The 2008 AAMI Young Drivers Index shows they are arch the way to a greener future, with ecology factors added influencing adolescent drivers' habits and abstraction their decisions about how they drive, how they biking and what cars they buy. Young drivers are added accommodating to pay money to organisations to bulb copse which account greenhouse gases produced by cars.
Almost one in 5 (18 per cent) adolescent drivers said they participate in programs to account emissions produced by their car, while alone 12 per cent of added drivers crop the aforementioned accomplish to abate their appulse on the environment. And admitting adolescent drivers about earning beneath than added drivers, one-third (33 per cent) said they would pay up to $50 to account emissions, compared with 23 per cent of added drivers. While the analysis shows drivers 25 years and over are added acceptable to accede ecology factors if affairs a car (53 per cent), about bisected of adolescent drivers (47 per cent) said they aswell agency the ambiance into their purchase.
Green Alternatives
Rising petrol prices are hitting adolescent drivers decidedly harder but it appears some are axis their bread-and-butter accident into a win for the environment. According to this year's AAMI Young Drivers Index, about two thirds of adolescent drivers (62 per cent) said the accretion amount of petrol was banishment them to drive less, a amount hardly college than for added drivers (60 per cent). And 64 per cent of drivers age-old 18 - 24 said the ascent amount of ammunition had bargain their all-embracing accepted of living, compared with 58 per cent of drivers age-old 25 years and over.
The analysis aswell showed adolescent drivers were added acceptable to accept an environmentally affable carriage option. Half of drivers age-old 18 - 24 said they aggregate trips whenever possible, admitting alone one-quarter (26 per cent) of added drivers said they carpooled if they could, and added than a third (41 per cent) of adolescent drivers said they acclimated the car if all-important and airing or aeon area possible, compared with 40 per cent of added drivers. Young drivers are hardly added acceptable (28 per cent) to buy booze or ethanol-blend ammunition than added drivers (25 per cent).
Sweeney Research conducted a blast analysis of 2503 men and women drivers, age-old 18 years and older, in the afterward locations about Australia:
Adelaide, Ballarat, Bendigo and Shepparton, Batemans Bay, Bega and Ulladulla, Brisbane, Canberra, Central Queensland, Coffs, Harbour and Port Macquarie, Darwin, Geelong, Gold Coast, Hobart and Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle and Gosford, North Queensland, Perth, Regional South Australia, Regional Western Australia, Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Tamworth, Toowoomba and Darling Downs, Wagga Wagga and Griffith, Wollongong and Nowra
This analysis is accurate by an all-embracing appraisal of car insurance claims lodged in 2007 by AAMI barter in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Crashing Through The Generation Gap - AAMI
This is the eighth anniversary AAMI Young Drivers Index. It is appear to acquaint and brainwash the association about trends and issues accompanying to adolescent drivers. In contempo years, the Index has focussed on capacity including speeding, alcohol active and the role technology plays in accidental to adolescent drivers poor active habits. In 2008, the AAMI Young Drivers Index focuses on how generational differences can access disciplinarian behaviour. In this Index, the appellation 'young drivers' refers to drivers age-old 18-24 and the appellation 'other drivers' refers to those age-old 25 or older.
The Generation Gap
Since the AAMI Young Drivers Index began eight years ago, it has consistently apparent adolescent humans are added absorbed to experiment, crop added risks and advance the boundaries of able behavior on our roads, than added drivers. While adolescent drivers, attitudes to speed, alcohol active and drugs can abundantly be attributed to their affliction on our roads, the bearing to which they accord can aswell access how they behave and what they anticipate about these issues. The accepted accumulation of adolescent drivers is allotment of Generation Y ('Gen Y') and they are characterised as impatient, confident, tech-savvy and socially responsible. Many of these Gen Y attributes are reflected in the after-effects of this year's AAMI Young Drivers' Index.
Speed Limits Young Lives
Generation Y about doesn't like waiting; whether it's for coffee, a advance or a cartage light.
