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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.
Renovating Your Property? Why it’s Vital to Inform Your Insurers.
Extending a home, either upwards, downwards or outwards, has become the preferred choice for many seeking out that additional room to accommodate a growing family and, whilst making the addition, lots of people opt to upgrade the rest of the home too. Extensions and refurbishments can also add significantly to the value of a home, offering even further benefits. However, before you get started, there is something extremely important you need to consider: insurance.
Team RG Triumphant at Lift Industry Charity Mud Run
44 runners, 7 teams, and copious amounts of mud… the Meangate Mud Run in aid of the UK Lift Industry Charity proved to be a great success in many ways!
Team RG: Getting Seriously Muddy in Support of the Lift Industry Charity
The UK Lift Industry Charity came about after a group of like-minded people felt there should be something in place to provide help to industry colleagues when faced with challenging times. Over the past ten years then it has made a raft of donations to individuals and families of individuals who have been injured or who have lost their lives during the course of their work within the lift industry. In support of the charity, Robert Gerrard has put together a mud-loving team of raring-to-go runners who are all prepped and ready to take on the major challenge of the ‘Meangate’ Mud Run on Saturday 11 March 2017.
Farewell Keith Bacon, Retired but Never Forgotten!
The past few months at Robert Gerrard have certainly been cause for celebration. Our shortlisting in the Broker Networker independent broker of the year award; the firm’s 40-years-in-business anniversary, mine and Scott’s 30 years’ here and, most recently on 12th January 2017, Keith Bacon’s three decades in service at Robert Gerrard. And it is my oracle of information himself, Keith Bacon, aka Smokey and various other nicknames to which stories are attached and will be mentioned later on, who forms the subject of this blog, because on Friday 27th January 2017, the great man took his retirement.
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.
Let’s Celebrate as Robert Gerrard & Co. Turns 40!
It’s winter 1976. Britain has not long cooled down after a record breaking 22 days of blistering summer sunshine. Petrol is 77p a gallon, a pint sets you back 32p and it’s 19p for a loaf of bread. Over in North Chingford, a new company had started up. A company that is now about to celebrate its 40th anniversary! Here we chart the story of the North Chingford insurance broker that has gone from strength to strength, from typewriters to email, and has retained some very long serving loyal staff along the way.
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?