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Proposals to cut whiplash fraud from the Ministry of Justice include caps on claims and a requirement to show medical evidence. A new Civil Liability Bill has been unveiled by the Ministry of Justice that aims to get to grips with UK insurance fraud by implementing tougher measures on fraudulent whiplash claims. The Bill proposes new fixed caps on claims and ...

Insurance giant Aviva, which provides extensive mental health support to its own staff, has launched a new service that enables its large corporate clients to follow their lead and provide mental health support and treatment to employees. The new mental health service, which is available to customers of Aviva’s corporate health insurance product Optimum, gives employees quick access to assessment and ...

Nearly three million people let their European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) expire last year – putting them at risk if they travel to Europe. If you are planning on travelling to Europe in the near future, then you should probably check to see if you were one of the nearly three million people who let their European Health Insurance Card lapse ...

Petition argues that car insurance policies should be bought to cover the vehicle, rather than the individual driver – so families and friends can share the car without paying for individual policies. An online petition calling for a dramatic change to the UK car insurance industry has reached over 56,000 signatures, and will now be debated in Parliament. The petition Insurance should ...

Industry experts have warned that thousands of homeowners in areas of Yorkshire where fracking operations are being planned could see the cost of their home insurance increase. Insurance and consumer affairs experts from both Compare The Market and MoneySuperMarket have separately said they expect home insurance prices to be affected once the actual impact of fracking becomes more clear. It comes ...

UK-based insurance company sees strong performance in Scandinavia and Canada to offset losses in UK. A strong underwriting performance and steady premium growth was behind a 12% increase in RSA’s pre-tax profits, which rose to £620 million in 2017. The group also announced a 23% improvement on the final dividend compared to the year before, and their shares rose by 3.1% ...

Older travellers and those with pre-existing medical conditions can find it difficult to find travel insurance cover, but new products could now make it much easier. If you are aged over 65 or suffer/have suffered from a serious illness, finding adequate and affordable travel insurance cover can be difficult. However, two new products from Co-op Insurance and Bought By Many could ...

New figures from the ABI say the average car insurance premium has risen 9% in the past year and now stands at £481. Motorists in the UK could be in for a bit of a shock when their car insurance renewal letter lands on the doorstep this year. New figures from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) show that the cost ...

Car insurance premiums continue to rise of UK motorists, with the average cost rising again in the final quarter of 2017. Motorists in the UK were hit with yet another rise in the cost of car insurance at the end of last year. During the final three months of 2017 the average price of a comprehensive car insurance policy increased by ...

Many holidaymakers don’t know that not only could they claim on their home contents policy, but it is also likely to pay out more than a travel insurance policy. If you are the victim of theft while on holiday you could get as much as four times more by claiming on your home insurance policy rather than your travel insurance. Most ...