This year's AAMI Young Drivers Index analysis shows adolescent drivers are added abrupt than added drivers on our roads, with 35 per cent anecdotic themselves as absolutely abrupt drivers
compared with one in 5 added drivers (20 per cent). Speed charcoal one of the above factors causing adolescent drivers to be disproportionately represented in the alley toll, with adolescent humans 30 times added acceptable to die in carriage accidents than humans age-old 25 and over1. While 14 per cent of adolescent drivers say they never beat the acceleration limit, about bisected of all adolescent drivers say they acceleration some of the time (49 per cent) and added than bisected of all adolescent drivers (52 per cent) say they sometimes acceleration to get to plan or home sooner. Young drivers are aswell added acceptable than added drivers to breach acceleration banned by up to 10 km/h. One-third of adolescent drivers said traveling 5 or 10 km/h over the acceleration absolute wasn't absolutely dispatch compared to 28 per cent of drivers age-old 25 years and over. Almost four in 5 (79 per cent) drivers age-old 18 - 24 said they had been a commuter in a car area the disciplinarian collection alarmingly to appearance off, compared to beneath than two-thirds of added drivers (59 per cent).
Alcohol and Drugs - a Lethal Combination
The added above accidental agency to the top amount of adolescent disciplinarian deaths is alcohol; alcohol active charcoal one of the better killers on our roads. The AAMI Young Drivers Index shows Generation Y's assured attributes is reflected in their attitudes to how booze and drugs can appulse on their driving. More than one in 5 (21 per cent) adolescent drivers said they sometimes took a altered avenue to abstain accepting breathalysed if they had been bubbler (21 per cent) compared to 15 per cent of added drivers. More than bisected (56 per cent) of all adolescent drivers said they accept been anxious they were over the absolute if active the next day afterwards a abundant night of drinking, compared with 44 per cent of drivers age-old 25 years and over. And it’s bright some adolescent drivers abide blind of the dangers of active afterwards demography drugs. More than one in 10 adolescent drivers (12 per cent) accept a baby aggregate of recreational drugs doesn't absolutely affect their active and 16 per cent of drivers age-old 18 - 24 said active afterwards application recreational drugs was safer than active afterwards drinking. Only six per cent of added drivers accurate both these statements.
Driven to Distraction
Technology plays a big allotment in the lives of Generation Y. Mobile phones, MP3 players and computers are capital accoutrement acclimated by abounding every day. According to Social Researcher Mark McCrindle, about three abode of argument letters are beatific by Gen Ys, so it is assured some accept been beatific while driving. The AAMI Young Drivers Index shows 71 per cent of adolescent drivers said they accept beatific or apprehend a argument bulletin while driving. While hardly beneath than endure year (75 per cent), the amount of adolescent drivers agreeable in this alarming behaviour is still alarmingly high. Young drivers are aswell acceptable added absent by their MP3 players while driving, with 27 per cent accordant with this account compared with 20 per cent endure year.
Sweeney Research conducted a blast analysis of 2503 men and women drivers, age-old 18 years and older, in the afterward locations about Australia:
Adelaide, Ballarat, Bendigo and Shepparton, Batemans Bay, Bega and Ulladulla, Brisbane, Canberra, Central Queensland, Coffs, Harbour and Port Macquarie, Darwin, Geelong, Gold Coast, Hobart and Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle and Gosford, North Queensland, Perth, Regional South Australia, Regional Western Australia, Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Tamworth, Toowoomba and Darling Downs, Wagga Wagga and Griffith, Wollongong and Nowra
This analysis is accurate by an all-embracing appraisal of car insurance claims lodged in 2007 by AAMI barter in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
The Generation Gap
Since the AAMI Young Drivers Index began eight years ago, it has consistently apparent adolescent humans are added absorbed to experiment, crop added risks and advance the boundaries of able behavior on our roads, than added drivers. While adolescent drivers, attitudes to speed, alcohol active and drugs can abundantly be attributed to their affliction on our roads, the bearing to which they accord can aswell access how they behave and what they anticipate about these issues. The accepted accumulation of adolescent drivers is allotment of Generation Y ('Gen Y') and they are characterised as impatient, confident, tech-savvy and socially responsible. Many of these Gen Y attributes are reflected in the after-effects of this year's AAMI Young Drivers' Index.
Speed Limits Young Lives
Generation Y about doesn't like waiting; whether it's for coffee, a advance or a cartage light.
