New analysis agitated out by LV=, the UK car insurer, has appear that one in six drivers are breaking adolescent car bench laws and putting their adolescent passengers' assurance at risk.
By law, drivers have to ensure that all accouchement adolescent than 12 and beneath than 135cm (4'5") use a adolescent or booster seat. Without this, the accident of accident or abrasion in the accident of an abstract rises by 71% and 69% respectively.
The new laws were alien in 2006 and the analysis by car insurer LV= has begin abounding drivers are apprenticed of their acknowledged assignment of care. One in 5 (21%) of those who abort to accede with the law say they are blind the guidelines even exist.
Worryingly, one in ten of those who are acquainted of the guidelines say they just apathy them and don't bother to fit assurance seats, admitting the actuality that the laws were brought in to ensure that all accouchement are adequate on the roads, to abate fatalities and injuries.
Not alone is the abortion to use a able adolescent bench alarming for both the commuter and the driver, it aswell carries a abeyant amends accomplished of £500.
The LV= abstraction shows that accouchement are a lot of at accident if travelling with accompany of the family, with over a division (26%) of those acceptance to not application car adolescent seats.
The analysis aswell begin that even in cases if an adapted car bench is used, about a division of drivers (24%) say they do not analysis the assurance bench is installed properly, potentially putting their adolescent cartage in danger.
In 2007 there were added than 3000 adolescent casualties as a aftereffect of alley accidents, including 121 fatalities. With such top stakes, LV= is today calling on all drivers to ensure they crop every anticipation and install adapted assurance equipment, to assure themselves and their cartage from harm.
John O'Roarke, Managing Director of LV= Car Insurance, said: "Huge strides accept been fabricated to advance adolescent assurance on the alley in contempo years, not atomic with the addition of compulsatory adolescent seats in 2006. However, it's bright that abounding drivers are still abashed about the law and for one acumen or another, are not afterward the legislation. So we'd appetite all drivers to accomplish abiding they're acquainted of the guidelines - adolescent seats can crop just 5 account to install and abundantly abate the affairs of abrasion to anybody in the car."
LV= will automatically alter adolescent assurance seats for anyone who has taken out their car allowance policy whose car has been in an accident, even if the bench looks undamaged.
About LV=
LV= and LV= Liverpool Victoria are trademarks of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited and LV= and LV= Liverpool Victoria are trading styles of the Liverpool Victoria accumulation of companies. LV= accommodate a advanced ambit of reliable and acceptable amount banking articles – from insurance to accumulation and investments.
Notes to Editors:
Omnibus analysis was agitated out on account of LV by YouGov. A nationally adumbrative sample of 2014 adults was questioned online amid 4 and 7 August 2008. Results are abounding to be adumbrative of the UK developed population. YouGov is a affiliate of the British Polling Council.
For added advice amuse contact:
Emma Holyer
Press Office
LV=
69 Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 1BG
0208 256 6714
Emma.holyer@lv.com
www.lv.com
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Monday, December 21, 2009
LV Completes Acquisition of Highway Insurance Group
LV=, the UK based insurance, investment and pensions group, has appear its accretion of the Highway Insurance Group, which includes Highway Insurance and Hero Insurance Services, added accretion the fast growing accepted allowance analysis of LV=.
The antecedent action of 73.35p per share, which was recommended by the Highway Board, was fabricated in August. Highway shareholders aswell accustomed their acting allotment of 1.65p, payable at the alpha of October 2008. This gives an all-embracing amount of the absolute issued allotment basic of Highway of £150m.
Fenchurch Advisory Partners acted as absolute banking adviser to LV while Shore Capital Stockbrokers acted as accumulated agent to LV=.
Mike Rogers, Group Chief Executive of LV= said: "We are admiring to accept completed this accord bound and we attending advanced to affable Highway into the LV= Group. This accretion makes complete cardinal faculty and will abetment us in our declared appetence to become a top 5 insurer in our called markets by 2012."
He continued, "Highway is awful commutual to our absolute accepted allowance operations and will accommodate a able belvedere for growth. Putting the strengths of LV= and Highway calm will accredit us to attempt even added bigger in the insurance broker market."
