If you are still thinking twice as to whether you should get a motor insurance for your vehicle or not, this site is for you. This page discusses the advantages of having insurance, especially for vehicles used for business purposes. By reading the information below, you would see how important insurance is. More than this, it would also give you idea as to what type or kind of insurance would be best suitable for you, considering your needs and the nature of your business.
New research has shown that consumers spend over 2-and-a-half hours searching for competitive van insurance quotes. The findings were released by Swinton Commercial. Around 1200 online customers were surveyed and on-average, UK consumers are spending 30 minutes more searching for van insurance quotes than they did in 2009.
So just why are people spending longer than two years ago on trying to find van insurance quotes? With the amount of advertising spent on comparison websites each year it would appear that people are still prepared to spend time on making sure that they get the best quote possible.
Also, this survey was released before the latest Google Panda update. The Google Panda update is supposed to help reduce the number of poor-quality pages within the search results. You can read more about the update in this article from Wired.com
The 2.5 hours it takes for consumers to find the right quote could be because the search engine results were suffering from too many poor quality pages and user’s continually had to refine their searches in order to find quotes that were relevant for them.
So what do you think? Why do people spend so many hours searching for van insurance quotes?
The archetypal “white van man” is the most hated of all drivers in the UK according to a new poll of UK motorists. The survey found that van drivers were the worst on the road.
According to the people polled for the survey, young drivers were the next-worst , closely followed by older drivers and then taxi drivers and mothers on the school-run.
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Industry experts claim that van insurance premiums are set to rise significantly in 2010 and the increase is being blamed upon the cost personal injury claims and the resulting legal costs of lawyers. Van insurance experts are predicting a 15% increase to the cost of van insurance premiums this year. As a result, there are likely to be even fewer cheap van insurance quotes available.
According to some experts, price comparison sites have been artificially keeping insurance premiums lower over the last few years, but now consumers are feeling the brunt of the insurance companies’ desire to stop underwriting losses.
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As many as 45% of van drivers don’t exchange the required personal information following a collision with another vehicle, according to Swinton Commercial.
A new study has found that just under half of all van drivers don’t exchange personal insurance information with other drivers.
The stressful nature of any crash means that van drivers often forget or overlook exchanging key information such as full name, address, telephone number and their insurance details.
The study also found that around 15% of drivers failed to correctly take down the licence plate of another vehicle.
The failure to note the correct personal details can slow down the process of making a claim significantly. It can also invalidate the claim if the other driver can’t be tracked down because of the lack of personal information gathered at the scene of the incident.
The report by Swinton Commercial recommends that in the event of any crash you should ensure the safety of all parties, write down the full name, address and telephone number of the driver. The report also recommends writing down the licence plate, taking down insurance policy number, get the details of any witnesses along with notifying the policy and your own insurance company.