This year's AAMI Young Drivers Index analysis shows adolescent drivers are added abrupt than added drivers on our roads, with 35 per cent anecdotic themselves as absolutely abrupt drivers
compared with one in 5 added drivers (20 per cent). Speed charcoal one of the above factors causing adolescent drivers to be disproportionately represented in the alley toll, with adolescent humans 30 times added acceptable to die in carriage accidents than humans age-old 25 and over1. While 14 per cent of adolescent drivers say they never beat the acceleration limit, about bisected of all adolescent drivers say they acceleration some of the time (49 per cent) and added than bisected of all adolescent drivers (52 per cent) say they sometimes acceleration to get to plan or home sooner. Young drivers are aswell added acceptable than added drivers to breach acceleration banned by up to 10 km/h. One-third of adolescent drivers said traveling 5 or 10 km/h over the acceleration absolute wasn't absolutely dispatch compared to 28 per cent of drivers age-old 25 years and over. Almost four in 5 (79 per cent) drivers age-old 18 - 24 said they had been a commuter in a car area the disciplinarian collection alarmingly to appearance off, compared to beneath than two-thirds of added drivers (59 per cent).
Alcohol and Drugs - a Lethal Combination
The added above accidental agency to the top amount of adolescent disciplinarian deaths is alcohol; alcohol active charcoal one of the better killers on our roads. The AAMI Young Drivers Index shows Generation Y's assured attributes is reflected in their attitudes to how booze and drugs can appulse on their driving. More than one in 5 (21 per cent) adolescent drivers said they sometimes took a altered avenue to abstain accepting breathalysed if they had been bubbler (21 per cent) compared to 15 per cent of added drivers. More than bisected (56 per cent) of all adolescent drivers said they accept been anxious they were over the absolute if active the next day afterwards a abundant night of drinking, compared with 44 per cent of drivers age-old 25 years and over. And it’s bright some adolescent drivers abide blind of the dangers of active afterwards demography drugs. More than one in 10 adolescent drivers (12 per cent) accept a baby aggregate of recreational drugs doesn't absolutely affect their active and 16 per cent of drivers age-old 18 - 24 said active afterwards application recreational drugs was safer than active afterwards drinking. Only six per cent of added drivers accurate both these statements.
Driven to Distraction
Technology plays a big allotment in the lives of Generation Y. Mobile phones, MP3 players and computers are capital accoutrement acclimated by abounding every day. According to Social Researcher Mark McCrindle, about three abode of argument letters are beatific by Gen Ys, so it is assured some accept been beatific while driving. The AAMI Young Drivers Index shows 71 per cent of adolescent drivers said they accept beatific or apprehend a argument bulletin while driving. While hardly beneath than endure year (75 per cent), the amount of adolescent drivers agreeable in this alarming behaviour is still alarmingly high. Young drivers are aswell acceptable added absent by their MP3 players while driving, with 27 per cent accordant with this account compared with 20 per cent endure year.
Sweeney Research conducted a blast analysis of 2503 men and women drivers, age-old 18 years and older, in the afterward locations about Australia:
Adelaide, Ballarat, Bendigo and Shepparton, Batemans Bay, Bega and Ulladulla, Brisbane, Canberra, Central Queensland, Coffs, Harbour and Port Macquarie, Darwin, Geelong, Gold Coast, Hobart and Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle and Gosford, North Queensland, Perth, Regional South Australia, Regional Western Australia, Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Tamworth, Toowoomba and Darling Downs, Wagga Wagga and Griffith, Wollongong and Nowra
This analysis is accurate by an all-embracing appraisal of car insurance claims lodged in 2007 by AAMI barter in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
Website Marketing Group Releases Monthly Marketing Packages
RealWebMarketing.net, (http://www.realwebmarketing.net) a website business close specializing in alive with average sized businesses, has appear a alternation of account website business bales at altered prices for altered sized businesses, to fit every budget.
