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Beware Insurance Small Print Extras

By Steve Hughes Insurance costs are soaring due to a massive increase in personal injury claims and accidents involving uninsured drivers, with law- abiding motorists ultimately footing the bill. Consumer watchdogs are warning drivers to beware of a new range of bolt-on extras for policies devised by insurance companies to make headline premiums appear lower. Once the policies have been taken out, however, the full extent of the extra costs gradually comes to light but it is then too la...

Your MONEY: Drivers Ditch Cars As Petrol Price Hikes Bite ; CASH POINT

By JAMES CONEY ONE in five motorists say the rising cost of petrol has made them change their driving habits. A survey from American Express revealed that while the price of fuel has forced many to drive less or buy a more economic motor, few have bothered to search for new insurance. And the financial services giant reckons this could help save drivers an average pounds 109 a year. Amex estimates that just 40 per cent of the UK's 33 million drivers bother to hunt around for a new car i...

Check Car Insurance Before Trip

When you find a great deal on a car rental, the rate quickly increases when taxes, fees and options are added. The rate also increases dramatically if you buy insurance through the rental company. The good news is that you're probably already covered by auto insurance or when you pay with a major credit card for the Collision Damage Waiver. Also known as Loss Damage Waiver, the CDW covers the cost of the rental car if it's damaged or stolen. To activate this coverage, you must decline CDW c...

Paid to Shop: is That Your Idea of Retail Therapy? ; You Can Already Save By Buying Online, but a New Breed of Cashback Sites Offers Even More

By Annie Shaw Like the idea of being rewarded for going shopping? Thanks to a host of online cashback sites, that's just what could happen. For some time, savvy shoppers have made big savings by buying on the internet, but now they can hang on to even more of their money by logging on to websites that offer extra rebates - and more still, by playing their "cashback cards" right. These websites have relationships with most of the big retailers and display their adverts. The sites get pai...

Insurance Won't Pay for Damage If SUV of Mayor Was Stolen: INVESTIGATION

By Matthew Spina, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Apr. 5--Janelle Tryjankowski's 14- year-old Ford Ranger is damaged but operable. Lainey Pate's 1999 Nissan Sentra was totaled. Neither will see a dime from Mayor Byron W. Brown's insurance company if Allstate investigators determine that, indeed, a thief, and not a member of the mayor's family, drove the mayor's Chevrolet sport utility vehicle into their parked vehicles. The two Canisius College students would be on their own with their own auto ...

A Fab-Tastic Bargain From Skoda ; This is Bigger, Better and Cheaper Than 9 Years Ago

By CHRIS RUSSON IF EVER a car can lay claim to being bargain of the year it has to be Skoda's new Fabia. Not only is it bigger and better in every way than the original, it's also cheaper. When it goes on sale on May 17 the new Fabia will be available from pounds 7,990, pounds 9 less than the first Fabia in 2000. Couple that to group-one car insurance and low exhaust emissions, and the entry-level Fabia 1.2 is set to become the cost-conscious driver's dream. It's going to compete ag...

A MERRY X-SMASH ; Learner's Prank Misfires As He Crashes Dad's Car

By Gordon Currie AN ARMY learner driver tried to hide his dad's car in a Christmas Day prank - but crashed it into a neighbour's house. Soldier Graham Moffat, 18, thought it would be funny to move the car from the front of his home to the back to fool his father. But he ended up being banned from driving for six months and fined pounds 650. At Perth Sheriff Court yesterday, Moffat admitted driving carelessly and crashing through a roadsign then mounting the kerb inthe town last Christ...

Incorporation ; Notice of Change of Corporate Name

Notice is given that articles of amendment which will change the name of COLLIER-JENNINGS, INC. to SECURITY FEDERAL AUTO INSURANCE, INC., have been delivered to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code. The registered office of the corporation is located at 453 Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia 30901. April 26, May 3, 2007 Adv. # 12172448 (c) 2007 Augusta Chronicle, The. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

Teen Driver Law Lowers Premiums

COLUMBUS -- Ohio's new law restricting young drivers is saving some people money on car insurance bills because companies believe the regulations will lower accident rates. Some insurance companies lowered teen driver rates after the law that restricts the hours teens may drive and their number of passengers went into effect April 6. Teen drivers with Grange Insurance will get up to a 5 percent discount when the company cuts its rates in June. Allstate Insurance Co. lowered fees last summ...

Cost of Cover Drops

THE average cost of car insurance has fallen slightly during the first quarter of this year - but follows an all-time high at the end of last year, according to the British Insurance Premium Index. The index shows that the average premium for comprehensive car insurance is pounds 800. This is just pounds 4 less than the all-time high following the 4.35 per cent increase in 2006. (c) 2007 Evening Mail; Birmingham (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.