Latest News in Car Insurance – Nov 9, 2007
November 9, 2007 by Be Safe Insure
Filed under Trends
Report: Hospitalization Comes First after Car Accident
Donga.com – According to a report, seven out of ten who got car accident compensation from insurance companies were hospitalized right after the accidents occurred. Some point out that the rate of hospitalization in Korea, where 90% of car accident victims are …
The Reporter
Guardian Unlimited – Did you know that this week marked the 80th anniversary of the installation of the UK’s first automated traffic light? To mark this notable event, car insurance website Confused.com carried out research which has found that the number of drivers …
Are you guilty of paying too much?
Times Online – Car insurance policies tend to include ?free legal advice? in the event of an accident, or offer the service for a fee of about �20 a year. However, experts give warning that such policies will restrict your choice of lawyer when it comes to …
Your Car’s History Could Cost You
Eyewitness News – EAST LYME, Conn. — When Mark Dalton received the call that his son crashed the family car, he, of course, feared for his son’s safety and wasn’t worried about the car. “The insurance company talks about risk management. We managed our risk by having …
Police: Boyfriend on health insurance cost town $200K
Eagle-Tribune – Conrad told Cronin that he was unemployed and that car insurance paid for the care he received because of the accident. Markle started working for the School Department part-time in 2001. She became full-time in 2002 and qualified for health …
RACIAL PROFILING
Evening Sun – Her car insurance rates went up sky high when they rechecked her credit, even tho her driving record was spotless. She had to pay more for insurance than someone else I know who had a DUI. The same thing happens to people who get divorced and their …
Pay as you go motoring
Guardian Unlimited – Owning a car: Insurance: �337 Tax: �165 Breakdown cover: �44 MOT and repairs: �757 Petrol: �879 Parking permit: �52 Total: �2,234 Car club (including some long weekends and a week in France): Total: �904 Train journeys: Total: �800-�1,000 Savings made …
Good Samaritan’s ‘reward’: an impounded car
Miami Herald – While law enforcement officers searched central Broward for Michael Mazza, the man who police say gunned down 76-year-old detention deputy Paul Rein, Mazza was in Hollywood sitting in the passenger seat of a 1975 Chevrolet Caprice convertible. Mark …
Man Sentenced In Fatal Car Insurance Fraud Case
Boston Channel – BOSTON — It was car insurance fraud gone terribly wrong. More than four years later, a man charged in a fatal Lawrence car crash appeared in court. NewsCenter 5’s Lynn Jolicoeur reported that the victim also allegedly acted as an accomplice. “There …
Car insurance for under 25 year-olds
MyFinances.co.uk – Car insurance can be an expensive process for those under 25. With little or no experience to build up a no-claims bonus, a car insurer generally views such candidates as being in the high-risk category and, thus, the premiums are higher and the …