The account business bales anniversary cover altered website business services, including:
•Pay per bang advertising, application Google AdWords, Yahoo Search Marketing, MSN Ad Center, and Facebook
•Link architecture application optimized columnist releases
•Link architecture application amusing media sites such as Facebook, Squidoo and HubPages
•Link architecture by appointment online autograph to article directories
•Writing online autograph for audience who don’t accept a acceptable biographer in-house
•Designing and sending out an email newsletter
The bales are advantaged Sapphire ($400 per month), Ruby ($600 per month), Emerald ($800 per month) and Diamond ($1,000 per month). There are three versions of anniversary with altered services, and bales can aswell be customized to absolutely clothing a business’s needs.
John Eberhard declared “We apparent that abounding business owners accept web sites that are unproductive, and ambition to get their web sites roaring, but are afraid abroad by the alien costs. With these account business packages, they can get a amalgamation of accepted business accomplishments done anniversary ages and with a anticipated budget. And with the accepted accompaniment of the economy, it is added important than anytime for businesses to promote. The acute ones who do will crop bazaar allotment abroad from the alert ones who sit aback and wait.”
John Eberhard has been complex in business for a advanced array of businesses for 20 years, and is the columnist of a casting new eBook advantaged “The Internet Marketing Super Book.” RealWebMarketing.net was founded in 1999 in the Los Angeles area, and has audience all over the U.S. More advice on the account website business bales can be begin at http://www.realwebmarketing.net/marketing-packages.html
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The account business bales anniversary cover altered website business services, including:
•Pay per bang advertising, application Google AdWords, Yahoo Search Marketing, MSN Ad Center, and Facebook
•Link architecture application optimized columnist releases
•Link architecture application amusing media sites such as Facebook, Squidoo and HubPages
•Link architecture by appointment online autograph to article directories
•Writing online autograph for audience who don’t accept a acceptable biographer in-house
•Designing and sending out an email newsletter
The bales are advantaged Sapphire ($400 per month), Ruby ($600 per month), Emerald ($800 per month) and Diamond ($1,000 per month). There are three versions of anniversary with altered services, and bales can aswell be customized to absolutely clothing a business’s needs.
John Eberhard declared “We apparent that abounding business owners accept web sites that are unproductive, and ambition to get their web sites roaring, but are afraid abroad by the alien costs. With these account business packages, they can get a amalgamation of accepted business accomplishments done anniversary ages and with a anticipated budget. And with the accepted accompaniment of the economy, it is added important than anytime for businesses to promote. The acute ones who do will crop bazaar allotment abroad from the alert ones who sit aback and wait.”
John Eberhard has been complex in business for a advanced array of businesses for 20 years, and is the columnist of a casting new eBook advantaged “The Internet Marketing Super Book.” RealWebMarketing.net was founded in 1999 in the Los Angeles area, and has audience all over the U.S. More advice on the account website business bales can be begin at http://www.realwebmarketing.net/marketing-packages.html
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Winter Holiday Bargains at Home and Away with Holiday-Rentals.co.uk
If the end of summer and the darker nights are bringing your alcohol down, acclamation yourself up, disentangle and relax with a winter breach abroad to a clandestine anniversary home. Whether it’s a abbreviate breach in the UK, or some winter sun you’re after, www.Holiday-Rentals.co.uk has the ideal anniversary home for you. Below is a alternative of the best deals currently accessible in Egypt, Morocco, Cyprus and the UK.
Among these is a accommodation accommodation for up to six in Cyprus that works out at just £29 per person, per week.
Now advertisement over 120,000 backdrop common accessible to hire absolute from owners, Holiday-Rentals.co.uk is the UK’s largest, longest accustomed and a lot of trusted anniversary rentals website, accouterment abundant choice, abundant prices and added adaptability for travellers. It’s aswell currently the alone website of its affectionate to accommodate a payments agreement and traveller reviews for added accord of apperception if booking with clandestine owners.
Egypt
Property 57942 – A affluence accommodation in the 4* Ocean View Hotel, El Gouna, Egypt with a balustrade and amazing angle of the Red Sea, basin and beaches. El Gouna charcoal abundantly undiscovered, admitting its absurd accessories and location, and offers a quieter and added exclusive-feeling anniversary acquaintance than Sharm El Sheikh. EasyJet aswell starts bargain flights from Gatwick to adjacent Hurghada airport on 7 November, authoritative El Gouna a abundant advantage for a bargain winter sun break.
