Don’t Cut Back On Your Insurance in 2011
Whenever funds are tight in the home, the very first thing for the chop is your insurance policies. House, travel, personal accident as well as mortgage protection are the favourites for the chop plus were it not for the undeniable fact that auto insurance is mandatory, that would also get the chop. Believe it or not, a number of people still drive without even the minimum of cover required by law. It’s hard to put a number on it but it is estimated that 100,000 motorists have no cover or fraudulent cover.
The cost only gets to be known when there is any sort of accident and the Motor Insurance Bureau needs to step in to pay for the victims. The Bureau is backed by the law abiding individuals through the Insurance firms and each year millions are paid out. The actual cost is about 60 on every single insurance policy. In spite of all the great work of the Garda, these complaints continue to remain and really become worse in recessionary times.
False licences and associated insurance paperwork all add to the problem here in the Republic. 10 years ago the UK Government resolved the problem by cross-referencing the licensing authority, Tax, NCT, with the customer’s postal code, thus verifying the authenticity of the customer.
The British Police have complete admission to this system and use it broadly in their patrol cars. They are able to actually tell the complete history of a vehicle, on their scanners, even before they halt it. On top of this the UKISH law directs all UK insurance companies to log onto the master system all cars insured or cancelled within five days of inception, change or renewal. No such luck here or simply a sign of it coming and thus us ‘honest’ motorists must suffer on.
All these problems or deficiency of fixing them is resulting in premiums to rise once more and with insurance provider losses increasing there’s only way premiums are going.
There is an old saying ‘You get what you pay for’ and nothing could be truer in 2011. For the best value motor insurance or cheap travel insurance visit Best Quote.
June 24, 2011 | Posted by John McNamara
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