Tuesday, 2. August 2011
Injury lawyers are facing a severe crackdown by the Government. When someone is involved in an accident they are bombarded with no win no fee lawyers encouraging victims to make injury claims. They obtain details from the driver’s own insurance company who in turn receive commission fees for referring the injured driver who is making a Read more »
Monday, 1. August 2011
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I travel quite a lot on the M25 and the M40 and see someone pulled over for speeding on nearly every trip, or should I say I used to. Just recently I have hardly seen any at all. I guess this must be as a result of Government cutbacks. It would also seem that fewer stolen cars are being found before being shipped out of the country because of Government Read more »
Sunday, 31. July 2011
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On the subject of thefts Thatcham have also announced that we are soon to see a new alarm launched that will detect when a thief is trying to saw through an exhaust pipe in order to remove the catalytic converter. High riding vans, SUV’s and people carriers have been the target for many thieves with over 700 reported thefts last year. The alarm is Read more »
Saturday, 30. July 2011
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There has been a shocking rise in car thefts. It is the first time car thefts have increased in almost 20 years. The amount of money available to spend on car crime has been either slashed or cut completely according to the police. The Association of Chief Police Officers has said that things are likely to get worse as annual funding of £300,000 to its Read more »
Monday, 25. July 2011
This is now getting bloody monotonous! Every week I seem to read something about warranty claims that aren’t being honoured by the dealer or manufacturer because the claim has been made just outside the warranty period or mileage. Last week it was the Guardian, this week it’s What Car that have made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end! Read more »
Saturday, 16. July 2011
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Following from my previous article there has been much confusion for years about warranties provided on used cars. It has been a much held view that a car warranty is an insurance policy and therefore falls within the control of the Financial Services Act. In other words you have to be a regulated advisor to discuss the product and the product itself Read more »
Monday, 11. July 2011
This blog is number 1 out of 134 million when you search Car Finance Blog on Google worldwide! Something that Saga’s CEO should have found out before seriously letting down yours truly. If you are a journalist receiving these blogs by RSS feed watch out for a major revelation any day now that involves Zurich Insurance.
Thursday, 7. July 2011
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You will recall that I reported a couple of weeks ago that some cars that were designed as left hand drive cars and converted as right hand drive (these are normal main dealer supplied cars not botched conversions), had insufficient protection over the brake linkage on the passenger side of the car allowing drivers to apply the brakes whilst driving. Read more »
Thursday, 30. June 2011
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There has been a great deal of publicity recently about the way that customers are treated by car dealers with trading standards suggesting that millions of pounds of repairs are being paid for by customers when in fact the repairs are legally the responsibility of the dealer. Sadly this also includes legitimate warranty claims on cars covered by the Read more »
Saturday, 11. June 2011
I’ve warned about this before but if you are an employer and you have staff who drive their own vehicles on company business you have a responsibility to ensure that the employee is properly insured. Research by Trimble MRM found that more than half of those driving, what are termed, ‘grey fleet’ cars, are not properly insured. This leaves the Read more »