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Confused.com adds new car insurance provider to panel

Confused.com welcomes Hughes Insurance to their already comprehensive list of motor insurance providers.

AA breakdown cover top in Which? survey

The AA's unequalled commitment to service has seen it top Which? magazine's annual survey of breakdown providers for the third year running.

Saga Car Insurance offers £1,000 personal belongings cover

A quarter of motorists may find they are not covered for the full value of their in car gadgets

HPI secures data partnership with Vertu

HPI has re-signed a two year contract with Vertu, one of the largest dealer groups in the UK, to supply provenance data to all Vertu sites through its showroom system.

Uninsured drivers rife on the roads

The number of motorists getting behind the wheel uninsured has risen by a third (33 per cent) compared to 2008, according to research from moneysupermarket.com.

Rising car insurance premiums

Hayley Parsons, Chief Executive of leading insurance comparison website Gocompare.com, comments on increases in car insurance premiums highlighted by the AA's premium index:

No sign of car insurance premium let-up

Car insurance premiums are rising at their fastest rate for nearly a decade and increased by more than 1 per cent per month over the past quarter, according to the latest benchmark AA British Insurance Premium Index.

HPI Finance Gateway to boost sales for dealers

HPI has launched a radical new online finance solution designed to boost the sale and profitability of dealers’ point-of-sale finance. The HPI Finance Gateway gives dealers direct access to competitive rates from leading finance providers - at no cost.

HPI supports Government vehicle crime busting initiatives

Vehicle information expert HPI has long supported the police in its efforts to solve vehicle crime and welcomes the announcement by the Home Office to boost the Association of Chief Police Officers Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service’s (AVCIS) with a much needed grant of £300,000.

Saga UK's most competitive car insurer

Saga tops the table of the most consistently competitive motor insurers according to moneysupermarket.com.

Motorists snub additional car cover

According to esure's in-house figures, there has been over a seven per cent fall in take up (7.2 per cent) of no claim discount protection since the start of the recession in autumn 2008.

FLA supports calls for more help for car finance lenders

Commenting on the Business and Enterprise Select Committee report on Government assistance for the car industry, in which they recognised the need to provide support for companies providing motor finance to consumers and businesses, Stephen Sklaroff, Director General of the Finance & Leasing Association, said:

esure boosts fraud team to tackle rise in insurance fraud

With ABI figures showing a 24 per cent increase in insurance fraud over the last two years, esure has responded to this upward trend by boosting its in-house fraud and claims verification team by almost a third.

Parking mad - 80 per cent of parked cars bashed

Eight out of 10 say their car has been damaged in a car park and nearly 1,000 of over 8,800 drivers quizzed in the latest AA/Populus poll would just drive away, if they hit an unattended parked car. Applied nationally, this equates to over 4 million unreported car park bashes, says AA Insurance.

Santa Pod launches insurance service for car enthusiasts

For fifty years Santa Pod has been home to extreme motorsports. Now the raceway has launched a specialist insurance division aimed at motoring enthusiasts.