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insureTAXI sponsor Ainsdale Cricket Club and famous Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer!
May 2013We are delighted to announce that insureTAXI – alongside our parent company County Insurance – are this season the principal sponsors of Ainsdale Cricket Club. In fact, this season they are officially called County Insurance Ainsdale Cricket Club! The County Insurance logo is on the front of the shirts, and the insureTAXI logo is on [...]
Want to WIN a YEAR’S FREE TAXI INSURANCE? Take our online survey today
May 2013insureTAXI would like to invite all UK taxi drivers to take part in our 2013 Taxi Driver Survey! Your opinions really do matter to us. Our taxi insurance team are dedicated to providing first class service and we hope to use the findings to get to know our market better and further improve what we [...]
insureTAXI claim prevention tips!
April 2013Fraudulent claims are on the increase as drivers have become more aware of the compensation available for personal injuries like whiplash. Unfortunately, the sincerity of these complaints can be difficult to prove and often result in a large pay out. Due to spending a lot of time behind the wheel, Taxi and other business drivers [...]
Mercedes-Benz M8 Vito Convert Review
April 2013Mercedes-Benz is a world class brand producing some of the best engines around today. For many, there is a huge feeling of trust associated with this particular name and it goes without saying that those considering investing in an M8 Vito would typically hold high expectations. One consumer segment that the model has so far [...]
Union campaigns against councils verdict to make taxi CCTV compulsory
March 2013A union has begun to campaign against Sheffield City Councils decision to make CCTV compulsory for all taxi and private hire cab drivers in the area. The pronouncement of making the security cameras mandatory came after a series of violent attacks on taxi drivers in South Yorkshire. A victim of this recent epidemic includes Mr [...]
Newport Taxi firm launches own smartphone app
February 2013This week the insureTAXI team have enjoyed reading about C & H, a taxi firm from Newport who recently launched a new smartphone app that allows passengers to book a taxi using their Android or iphone mobiles. The company launched the app late last year in order to alleviate the pressures of high call volumes [...]
Fleet Insurance for Private Hire / Public Hire
February 2013You might think it is relatively easy to provide taxi fleet insurance, coupled with first class service. Believe us, it isn’t! Fleet policies usually start at 3 vehicles, and can be as large as 200+. It takes a lot of hard work to obtain rates from the underwriters, who are keen to understand claims history [...]
Great rates from our most comprehensive line-up of underwriters
January 2013Our strategy of hiring a Development and Distribution Director is bearing fruit. So, what does a “Development and Distribution” Director do? Well, in our case, his sole role is to secure brand new taxi insurance schemes across the UK. In the last 12 months, we are pleased with the additions insureTAXI have made to our panel [...]
Taxi insurance quotes back to pre-December levels
January 2013As predicted in an earlier blog, January has seen a return to pre December levels in terms of the number of taxi insurance quotes insureTAXI are receiving. December is always a quieter time as sorting out insurance doesn’t often take priority over Christmas shopping (!), however January then sees a mad rush as those people [...]
Happy & Prosperous New Year from insureTAXI
January 2013We’d like to wish all of our customers past and present a very prosperous New Year from all of us at insureTAXI. November and December are funny months for taxi insurance. Aside from providing quotations for experienced taxi drivers as usual, we always have high demand for taxi insurance quotations for new drivers – especially [...]
