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I was in my car, waiting for the taxi in front to pick up a passenger, when the taxi reversed into my vehicle. The driver admitted he had not seen me. I told my insurer, LV, which said it wasn’t necessary to get witnesses’ names, although there had been people on the street. I was told that the passenger in the taxi was unlikely to be regarded as an independent witness. LV paid for the repairs and I paid the excess.
A few weeks later LV said it would be settling the case on a 50/50 basis as the taxi driver had produced a witness — the passenger — who said the taxi had been stationary. I have lost my £200 excess, my no claims bonus and my premiums will go up.
As gas prices continue to rise and roads become more congested, more Americans are leaving their individual vehicles at home and choosing to carpool to work.
The toll traffic is taking on Americans
According to the Texas Transportation Institute, Americans spent an average of 34 hours stuck in traffic in 2009, burning through about $808 of fuel. Nationally, traffic congestion cost Americans a whopping $87 billion that year, a figure that could be significantly reduced if more people partner up with friends or coworkers during their daily commute.
An overabundance of cars on the roadways is wasting more than money—it’s also eating up chunks of time. F
When was the last time you looked at your car insurance policy? Do you know if you have all the coverage you’d need if you got into an accident? Not all car insurance policies are created equal.
Life insurance, like many other things in life, is something that many of us don’t really like to think about too much; after all, no-one likes to think about their own demise. However, life insurance isn’t really about you, it’s about the people you leave behind. If you’re one of the 28 million people in the UK who doesn’t have life insurance, there are many reasons why you should consider taking it out. It can be confusing to know what types of insurance to take out, so here is one of the most common types of budget life insurance out there: whole of life insurance.
Whole of life insurance
This type of life insurance policy does pretty much what is says on the tin – it’s valid for the whole life of the policy holder, unlike some types of life insurance which only remain valid for a stated term. Read full post…
Life insurance can be a very reassuring thing for many people. The insurance world also provides consumers with many different options in respect to the coverage that they acquire. This is true for cheap life insurance that offers different types of life insurance. One of these is term life insurance. When you purchase this type of life insurance coverage, there still are different types of coverage one can take out with this policy.
When purchasing term life insurance, this insurance remains in force for a specified period of time and may actually end prior to the holders death. Read full post…
If you are looking at a number of quotations relating to static caravan cover, you may be wondering how to choose between them.
Here are a few points that you may wish to keep in mind:
Demographic, economic, and political forces have placed unprecedented demands on Medicare that cannot be met without major program reform. The oldest baby boomers have just turned 65, heralding the start of a 70 percent expansion in the Medicare population over the next two decades (Boards of Trustees, Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds, 2010, Table II.A3). Continued improvement in our ability to diagnose and treat disease has meant greater longevity and better quality of life, but will drive Medicare costs more sharply upward in the years to come (Congressional Budget Office [CBO], 2010a, Box 1-2). Th
If you’ve inherited or were given a valuable piece of jewelry or art, you need to do more than find a special spot for safe keeping. You need to make sure you have enough insurance to protect it.
Standard home insurance policies provide coverage for household belongings, but they have limits for precious items, such as jewelry, fine art and furs.
The standard home insurance policy’s coverage limits for theft of jewelry, for instance, is usually $1,500, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).
To increase coverage, you can pay a higher home insurance premium to raise the coverage limit or purchase a “floater” policy. Raising