Five Star Rating from Thatcham Research/NCAP for XC40 and Focus
The latest news from Thatcham Research; The new Volvo XC40 and Ford Focus have each achieved the maximum five-star Euro NCAP safety rating in testing for Euro NCAP in July. [...]
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LexisNexis Welcomes Civil Liability Reform
The Justice Secretary unveiled a new Bill yesterday, offering hope of reduced car insurance premiums as part of a wider programme to tackle the UK’s compensation culture. [...]
Minster Law Criticises Civil Liability Bill, Scope is Too Wide
We’re always even-handed here at Insurance Edge, so here’s a response from Minster Law on the subject of the Civil Liability Bill. If you have a comment on the [...]
BIBA Welcomes Civil Liability Bill Proposals
BIBA (The British Insurance Brokers Association) today welcomes the bringing of the Civil Liability Bill before Parliament. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) today confirmed that [...]
ABI Welcomes Reforms to Whiplash Claims in Civil Liability Bill
Whiplash claims and crash-for-cash have arguably been one of the hottest topics in the world of insurance over the last 15 years or so. Some see a culture of entitlement, and [...]
Analysis: Are Motor Insurance Premiums Rising or Falling?
Insurance-Edge.Net thought we would analyse the data and opinion, to try and nail down why motor insurance premiums are rising rapidly. Yesterday we ran a story on van [...]
MPs call time on whiplash claims
“The Government has claimed that the UK is the ‘whiplash capital of the world’, but without reliable data on road accidents we cannot say whether that statement is true or not,” added Louise Ellman MP, chair of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee. [...]
Will 2013 be insurers’ year of austerity?
By Ralph Savage After a Channel 4 dressing down by Dispatches, the insurance industry’s relationship with UK motorists is likely to be a defining issue for 2013. The [...]