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E-bike Regulation Change in NI is Set to Kickstart Insurance Demand

A Northern Ireland comparison website is set to offer insurance for e-bike users after a proposed change to the law which will boost the use of electric bikes in the province. Compare NI believes that Stormont’s […]

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ABI Calls For Reduction in IPT, As Govt Rakes In £6.3bn From Consumers

The ABI’s latest Motor Insurance Premium Tracker out today highlights that the average price paid for comprehensive motor insurance in the last quarter 2019 rose to its third highest quarterly level since ABI started collecting […]

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CountingUp Launches Self Assessment Tax Calculation Tool

As the self-assessment tax deadline looms, and 3 million tax returns are not yet submitted, the worlds of banking and tax continue to collide to create new alternatives for small businesses. Countingup, the UK’s number one […]

Insurance Brokers

BHIB Launches Create Insurance, Special Focus on Growing Freelancer Market

BHIB Insurance brokers have been doing some big thinking over the festive break and launched a new brand, aimed at tapping into the fast-growing gig economy sector. More people in the UK are trying to […]

Insurance Brokers

Classic Car Market 2019 & Beyond: Are Values in Decline?

Insurance Edge spotted this classic car market round-up piece in our press release inbox recently. Experts from Hagerty Insurance take a look back at the year that is rapidly vanishing, and the year ahead. Will […]

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Housing Costs Impact on Millennials Means Less Insurance Spending

One of the big demographic problems for the insurance industry is the lack of disposable income that under 35s have left each month after rent, council tax, food, heating and commuting costs are met. New […]

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VED Evasion Falls, But Tax-Dodging Drivers Still Cost Us All Millions

The UK govenment estimates that some 634,000 vehicles are using the roads without paying any VED tax, based on observations and ANPR activity at around 250 sites. Unsurprisingly, many of these untaxed vehicles are over […]