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Uninsured Cars to Be Clamped

DRIVERS who fail to renew their car insurance could be fined Pounds 100 even if they have stopped using their car. Under a new law, those who refuse to pay the fine will have their car clamped or removed from their driveway and impounded. Motorists will then be forced to pay the fine, pay a release fee and buy new insurance before they can get their car back. The fines, aimed at cutting the number of uninsured drivers from 1.5million, could be handed out even if the cars are parked on p...

Super Bowl TV Viewers Get Quicker Ad Analyses

Feb. 1--Waiting until Monday to let everyone know what you thought of the Super Bowl TV commercials? Many Web sites will let viewers weigh in on the commercials as they air throughout Sunday's game. Pavone, an advertising agency based in Harrisburg, will include a fan forum blog for comments on the commercials as part of its Super Bowl site, www.spotbowl.com.....We are unable to display this entire news item because this article's licensing expires after a certain amount of time. This article...

Car Insurance Compensations Climbed By 4.5%

According to Al-Rai newspaper (January 31, 2007), statistics issued by the Jordan Association for Insurance Companies show that the volume of the paid car insurance compensations in Jordan totaled JD 91.2 million in 2006. This figure represents a 4.5% rise compared with 2005. (c) 2007 Info-Prod Research (Middle East). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

Car Insurance Premiums Climbed By 18.9%

According to Al-Rai newspaper (January 31, 2007), statistics issued by the Jordan Association for Insurance Companies show that the volume of the car insurance premiums in Jordan totaled JD 100.9 million in 2006. This insurance premiums volume represents an 18.9% rise compared with 2005. (c) 2007 Info-Prod Research (Middle East). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

Children Suffer Minor Injuries in Two-Car Accident

PROVIDENCE - Two children were injured in an auto accident in Wanskuck yesterday morning and one was hurled from the car on impact, the police said. The accident occurred shortly after 8 a.m., according to the police, when a car driven by Maria Sanchez, 28, of 30 West Drive, Wanskuck, collided with a car driven by Chante D. Famogun, 28, of 75 General St., that was backing out of a driveway at 75 General. Chante Famogun received two court summonses for her alleged failure to secure the childre...

N.M. Offers Driver Safety Web Course ; Class Gives Car Insurance Discount to 55 and Older

By ROSALIE RAYBURN Journal Staff Writer New Mexico is the first state nationwide to offer an online driver safety course that qualifies those who pass to get cheaper car insurance. AARP introduced a Web version of its driver safety program last fall. The program provides eight hours of instruction designed to sharpen road skills for drivers ages 55 or older. By state law, drivers who pass get a certificate that entitles them to a discount of up to 10 percent on their car insurance. The ...

Wearing a Seat Belt Matters to Just About Everybody ; Maine Should Allow Police to Pull Motorists Over If Someone Hasn't Buckled Up.

Opponents of a mandatory seat-belt law in Maine - one that allows police to pull a car over when people don't buckle up - can fairly ask the following question: Who does it hurt if I don't fasten my belt other than me? Let's start with everyone who has an auto insurance policy. Not wearing a belt increases the chances someone will be seriously injured or die in a car crash. Who pays when that happens? Insurance companies. Well, not really insurance companies, they just pass the costs of gre...

State Offers Auto Insurance Solution

By Sarah Elizabeth Villicana, The Porterville Recorder, Calif. Jan. 27--A low-cost auto insurance program may be the answer for the estimated 15 percent of Tulare County motorists who are driving uninsured. The California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program is designed to provide low-income, good drivers with state-required liability coverage for less than $400 a year. The program started as a pilot program in 1999 and is currently available in 16 counties; excluding Tulare. State I...

Your MONEY: Halifax Offering Extra in Fight for Switchers ; CASHPOINT

By John Husband TWO of our biggest banks are battling it out to tempt the 600,000 customers who switch current accounts every year. Halifax is offering pounds 100 to anyone who switches to them between next Monday and March 23. It is also increasing its High Interest Current Account rate to six per cent if you deposit at least pounds 1,000 a month from your salary or pension. HSBC is matching the six per cent on its fee-charging Bank Plus packaged account and paying regular savers 10 pe...

Fraud Crackdown Lowers Mass. Auto Insurance Rates

BOSTON (AP) - High-profile crackdowns on auto insurance fraud have resulted in dramatic savings for drivers in some Massachusetts communities. The statewide average premium is scheduled to drop by nearly 12 percent on April 1, but drivers in some communities where antifraud task forces have been operating will see even greater savings, with premiums falling 24 percent in Lawrence and more than 15 percent in some Boston neighborhoods. Drivers in Lawrence, the first Massachusetts community to t...