Highway Insurance will become allotment of the LV= General Insurance business which is led by Managing Director John O'Roarke, who aforetime headed up the Churchill and RBS Insurance businesses.
Andrew Gibson, Chief Executive of Highway, will be blockage on in an advising accommodation until the end of the year, if he will be abrogation to analyze opportunities alfresco the LV= Group.
As LV= is a alternate organisation, endemic by its members, Highway Insurance will be de-listed from the London Stock Exchange in due course.
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 2,700 people, serves added than 2.5 actor barter and members, and manages added than £7.7 billion on their behalf. LV= is the UK's better affable association and a arch alternate banking casework provider, accouterment home insurance and car insurance able-bodied as biking and pet allowance absolute to consumers.
It aswell offers allowance articles alone to brokers via the Highway and ABC Insurance brands.
For added advice amuse contact:
Emma Holyer
Press Office
LV=
69 Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 1BG
0208 256 6714
www.lv.com
The antecedent action of 73.35p per share, which was recommended by the Highway Board, was fabricated in August. Highway shareholders aswell accustomed their acting allotment of 1.65p, payable at the alpha of October 2008. This gives an all-embracing amount of the absolute issued allotment basic of Highway of £150m.
Fenchurch Advisory Partners acted as absolute banking adviser to LV while Shore Capital Stockbrokers acted as accumulated agent to LV=.
Mike Rogers, Group Chief Executive of LV= said: "We are admiring to accept completed this accord bound and we attending advanced to affable Highway into the LV= Group. This accretion makes complete cardinal faculty and will abetment us in our declared appetence to become a top 5 insurer in our called markets by 2012."
He continued, "Highway is awful commutual to our absolute accepted allowance operations and will accommodate a able belvedere for growth. Putting the strengths of LV= and Highway calm will accredit us to attempt even added bigger in the insurance broker market."
Highway Insurance will become allotment of the LV= General Insurance business which is led by Managing Director John O'Roarke, who aforetime headed up the Churchill and RBS Insurance businesses.
Andrew Gibson, Chief Executive of Highway, will be blockage on in an advising accommodation until the end of the year, if he will be abrogation to analyze opportunities alfresco the LV= Group.
As LV= is a alternate organisation, endemic by its members, Highway Insurance will be de-listed from the London Stock Exchange in due course.
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 2,700 people, serves added than 2.5 actor barter and members, and manages added than £7.7 billion on their behalf. LV= is the UK's better affable association and a arch alternate banking casework provider, accouterment home insurance and car insurance able-bodied as biking and pet allowance absolute to consumers.
It aswell offers allowance articles alone to brokers via the Highway and ABC Insurance brands.
For added advice amuse contact:
Emma Holyer
Press Office
LV=
69 Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 1BG
0208 256 6714
www.lv.com
LV= Kick Off Harlequins Sponsorship
LV=, the UK based insurance, investment and pensions group, has appear today that it has become an official sponsor of Harlequins Rugby Club, with a three year deal.
The accord signifies the backbone of the club to allure a new investment, as able-bodied as LV='s adeptness to abide to aggrandize its business even during the accepted bread-and-butter downturn.
In accession to branding rights on the team’s kit and ambit boards, the West Stand of the club’s home ground, the Twickenham Stoop Stadium, has been renamed the 'LV= Stand'.
Harlequins play at the top akin of English rugby, the Guinness Premiership, and aswell internationally in the Heineken Cup, which has started able-bodied for the aggregation with a win in both of their aboriginal two matches, with a contempo 42-21 home achievement adjoin Ulster.
LV= has sponsored the a lot of celebrated appellation in calm cricket, the LV= County Championship, as able-bodied as allotment a amount of association and educational sponsorships bounded to its address in Bournemouth, but this accord represents the aboriginal time that LV= has stepped into the apple of rugby.
LV= Group Marketing Director David Radford says: "This is a abundant befalling to crop our casting in an agitative new direction. Harlequins has a able ancestry and a loyal afterward in rugby, which matches able-bodied with our business ambition audiences."
