Publican Forced To Close After Car Drives Into His Pub – Pub Insurance
The last thing you expect when enjoying a drink with friends on a Friday night is to be interrupted by a car driving through the pub. Customers of the Golden Star pub were sent flying along with glass and furniture when a car had lost control and crashed into the front of the pub.
UK Homeowners Look to Cash in on Short Term Rents
Uk homeowners are continuing an increasing trend of renting out their properties on short-term bases as a way of extracting extra income from their properties. Over the next 12 months 3.2 million UK homeowners will be looking to rent their home on a temporary basis.
Landlord Insurance News – Landlord Punches Like A Girl!
A millionaire landlord in Kent has been found guilty of assault and fined more than £1,500 after storming into the Folkestone office of PLS (Property Lettings and Sales), shouting ‘Right you little s**t!’ before hitting 31 year old agent Daniel Wells and knocking him off his chair in a row over a boiler. It’s not […]
Quentin Investigates – E cigarettes
Part of my remit for my articles is to discuss the demise of the great British Pub and as we do a huge amount of pub insurance here at Comparecrazy, I thought that today being day one of my attempt to stop smoking, it seemed to be a good time to discuss whether these newfangled […]
Business Interruption Cover – Essential Reading
News from Lloyds of London – Business Insurance Blog
Whilst many UK insurers will have had huge dents put in their pockets recently with all the claims that have been ‘flooding’ in, Lloyds of London has today announced profits of £3.2billion, so what does this mean for your business insurance?
If It Can Happen To The Big Boys… Restaurant Insurance Blog
I read in the press yesterday about a fire at the Harrogate branch of Prezzo, the Italian restaurant chain, which once again accentuates the need for adequate restaurant insurance. Whilst this fire will no doubt put only a minor dent in the chain’s pocket, what would you do if it was your restaurant and you […]
Hot Topic – Is ‘Burger Me’ Worthy Of Our Takeaway Insurance?!
The problem I have is that I like extremely hot food. You know, the sort which makes you want to take all your clothes off and lie in a star shape on your lounge carpet before writhing in agony thinking ‘Oh lordy that was the most fabulous curry / chilli I’ve ever had to date […]
Public Sector Public Liability – Are Councils In A Pothole?
Now clearly I’m not one for being controversial (!) but I’m sure most of us have at some stage wondered where our council tax gets spent and if it has been spent wisely, have we not? Well, the problem I have is this – I have a distinct feeling that a disproportionate amount of it […]
Someone’s Motor Trade Insurance Policy Is Getting A Big Hit
A story came to light recently of a gentleman who took his prized car into a garage for some apparently minor work to find that one of the mechanics who took it out for a test drive had totalled it meaning I suspect, a claim on the garage’s motor trade insurance policy.