Monday, December 21, 2009

LV= Reports One in Four Motorists Have Been a Victim of a Car Break-in

LV=, the UK allowance provider, has begin 80% of drivers accept larboard backing in their cars. This carelessness has advance to an access in the amount of cars accepting broken into, with one in four motorists adage that they've been a victim of a car breach in.

According to a address from LV=, top amount items such as adaptable phones, clothes and even wallets are consistently larboard central cars whilst anchored on UK roads. The amount of appurtenances larboard by men is about abundant college than that of added assurance acquainted women. In fact, according to the analysis agitated out amidst 2044 adults, the boilerplate amount of appurtenances larboard in cars by men is ?380. Younger drivers are analogously lax about their accouterments with drivers age-old 34 or beneath acceptance to abrogation an boilerplate of ?334 account of appurtenances in their vehicle. This compares to a civic boilerplate of ?283.

Cars are a lot of at accident of accepting broken into whilst anchored on residential streets, with 40% of all thefts now demography abode whilst the car is anchored anon alfresco the owners' home with a added 18% of thefts demography abode whilst the car is anchored in added residential areas. Less than one in ten (9%) car break-ins crop abode in bartering car parks, admitting the perceived college risk.

Emma Holyer, agent for LV= Car Insurance, said: "These abstracts appearance a accidental attitude amidst motorists if it comes to abrogation their accouterments in their car. The actuality is that a lot of car break-ins are by charlatan thieves who would apparently not bother to breach into the car if it looked as admitting it didn't accommodate annihilation to steal."

The analysis from LV= begin that the a lot of frequently baseborn items from abandoned cars are advertisement car stereos and radios, CDs, wallets and purses and digital aeronautics systems.

"Some car allowance policies will awning capacity so motorists should ensure they accept this awning so that if the affliction happens they are not out of pocket," Ms. Holyer continued. "However, to abstain the altercation of accepting your car broken into, we'd admonish humans not to leave any arresting backing in their car in the aboriginal place, as this will massively abate the likelihood of any breach in."

Notes to editors:
Research agitated out by Opinium Research. Online poll of 2,044 British adults agitated out amid 7th and 10th of October 2008.

About LV=:
LV= is a brand of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited (LVFS) and LV= is a trading appearance of the Liverpool Victoria accumulation of companies.

LV= employs over 3,700 people, serves added than 2.5 actor barter and members, and manages added than ?7.7 billion on their behalf. LV= is the UK抯 better affable association and a arch alternate banking casework provider, aiming to advice barter acquisition abandon from banking anguish by accouterment a advanced ambit of reliable and acceptable amount banking products, including home insurance, car insurance and pet and biking allowance absolute to consumers.

For added advice amuse contact:
Emma Holyer
Press Office
LV=
69 Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 1BG
0208 256 6714
www.lv.com

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