Pay As You Drive recognizes variety of risks on our roads!!

August 21st, 2010

Pay As You Drive car insurance is often described as the best car insurance product for people who travel less. We have given much attention to how life changes affect the way and the distance that we drive – and Pay As You Drive or “distance based” insurance recognizes that travelling less results in reduced risks to vehicle accidents.

But what are these risks and contributing factors to road accidents?

I have found a nice illustration of road safety risks in the Eastern Cape – this graphic illustrates clearly many of these risks. We can

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Lower insurance for young drivers-a ray of hope

August 21st, 2010

Parents are trying to make the ends meet for getting insurance cover for their young drivers. The situation has been created due to the denial of the companies to offer any cover for the drivers under the age of 21 years. Even if they offer a policy, these young drivers are charged abnormally high prices for enabling them to drive the family cars. The good news is that a refreshing wave of insurance policy has turned the direction of the winds providing a much better and economical alternative.

A leading insurance company in the UK has recently launched a learner driver policy, which is available online, in cooperation with a specialist insurance company offering policies to the young drivers.

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Why you need to have a travel insurance

August 20th, 2010

All types of travel insurance are necessary, when the insurance is needed to cover incidents that may be encountered by a traveler on a journey. If you don’t want to lose the cost of your trip to the Himalaya, or the price of your Indonesian cruise, you can protect your investment against the possibility that you never have to make the trip.

When difficult situations result in cancellation of travel arrangements we can rely on travel insurance to help us. If a traveler has not an acceptable reason behind the deferment of a trip, then the insurance company will not pay a penny. Delays are usual annoyances in travel plans and thus coverage can pay for extra costs that people may encounter because of these. Read more…

Which makes of vehicles are more likely to be stolen in South Africa?

August 18th, 2010

Are you going to be the more likely victim of vehicle theft than the guy next door just because you have a specific vehicle? What would make the vehicle thief decide to rather take your vehicle than that of the other bloke?

I have come across an interesting story in Rapport Newspaper in which it was revealed that two Toyota brands, the Hilux and Fortuner vehicles have been identified as the most sought after by vehicle thieves.

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