Theft Risk Warning for Keyless Vehicle Owners
24,000 vehicles were stolen in London in 2014 according to the Metropolitan Police, 6,000 of which were taken without access to the owners’ keys. Most of these were keyless vehicles, the majority of them high value models. In 2015, keyless car thefts accounted for more than 25 per cent of all vehicle thefts across London. Here we discuss the risks, and how to protect your keyless entry vehicle.
Road Crash Index – How you Can Help Support this Vital Campaign to Reduce Road Deaths
Over 250,000 people have been killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads in the past 10 years: that’s more than 70 people every day. Furthermore, £36 billion is lost in road crashes every year representing 2 per cent of GDP: that’s more than the country spends on GP services and primary schooling combined. These statistics are unacceptably high, which is precisely why the Road Crash Index was developed. The Index is part of a collaborative campaign between Ageas UK and the Road Safety Foundation. It aims to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads to zero.
Personal Injury Compensation and the Ogden Rate: How Recent Changes will Affect Insurance Premiums
A change to the rate at which personal injury compensation is calculated has become major news across the insurance industry. Here we explain how the changes will affect both injury claimants, and holders of motor and liability insurance policies.
Is Your Motor Insurance at Risk Because of Poor Eyesight?
The importance of making sure your eyesight is of a standard approved by the DVLA for driving cannot be over-emphasised, especially as it could render your motor insurance invalid if it is not, and land you with a prosecution, a fine, possible points on your licence and in some cases, disqualification from driving. Not to mention of course the danger you could be putting yourself and other road users under. How is your eyesight? Have you had it checked recently?
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.
Paper Driving Licences & Counterparts: The New Rules you Need to Know
On 8th June 2015, the paper counterpart to the driving licence photocard is being abolished. From this date, paper counterparts will no longer be issued by the DVLA and won’t hold any legal status. The official advice is that you should destroy the paper counterpart after this date, but keep your photocard licence. The end of the counterpart may seem fairly straightforward, but it has spelled some confusion in two main areas.