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Protected Bonus Awareness To Be Improved

By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Do you understand the cost and benefits of protecting your No Claims Bonus? Studies show that most clients do not. From August the 1st 2016, new regulations will be introduced that affect how insurance brokers can provide cover for Protected No Claims Bonus/Discount. This change is being introduced in response to a recent study that […]

Who You Gonna Call? Not GHOSTBROKERS!

By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Ghostbroking is a word that should make all of us angry. For most everyday run of the mill motorists, Ghostbroking will be a term you are unfamiliar with, though lately it has been rearing it’s ugly head more publicy. In a nutshell, Ghostbroking is insurance fraud. A “Ghostbroker” will often arrange unbelievably cheap insurance policies for their […]

Why We Celebrate May Day

By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Connect Insurance Brokers will be closed for the May Day Bank Holiday from 13:00 on Saturday 30th of April until 09:15 on Tuesday 3rd of May. Every year we celebrate May Day, and granted, for most of us these celebrations stretch only so far as nursing a hangover thanks to the Bank Holiday – but […]

Crash For Cash Ongoing

By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Cash for crash fraud still affects you – even if you are a genuine motorist. Crash for Cash scams are still an ongoing nuisance for the insurance industry and continue to cost every motorist money in the form of increased premiums at renewal. We previously discussed Crash for Cash scams in July 2013 when fraudster brothers Raja […]

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Keeping Your Car Secure

By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive It is something we never really think about until it happens to us, and that would be car theft! In 2015 there were 69,547 cars stolen in the UK, and as I am sure you are aware this usually happens when you leave your vehicle, so when you are asleep or even when you park it whilst […]

Mandatory Driving Test Retake

By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive It was inevitable that sooner or later, this would be introduced. Regulatory talks have spoken in hushed whispers for a lengthy period and finally it has been announced that from October 1st 2016, it will become mandatory for all drivers to retake their driving test every 10 years. Studies support that the longer a driver […]

Crash Claims Checklist

By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Crashes; they’re like breakdowns – they happen when you least expect when you’re at your worst, and at the most inconvenient moment. Then again, when is a convenient moment to be involved in an accident? Being involved in an RTA (Road Traffic Accident) can be a very traumatic and distressing situation, even more so once […]

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Is Travel Insurance Important?

By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive Sun, Sea, Sand and Repatriation! Yes I know it’s highly unlikely that you will need to be repatriated, but you never know. I do believe that people forget the significance of travel insurance and what benefits it does have. The main reason that people take out travel insurance is for it’s cancellation cover and medical cover; are […]

Pray For Brussels

By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragedies in Brussels today. Connect Insurance mourn today for the senseless loss of life in Brussels, and for the families of those involved. Terrorist explosions have rocked the country with blasts reported at both Zaventem Airport and the Maalbeek Metro station with ongoing fears that […]