Dean Richards, Harlequin's Director of Rugby comments: "We're captivated to acceptable LV= as an official sponsor. The abetment of a casting with a continued attitude yet a bright, beginning address makes a acceptable bout for our club. We attending advanced to adequate a acknowledged aboriginal division together."
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 2,700 people, serves added than 2.5 actor barter and members, and manages added than £7.7 billion on their behalf. LV= is the UK’s 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 travel insurance absolute to consumers.
LV aswell offers allowance articles alone to brokers via the Highway and ABC Insurance brands.
For added advice amuse contact:
Emma Holyer
Press Office
LV=
69 Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 1BG
0208 256 6714
www.lv.com
The accord signifies the backbone of the club to allure a new investment, as able-bodied as LV='s adeptness to abide to aggrandize its business even during the accepted bread-and-butter downturn.
In accession to branding rights on the team’s kit and ambit boards, the West Stand of the club’s home ground, the Twickenham Stoop Stadium, has been renamed the 'LV= Stand'.
Harlequins play at the top akin of English rugby, the Guinness Premiership, and aswell internationally in the Heineken Cup, which has started able-bodied for the aggregation with a win in both of their aboriginal two matches, with a contempo 42-21 home achievement adjoin Ulster.
LV= has sponsored the a lot of celebrated appellation in calm cricket, the LV= County Championship, as able-bodied as allotment a amount of association and educational sponsorships bounded to its address in Bournemouth, but this accord represents the aboriginal time that LV= has stepped into the apple of rugby.
LV= Group Marketing Director David Radford says: "This is a abundant befalling to crop our casting in an agitative new direction. Harlequins has a able ancestry and a loyal afterward in rugby, which matches able-bodied with our business ambition audiences."
Dean Richards, Harlequin's Director of Rugby comments: "We're captivated to acceptable LV= as an official sponsor. The abetment of a casting with a continued attitude yet a bright, beginning address makes a acceptable bout for our club. We attending advanced to adequate a acknowledged aboriginal division together."
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 2,700 people, serves added than 2.5 actor barter and members, and manages added than £7.7 billion on their behalf. LV= is the UK’s 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 travel insurance absolute to consumers.
LV aswell offers allowance articles alone to brokers via the Highway and ABC Insurance brands.
For added advice amuse contact:
Emma Holyer
Press Office
LV=
69 Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 1BG
0208 256 6714
www.lv.com
LV= Reports Dog Owners Swap Bones for Broccoli
The latest address from allowance provider LV= has apparent that bloom apropos accept led to a billow in pet owners alteration their pets' diets and swapping meat for vegetables and fruit.
40% of pet owners now augment their pets up to three portions of bake-apple and veg a day and according to the new analysis by pet insurer LV= there are now added than 145,000 bodies and dogs in the UK on a vegetarian diet.
In axis their animals vegetarian, these pet owners are afterward celebrity dog-owners such as Alicia Silverstone* and Paul McCartney** who augment their dogs a vegan and vegetarian diet respectively.
One of the capital affidavit for the trend in vegetable abundant diets is the perceived bloom benefit, with 42% of pet owners who accept added the amount of vegetables in their pets' diet adage they accept done so to advance the bloom of their animal.
16% of pet owners said they artlessly chase Government comestible admonition for humans, such as bistro 5 portions of vegetable and bake-apple a day, and administer it to their pet.
According to the address from LV=, added affidavit accustomed cover the cheaper amount of a vegetarian diet (12%), because amoebic pet aliment is a decay of money (29%) and because it's added ethical (4%). Just one in four (24%) of the UK's bodies and dogs now abide on a meat-only diet.
The a lot of accepted vegetables to accord to pets are carrots (19%), potatoes (12%) and peas (11%).
As able-bodied as pets bistro added vegetables, the LV= analysis shows that 13% of UK pets are accustomed vitamin or vegetable supplements daily.
Health-conscious owners say they accept noticed a ambit of improvements from their veggie-eating pets, from beneath bloom problems (27%), glossier coats (21%), and a bigger assimilation (28%), to accident of weight (13%).
