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Sofia Abasolo
Member since 03rd May 2008
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03rd July 2008
Whiplash claims are one of the most common injuries featuring insurance claims made by insurance companies’ costumers, and this may largely be due to the fact that many cars on the market are not adequately built to protect passengers and prevent whipla...
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03rd July 2008
The car insurance industry is taking in an estimate £624 million a year from the 13 million motorists who pay for their car insurance on a monthly basis instead of one annual payment, according to research by uSwitch.com.
An average APR of 23.8% is be...
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03rd July 2008
Millionaire footballer Ashley Cole is the latest wealthy celebrity to take advantage of the “access to justice” no-win, no-fee media-law regime to sue news organisations. He is suing the publishers of tabloid newspapers The Sun and The Daily Mirror ov...
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03rd July 2008
Brad Cunard learnt the value of life insurance the difficult way. While stuck in traffic with his wife Lisa and two boys, Max and Owen, they hit a violent thunderstorm. Nothing could have prepared Brad for what happened next.
A tree fell on their car ...
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30th June 2008
In the autumn of 2007 Laura Allen didn't think Massachusetts' law requiring everyone to have health insurance would affect her life. She had a customer service job at a rubber stamp company that provided coverage. But then the 42-year-old was told she wou...
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30th June 2008
Life insurance is a very important insurance to take out as it protects your loved ones against the worst possible scenarios. However a growing number of people are getting married, buying first homes and starting families later in life. In fact, recent r...
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30th June 2008
DIY could have costly effects on your home insurance claims. While bank holiday weekends prompt many proud householders to tackle do-it-yourself home improvements, which can add value to their property, insurers warn that over-ambitious DIY projects can e...
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21st June 2008
A rapidly increasing number of Britons is putting their travel insurance at risk by booking different parts of their trip separately, a new study carried out by Marks & Spencer (M&S) Money has recently revealed.
According to the research, an increase i...
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21st June 2008
As the weather improves and we feel the summer sun’s warm rays approaching, there are increasing concerns about theft among homeowners and home insurance companies alike.. Two insurance companies, esure and Confused.com, are encouraging home owners to p...
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21st June 2008
1.15 million people confess to having driven a car in the last year without any car insurance, according to a survey by Sainsbury’s Car Insurance. The survey revealed that 19% said it was because they couldn’t afford it, 19% said they didn’t think i...
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20th June 2008
Recent laws have made it easier to reduce accidents at work. The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 came into force on 6 April 2008. Legal specialist Jim Astle, of Darbys solicitors, says that the government's intention is to make it e...
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20th June 2008
Whiplash claims are so high partially due to the equally high number of cars lacking effective prevention systems. One in six new cars on sale in Britain fail to offer adequate protection from debilitating whiplash injuries, new crash test results have re...
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20th June 2008
Anyone who believes they have a valid personal injury claim should go straight to a solicitor. Those who approach a claims company in the first instance will eventually be referred to a solicitor – and be charged around £400 for the privilege.
Most ...
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17th June 2008
In the past ten years the advertising of No Win No Fee claims by insurance companies featuring mundane accidents has become unavoidable. Everyday minor injuries such as whiplash, slipping or falling are constantly on our television sets.
The message t...
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17th June 2008
It has been almost a whole year since Sunita Bansal, a mother of three underage daughters in India, was awarded a compensation of Rs 18 lakh as the result of an accident claim following the death of her husband in a motor accident. The money has not yet r...
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