Women in the automotive industry: Ford’s Judy Curran
March is national Womens History month; to honor some of the phenomenal women making history within the auto industry today, were featuring a series of executive interviews throughout the month focused on introducing you to the women in charge of designing, engineering and marketing your next car. In this installment, we head to Ford Motor [...]
Warning over subsidence as drought grips part of the country
PUBLISHED: 16:04 EST, 31 March 2012 | UPDATED: 06:15 EST, 1 April 2012 While many of us enjoyed the sun last week, the worsening drought means hosepipe bans will be imposed on millions of homes in the South from Thursday. How to spot subsidence Insurance claims for subsidence usually rise dramatically after long spells of [...]
Modifying, Restoring, and Car Insurance
Car customization is a popular pastime. Many people buy aftermarket parts and add-ons to enhance their vehicles to cater to their sense of style or to address their needs. However, when insurance companies assign pricing models to certain brands and types of cars, they base these on the features and equipment that the factory [...]
To ski..or not to ski?……That is the question
Determined to hate it, I set off last week on my first ever ski holiday. I packed my knee support, back support, voltarol gel, painkillers and about 15 layers of clothes (which gives you a good insight into my ‘confidence’ in my potential skiing ability). I also swiftly upgraded my travel insurance to include winter [...]
Insuring Famous Rides: Mary Poppins’s Umbrella
Spring has arrived. And with it the showers — or in some states, torrential downpours — that bring those promised May flowers. In other words, it’s umbrella season. Time to bust out your favorite rainbow-colored, kitty cat, or samurai sword umbrella and head out onto the soggy spring sidewalks. But no matter how cool your [...]