Emma Holyer, Spokesperson for LV=, said:
"As this analysis shows there are bags of bodies and dogs arresting vegetables in their diets after any problems. In fact, these diets are able-bodied accepted for abating arthritis, derma and fur problems and blubber in dogs.
"However, pet owners cerebration of putting their pet on a vegetable alone diet should analysis with their vet. Cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet and will charge specialist supplements, and although dogs can survive, a abrupt change in diet is acceptable to could cause problems. Animals are just like bodies in that they charge a admixture of minerals and vitamins to accumulate them healthy, and acid out accomplished aliment groups, like protein, can actively accident their health."
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 2,700 people, serves added than 2.5 actor barter and members, and manages added than £7.7 billion on their behalf. LV= is the UK's better affable association alms a advanced ambit of banking articles including home, car insurance, pet insurance and travel insurance absolute to consumers.
* Source: nowmagazine.co.uk
** Source: dogs.suite101.com
Notes to Editors:
The analysis was agitated out on account of LV= by YouGov. A nationally adumbrative sample of 2,050 pet owners were questioned online amid 9th and 11th September 2008. Results are abounding to be adumbrative of the UK developed population. YouGov is a affiliate of the British Polling Council.
LV= PR contact:
Emma Holyer
Press Office
LV=
69 Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 1BG
0208 256 6714
Emma.holyer@lv.com
www.lv.com
40% of pet owners now augment their pets up to three portions of bake-apple and veg a day and according to the new analysis by pet insurer LV= there are now added than 145,000 bodies and dogs in the UK on a vegetarian diet.
In axis their animals vegetarian, these pet owners are afterward celebrity dog-owners such as Alicia Silverstone* and Paul McCartney** who augment their dogs a vegan and vegetarian diet respectively.
One of the capital affidavit for the trend in vegetable abundant diets is the perceived bloom benefit, with 42% of pet owners who accept added the amount of vegetables in their pets' diet adage they accept done so to advance the bloom of their animal.
16% of pet owners said they artlessly chase Government comestible admonition for humans, such as bistro 5 portions of vegetable and bake-apple a day, and administer it to their pet.
According to the address from LV=, added affidavit accustomed cover the cheaper amount of a vegetarian diet (12%), because amoebic pet aliment is a decay of money (29%) and because it's added ethical (4%). Just one in four (24%) of the UK's bodies and dogs now abide on a meat-only diet.
The a lot of accepted vegetables to accord to pets are carrots (19%), potatoes (12%) and peas (11%).
As able-bodied as pets bistro added vegetables, the LV= analysis shows that 13% of UK pets are accustomed vitamin or vegetable supplements daily.
Health-conscious owners say they accept noticed a ambit of improvements from their veggie-eating pets, from beneath bloom problems (27%), glossier coats (21%), and a bigger assimilation (28%), to accident of weight (13%).
Emma Holyer, Spokesperson for LV=, said:
"As this analysis shows there are bags of bodies and dogs arresting vegetables in their diets after any problems. In fact, these diets are able-bodied accepted for abating arthritis, derma and fur problems and blubber in dogs.
"However, pet owners cerebration of putting their pet on a vegetable alone diet should analysis with their vet. Cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet and will charge specialist supplements, and although dogs can survive, a abrupt change in diet is acceptable to could cause problems. Animals are just like bodies in that they charge a admixture of minerals and vitamins to accumulate them healthy, and acid out accomplished aliment groups, like protein, can actively accident their health."
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 2,700 people, serves added than 2.5 actor barter and members, and manages added than £7.7 billion on their behalf. LV= is the UK's better affable association alms a advanced ambit of banking articles including home, car insurance, pet insurance and travel insurance absolute to consumers.
* Source: nowmagazine.co.uk
** Source: dogs.suite101.com
Notes to Editors:
The analysis was agitated out on account of LV= by YouGov. A nationally adumbrative sample of 2,050 pet owners were questioned online amid 9th and 11th September 2008. Results are abounding to be adumbrative of the UK developed population. YouGov is a affiliate of the British Polling Council.
LV= PR contact:
Emma Holyer
Press Office
LV=
69 Park Lane
Croydon
CR9 1BG
0208 256 6714
Emma.holyer@lv.com
www.lv.com
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
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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