Category Archive for Insurance News

You Know What’S Disturbing About Car Insurance? Ad Campaign Launched by CarInsuranceQuote.com

Waltham, MA (PRWEB) August 02, 2011

CarInsuranceQuote.com (a division of CIQ Online, LLC) announces the launch of a provoking new car insurance TV commercial. The use of comedy in the commercial entertains and informs consumers that paying too much for car insurance is disturbing. Visiting CarInsuranceQuote.com can help lower their car insurance rates.

The commercial features Edna who is shown in the bathroom applying lipstick in front of her mirror. Many would find her peculiar facial expressions and actions disturbing. CarInsuranceQuote.com feels that not only is Edna disturbing, but so is paying too much for car insurance. Read more…

Landlords reminded of risks posed by gas appliances

Most holders of landlords insurance are unlikely to have noticed that the first national Gas Safety Week has just ended. In an effort to educate landlords and homeowners across the UK, Gas Safety Week carried the important message of gas safety to cities all over the UK.

Advice given to landlords included always checking the ID provided by the engineer, and if there is any doubt of its authenticity contact the Gas Safety Register to check their details. The result of a faulty gas appliance could be a fire that leaves your property damaged or even destroyed.

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Car accident season (winter) is finally over

The spring thaw ends winter’s tough driving conditions. r accidents occur throughout the year andn always be dangerous, but according to Kanetix more accidents occur during the winter months than any other time of the year. Of all ther accidents disclosed while getting auto insurance quotes at Kanetix in 2010, almost 30 per cent occurred in the winter months: December, January and February. No doubt, freezing temperatures, ice, and snow make winter driving tricky. Of all ther accidents:

Although itn feel sometimes like winter is never ending, it has officially on March 20 and while spring may be here, you will want to keep top of mind your winter driving skills.

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Are Your Aging Parents a Road Hazard?

Along with the hot wheels, cool trim, leather interior and killer sound system, your sports car came with another line item add-on that wasn’t part of the MSRP: sports car automobile insurance. Insuring your shiny fast ride can add thousands of dollars to cost of ownership over the life of the car…unless you’re a savvy shopper. Here’s what you need to know to help you find cheap sports car insurance (or at least reasonably priced). For starters, different insurance companies have different definitions of what is and isn’t a sports car. This is typically based on a VIN (vehicle identification number) system published by the Insurance Services Office or the company’s own ranking system. Either syst

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VAT – Value Added Tax Guide

Value Added Tax (VAT) is a tax on the final consumption of certain goods and services in the home market but is collected at every stage of production and distribution. Most business-related goods and services will therefore be subject to VAT.

There are several UK VAT rates, the standard rate being 20% from 4th January 2011 (previously it was 17.5%).

Your company should register for VAT if the value of your taxable supplies in the past 12 months or less has exceeded the current VAT registration threshold of £73,000 (from 1st April 2011. Previously it was £70,000), or the value of your taxable supplies in the next 30 days alone is expected to exceed this threshold.

This threshold applies for the 20011/12 tax year, and usually increases each tax year by £1,000 or so. It

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