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Work In Car Insurance? You Need to Know These Buyer Stats

A spike in demand across the north of Britain has seen Manchester, Sheffield and Glasgow overtake London as hotspots for internet car buying, the online car supermarket BuyaCar.co.uk has revealed. While historically demand has most […]

UK Insurance Trends

Academic Suggests Making Ransomware Payments Illegal

Professor Ciaran Martin told the The Guardian last week that he feels ransomware is `close to getting out of control,’ and that UK insurers are inadvertently funding organised crime by paying out on ransomware claims. […]

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Innovation: Scottish Consortium Building Hydrogen Powered Train in 2021

Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews, have appointed Arcola Energy and a consortium of industry-leaders in hydrogen fuel cell integration, rail engineering and functional safety to […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Regional Trends In Life Cover Take-Up, By Reassured

Taking out life insurance might not have been high on your priority list, but a global pandemic could be the thing to change that. With many in the UK having been furloughed at some point […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Road Safety: When Will Parking on The Pavement Become Illegal?

It’s a nightmare for wheelchair users, the less able, mums with buggies and small children – the scourge of pavement parking leads to road rage incidents, vandalised cars, people tripping up, or in extreme cases, […]

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Scotland Raises Funeral Support Grant to £1000, Will Westminster Follow Suit?

The Scottish government has announced that the Funeral Support Payment’s rate for expenses, such as funeral director fees, a coffin and flowers, is to rise from its current rate of £700 for all applications received […]

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Revealed: Most Expensive & Cheapest Car Insurance Postcodes in UK

Compare The Market has put together a data tool which looks at regional variations in the average car insurance premium. Although prices can vary depending on your age, postcode, job, marital status, convictions and more, […]