1 bedroom, sleeps 4
£350 per acreage per week
Morocco
Property 13882 – A beauteous Moroccan riad townhouse in Essaouira’s alluring Medina, with angled walls, Berber doorways, vibrantly coloured rock floors and fireplaces set abysmal in to aerial white walls. The acreage boasts two clandestine terraces, courtyard, bathroom and circadian maid service.
2 bedrooms, sleeps 4
£580 per acreage per anniversary for two humans (an added £60 for anniversary added person)
SPECIAL OFFER: 30% DISCOUNT THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER - £406 per acreage per anniversary for two humans + an added £60 for anniversary added person
Cyprus
Property 58605 – A ample accommodation accommodation in Kapparis, abreast Protaras, with a ample balustrade alms bare sea angle and ideal for sunbathing and dining al fresco.
2 bedrooms, sleeps 6
From £175 per acreage per week
UK
Property 403716 – A beautiful, anew adapted cottage on a above acreage in Northumbria, with cosy, but apish and avant-garde décor and all mod-cons, including dimmer lights, complete complete arrangement and iPod advancing station. The ample but cosy active allowance has oak floors and an inglenook-style fireplace, and all bedrooms accept affluence ensuites with slate-tiled floors and acrimonious anhydrate rails.
3 bedrooms, sleeps 6
From £425 per acreage per week
Property 87567 – An arcadian accommodation in Cornwall on the aboriginal attic of a adapted 1903 hotel, with ablaze and ablaze autogenous and furnishings, huge bay windows, amazing sea angle and clandestine bank access. The adventurous bedchamber appearance French windows that accessible out on to a balustrade that’s absolute for breakfast.
1 bedchamber sleeps 2
From £350 per acreage per week
Property 66210 – A spacious, split-level, beach-front accommodation in Wales with avant-garde accoutrement and facilities, amazing sea angle and ample balconies. Welcome bassinet included with absolute tea, burning coffee, arena coffee, milk, sugar, packet of biscuits, annihilate and a canteen of water.
3 bedrooms, sleeps 6
From £299 per acreage per week
Media contact
Alena Kravchenko, PR Assistant
020 8846 3448 / alena@holiday-rentals.co.uk
About Holiday-Rentals.co.uk & HomeAway™
Based in London and founded in January 1996, Holiday-Rentals.co.uk represents added than 120,000 anniversary backdrop accouterment travellers with a common alternative and simple to use accoutrement for award a anniversary home, and owners a simple, amount able way to bazaar their property.
In 2005 Holiday-Rentals.co.uk, Ltd was acquired by US-based HomeAway™, Inc., which is led by an accomplished aggregation of online publishing experts. HomeAway™ has been financed by Austin Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, American Capital, Institutional Venture Partners and Trident Capital. The HomeAway™ websites allure added than 100 actor visitors per year and account over 309,000 paid anniversary home rental listings above 100 countries.
Among these is a accommodation accommodation for up to six in Cyprus that works out at just £29 per person, per week.
Now advertisement over 120,000 backdrop common accessible to hire absolute from owners, Holiday-Rentals.co.uk is the UK’s largest, longest accustomed and a lot of trusted anniversary rentals website, accouterment abundant choice, abundant prices and added adaptability for travellers. It’s aswell currently the alone website of its affectionate to accommodate a payments agreement and traveller reviews for added accord of apperception if booking with clandestine owners.
Egypt
Property 57942 – A affluence accommodation in the 4* Ocean View Hotel, El Gouna, Egypt with a balustrade and amazing angle of the Red Sea, basin and beaches. El Gouna charcoal abundantly undiscovered, admitting its absurd accessories and location, and offers a quieter and added exclusive-feeling anniversary acquaintance than Sharm El Sheikh. EasyJet aswell starts bargain flights from Gatwick to adjacent Hurghada airport on 7 November, authoritative El Gouna a abundant advantage for a bargain winter sun break.
1 bedroom, sleeps 4
£350 per acreage per week
Morocco
Property 13882 – A beauteous Moroccan riad townhouse in Essaouira’s alluring Medina, with angled walls, Berber doorways, vibrantly coloured rock floors and fireplaces set abysmal in to aerial white walls. The acreage boasts two clandestine terraces, courtyard, bathroom and circadian maid service.
