially for younger drivers or riders. Some companies have left the Irish market completely and […]

Motor Insurance

Driving in France? Here’s What You Need to Know, Or Face a Hefty Fine

If there’s one thing the French love more than a two hour lunch involving lots of cheese, plus an argument about the masculine or feminine use of pronouns, then it’s ambushing tourists with a plethora […]

Insurance Regulation

EU Allowing Consumers to Take Collective Legal Action Could Be Costly

The EU Commission has announced that it intends to grant consumers the right to form collective group actions across the European Union. The proposals are quite far-reaching with the EU intending to levy fines based […]

Legal

Night Curfews for Young Drivers Not Helpful, Says InsureTheBox

insurethebox, the global pioneer of telematics-based car insurance, believes proposed driving licence changes that would ban young motorists from driving at night is an ineffective and punitive solution to a very real problem in the […]