The Importance of Responding to Insurance Renewal Notices
At Robert Gerrard we send out our insurance renewal notices in good time, and we take a proactive approach to following them up if we don’t receive a response: we would never want any of our customers to be without cover after all. Most of the time this does the trick, and policies are renewed on time. But on one occasion recently, I started to become most concerned when numerous attempts to contact a long term customer who had failed to respond to their motor insurance renewal proved futile.
MyLicence Initiative will Speed up Motor Insurance Applications and Save Customers Money
In the summer of 2014, a new initiative called MyLicence was introduced to make the process of arranging motor insurance much more straightforward. Now, if you’re searching for car insurance quotes, you might find you’re asked for your driving licence number (DLN).
Motor Legal Expenses Insurance: What Exactly are you Covered for?
In June 2013, a review of insurance policy add-ons was carried out by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This review included motor legal expenses insurance (MLEI). Whilst MLEI is popular in take-up for motorists seeking cover for accidents caused by others, the FCA believed this cover was not properly understood. The FCA felt quite a gap existed between what MLEI actually covered and what consumers expected to get out of it, quoting ‘widespread confusion’. Here we explain what MLEI actually covers.
Motorists: Watch out for ‘Ghost Brokers’
We wanted to warn motorists about the latest scam on the road: ‘ghost brokers’ who are targeting young motorists with fake insurance policies. These bogus insurance brokers will usually prey on the likes of new, young drivers: those traditionally faced with the highest premiums. The policies are offered at eye-catchingly low rates. Follow this advice to avoid ghost brokers and find out what to do if you think you've been scammed.