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.
Buildings Reinstatement Value: Why Getting it Right is Crucial
If your property was to be completely wiped out due to a fire or some other disaster, could you safely say your buildings insurance would sufficiently cover you for the full reinstatement and rebuild costs? The importance of getting it right when it comes to buildings reinstatement value cannot be over-emphasised. Yet it is one of the most common errors made when insuring a building.
Travelling Abroad Post Brexit: Your Questions on Insurance, Health Cover and More – Answered
Now that the initial panic over Brexit has died down, thoughts have turned to the day to day practicalities that will come about as a result of the UK’s exit from the European Union. In particular at this time of year so commonly dedicated to the booking of summer holidays, it has probably got many people thinking about how Brexit will affect overseas travel. There is lots of talk of the need for visas to enter countries in Europe as well as concerns over health insurance, travel costs and mobile phone roaming charges, amongst other things. Here we take a look at what could be in store.
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.
LEIA Lift and Escalator Industry Distance Training Programme
We thought our lift industry clients may like to know that the Lift and Escalator Industry Association (LEIA) offers an innovative distance learning programme.