Industry News
AA man makes a premium rate call
Published Thursday, November 5th 2009
Most people find the process of getting one motor insurance quote quite tedious enough. But not the AA; they’ve just got a thousand of them from no fewer than 90 different “providers.” The irony...
Birdseye view of credit hire
Published Wednesday, November 4th 2009
The thinking broker’s management magazine Professional Broking recently published a fascinating opinion piece on the vexed issue of credit hire (CH) from Groupama claims bloke Phil Bird.
Recognis...
I think I see the problaaaaagghhh!!!
Published Friday, October 30th 2009
Regular readers will know that Bankstone News is an avid connoisseur of statistics. Fascinating, then, to learn that “men are three times more likely than women to be killed or seriously injured on ...
Keepin' it in da family
Published Friday, October 30th 2009
In street parlance, you are frontin’ if you attempt to impress someone by pretending to be something you are not.
In insurance parlance, you are frontin’ if you attempt to save money by naming ...
C4C cops net East End whiplashers
Published Friday, October 30th 2009
The coppers’ nets are positively heaving with crashforcashers these days. Hardly a day goes by with out a fresh haul.
Still twitching on an East London quayside this week are Millwall residents I...
Refund offer for PPI mispurchasers
Published Friday, October 30th 2009
It’s busier than ever over at Swinton as the broker contacts 350,000 customers offering refunds on premiums they paid for payment protection insurance they may never have asked for.
Fined £770,0...
Meerkat (marmot?) mascot on the market
Published Friday, October 23rd 2009
Now officially more popular than Wayne Rooney (estimated value circa £30m), comparethemarket mascot Aleksandr Orlov has been put on the market for a mere £19.95.
Yes, for under twenty quid you wi...
Crash for cash: an apology
Published Friday, October 23rd 2009
In previous editions of Bankstone News we may inadvertently have suggested that crash for cash fraudsters were subtly devious schemers with a sublime genius for artful deception – or something like ...
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