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No Claims Discount
With Direct Line they would benefit from a 30% discount had they been driving for two years under their parents policy. · This does not apply to temporary drivers. ”No other insurer recognises named drivers in this way and this is major step forward for those 18 million motorists who have been paying over the odds for their insurance. We don’t think it is fair that named drivers who have experience behind the wheel cannot benefit from their safe driving experience.” Notes · Named driver No Claims Discount (NDNCD) applies to any person who is named on an existing policy.
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Lack of driver education
Lack of driver education 21/09/2005 Direct Line, the UK’s largest car insurer, is calling for changes to the driving test to include education on motorway driving due to the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles (HGV). · Keep your distance. direct line ins “More than a quarter (28 per cent) of UK motorists don’t like driving on the motorway - and encountering large vehicles at high speed simply reinforces this anxiety. Read more...
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Sales spending spree
Other popular items include woolly jumpers and other knitwear (10 per cent) kitchenware (8 per cent), digital cameras (6 per cent) and DVD players (5 per cent). Adults predict they will spend an average of £122.20 each in the 2006 sales = £5,560,100,000. Britain’s most dedicated bargain hunters are the Scots, who expect to spend an average of £269 each. Specific purchases earmarked by shoppers include footwear, with more than direct line ins one in five (21 per cent) Brits saying they want to pick up a brand new pair of shoes. Read more... |
World Cup Shopping
** 55 per direct line ins cent of those surveyed say that they plan to follow England’s progress in the FIFA World Cup this year. World Cup Shopping Brits plan billion pound World Cup shopping spree. “Once again, World Cup fever is set to sweep the land with millions of homeowners snapping up the latest home entertainment kit and inviting friends and relatives over to enjoy the games in surround-sound, full colour glory. The research was carried out direct line ins online between 28 April – 2 May 2006. Read more... |
Direct Line customers
Research by Direct Line direct line ins has revealed that there are now over 3.7 million drivers in the UK personally owning more than one car who currently could be paying full price for their insurance on their second car despite ‘owning’ NCD that proves they are a safe driver. Second cars are the most common in country areas with as many as one in eight drivers in Wales and Scotland with two cars. Read more... |
Passion for Cars
For every 2nd, 3rd and up to a maximum of 10 cars the customer will benefit from a 10% discount on the price of the policy. So, for example, a family of four with mum, dad and two children all driving their own cars the family would save 40% on the cost of a policy overall. The policy is also open to friends living at the same address. Emma Holyer, Direct Line’s Motor spokesperson, said:. A nationally representative sample of 2,037 GB adults were questioned online between 6th to 10th January 2006. Read more... |
Young drivers facing high costs.
The spiralling cost of motoring is one of the main reasons four in 10 (43 per cent) non-driving 18-25 year olds are direct line ins without a licence and a quarter of drivers who have passed their test do not have their own direct line ins set of wheels – with the majority of these blaming the high costs. **According to the YouGov findings one per cent of young drivers have bought a car with friends which equates to 21,350. Read more... |
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Parents are a cause for conecern.
The survey was carried out online. “It’s only natural for people with elderly parents to worry about the standard of their home and to want to do all they can to ensure they are safe and not being conned into unnecessary repairs. Results were weighted to direct line ins be representative of the GB population. If the adult UK population is 45,434,897 (ONS) and 4% spent at least £200 on home repairs = 0.04 x direct line ins 45,434,897 x £200 = £363,479,176. Read more... |
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