Category: General
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Can you beat the GAPInsurance.co.uk Car Quiz?!
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Why you shouldn’t rely on new-for-old cover!
Recently we heard from our customer Mr Sheldon, whose insurer had refused to honour the new-for-old cover that they had sold him giving the reason that the new equivalent vehicle wasn’t “enough of an equivalent”. Mr Sheldon’s car was a first edition Kia Ceed, simply meaning that it was the first release of the Ceed…
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Reconnecting with our first ever customer!
Recently, we were delighted to be contacted for a quote by Mr Andrew Asbury via our automated call-back request service. David recognised Mr Asbury’s name immediately and a quick search of our database endorsed his (sometimes almost superhuman…) memory that Mr Asbury was GAPInsurance.co.uk‘s first ever customer, back in 2004! Mr Asbury has purchased GAP…
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Would You Help Someone To Drink Drive?
Hidden camera reveals 3 in 4 Britons would help a ‘drunk driver’ to get into their car to drive! A recent social experiment carried out by Midrive tested how many people would stop a ‘drunk driver’ and whether the gender of the driver had any impact. Rhiannon and Luke were sprayed with alcohol. They acted…
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Another one (unrated, offshore GAP insurer) bites the dust?
The reason we don’t pursue the cheapest possible GAP insurance prices from offshore, unrated underwriters (they eventually go bust) just got reinforced that little bit more. Following hot on the heels of Qudos Insurance A/S in Denmark going to the wall in late 2018 (which itself followed Alpha Insurance A/S (Denmark), Elite Insurance (Gibraltar) and…
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ABI publishes their (confusing?) “Guide To Making Sense of Gap Insurance”
Today we were alerted to the fact that the ABI (Association of British Insurers) had recently published a “Guide To Making Sense Of Gap Insurance”. Given the recent wider industry focus on Gap Insurance by the likes of Which? and Defaqto, we were eager to discover the ABI’s take on this form of Insurance. The…