Insurers play hardball as the number of complaints soars

The number of consumers asking the financial ombudsman to resolve disputes rose by 25pc last year but many providers are play hardball. The number of complaints to the financial ombudsman soared by 25pc last year to more than 250,000 as the difficult economic climate took its toll on family finances. Martyn James, a spokesman for ...Read More

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Moneymaxim Re-launch Updated car Hire Insurance Comparison Service with new Features

LONDON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – The UK’s leading car hire excess insurance comparison website, Moneymaxim has today [Thursday 17 May] re-launched their unique car hire insurance comparison tool with a number of brand new features. New comprehensive car hire excess insurance  comparison service with additional features Users can save up to 20% on car hire insurers ...Read More

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Moneymaxim Re-launch Updated car Hire Insurance Comparison Service with new Features

LONDON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – The UK’s leading car hire excess insurance comparison website, Moneymaxim has today [Thursday 17 May] re-launched their unique car hire insurance comparison tool with a number of brand new features. New comprehensive car hire excess insurance  comparison service with additional features Users can save up to 20% on car hire insurers ...Read More

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Car Insurers Lose Traction Despite Deluge of Advertising

Flo, the charismatic Progressive pitchwoman. The endearing, geeky gekko from Geico. The ersatz college professor from Farmers Insurance’s “university.” The cloying pitchman for Nationwide. State Farm and its continual cast of celebrities, lately including the magician David Copperfield. The intonations of hip actor John Krasinski voice-overing TV ads for Esurance. After a multi-year explosion in ...Read More

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Car Insurers Lose Traction Despite Deluge of Advertising

Flo, the charismatic Progressive pitchwoman. The endearing, geeky gekko from Geico. The ersatz college professor from Farmers Insurance’s “university.” The cloying pitchman for Nationwide. State Farm and its continual cast of celebrities, lately including the magician David Copperfield. The intonations of hip actor John Krasinski voice-overing TV ads for Esurance. After a multi-year explosion in ...Read More

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Man Accused Of Defrauding Car Insurers Gets Prison Time

DENVER (AP) – A man accused of staging car accidents and thefts to defraud insurance companies has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said Friday that 42-year-old Mikel Mewbourn also has been ordered to pay about $280,000 in restitution.Mewbourn had pleaded guilty to violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act.An ...Read More

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Man accused of defrauding car insurers gets prison

DENVER (AP) – A man accused of staging car accidents and thefts to defraud insurance companies has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said Friday that 42-year-old Mikel Mewbourn also has been ordered to pay about $280,000 in restitution. Mewbourn had pleaded guilty to violating the Colorado Organized Crime ...Read More

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Man accused of defrauding car insurers gets prison

DENVER (AP) – A man accused of staging car accidents and thefts to defraud insurance companies has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said Friday that 42-year-old Mikel Mewbourn also has been ordered to pay about $280,000 in restitution. Mewbourn had pleaded guilty to violating the Colorado Organized Crime ...Read More

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Fewer car owners seek to change insurers: study

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Google in talks with insurers about self-driving car

DETROIT — A leader of Google’s (GOOG) driverless car project said the company is in discussions with major auto insurance companies about the implications of integrating its technology into real-world vehicles. “They see the opportunities for this technology being really positive,” Anthony Levandowski, product manager for Google’s self-driving car project, said in a keynote address ...Read More

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