Archive for December 27th, 2009

AA car insurance sees 40% rise in claims from damage and theft

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by admin December 27, 2009 in Insurance News

AA car insurance claims are up 40 per cent for December, the insurer has reported, due to the bad weather conditions and a lack of goodwill amongst drivers on the UK’s icy roads. Recent snow fall and freezing conditions have left many of Britain’s roads resembling an ice rink, and many drivers who have been forced to abandon their vehicles are having to make a claim on their car insurance because of damage done to them by other drivers. Many car owners are finding that their cars have been damaged or even broken into, returning to pick up their cars to find them wrecked or scratched by other drivers or stolen by opportunistic thieves. One driver returned to pick up his car to find that it had been destroyed by another much larger vehicle crashing into it, but no note was left by the offending driver for car insurance purposes.

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