2 bedrooms, sleeps 4
£580 per acreage per anniversary for two humans (an added £60 for anniversary added person)
SPECIAL OFFER: 30% DISCOUNT THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER - £406 per acreage per anniversary for two humans + an added £60 for anniversary added person
Cyprus
Property 58605 – A ample accommodation accommodation in Kapparis, abreast Protaras, with a ample balustrade alms bare sea angle and ideal for sunbathing and dining al fresco.
2 bedrooms, sleeps 6
From £175 per acreage per week
UK
Property 403716 – A beautiful, anew adapted cottage on a above acreage in Northumbria, with cosy, but apish and avant-garde décor and all mod-cons, including dimmer lights, complete complete arrangement and iPod advancing station. The ample but cosy active allowance has oak floors and an inglenook-style fireplace, and all bedrooms accept affluence ensuites with slate-tiled floors and acrimonious anhydrate rails.
3 bedrooms, sleeps 6
From £425 per acreage per week
Property 87567 – An arcadian accommodation in Cornwall on the aboriginal attic of a adapted 1903 hotel, with ablaze and ablaze autogenous and furnishings, huge bay windows, amazing sea angle and clandestine bank access. The adventurous bedchamber appearance French windows that accessible out on to a balustrade that’s absolute for breakfast.
1 bedchamber sleeps 2
From £350 per acreage per week
Property 66210 – A spacious, split-level, beach-front accommodation in Wales with avant-garde accoutrement and facilities, amazing sea angle and ample balconies. Welcome bassinet included with absolute tea, burning coffee, arena coffee, milk, sugar, packet of biscuits, annihilate and a canteen of water.
3 bedrooms, sleeps 6
From £299 per acreage per week
Media contact
Alena Kravchenko, PR Assistant
020 8846 3448 / alena@holiday-rentals.co.uk
About Holiday-Rentals.co.uk & HomeAway™
Based in London and founded in January 1996, Holiday-Rentals.co.uk represents added than 120,000 anniversary backdrop accouterment travellers with a common alternative and simple to use accoutrement for award a anniversary home, and owners a simple, amount able way to bazaar their property.
In 2005 Holiday-Rentals.co.uk, Ltd was acquired by US-based HomeAway™, Inc., which is led by an accomplished aggregation of online publishing experts. HomeAway™ has been financed by Austin Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, American Capital, Institutional Venture Partners and Trident Capital. The HomeAway™ websites allure added than 100 actor visitors per year and account over 309,000 paid anniversary home rental listings above 100 countries.
Splash More Cash On Travel Thrills – Not Travel Insurance
According to analysis by arch insurer AAMI, while seven out of 10 (71 per cent) Australians took out travel insurance if branch overseas, 46 per cent said they acquainted 'ripped off' if authoritative this purchase.
AAMI National Public Affairs Manager Geoff Hughes said accepting biking allowance was a abundant way to awning yourself adjoin abrupt incidents in adopted countries.
"The majority of Australian travellers are acute for allotment to assure themselves with travel insurance but for some, ample action prices beggarly demography the accident of travelling after any cover. More than one division of Australians (28 per cent) said they didn’t buy biking allowance if traveling on holiday, with a division of those (26 per cent) adage it was an added amount they couldn’t afford," Mr Hughes said.
"However, about all the travellers we surveyed (95 per cent) said they acquainted safer on their holiday, alive they were covered. But this accord of apperception shouldn't appear at a top cost," he said.
With AAMI's new International Travel Insurance policy, barter can apprehend to pay about bisected the amount of purchasing allowance from a biking agent.
"Almost bisected of all travellers (46 per cent) said they purchased allowance through their biking agent. But while it may be added acceptable for barter to buy their awning at the aforementioned time as booking their holiday, it's account arcade about for the cogent accumulation that can be made," he said.
"And not surprisingly, travellers with an agitative anniversary advanced of them would adopt to absorb their hardearned banknote on annihilation but insurance."
With the money they could save by affairs an AAMI policy, travellers said they be a lot of acceptable to burst out on a auberge allowance advancement (20 per cent), followed by a meal at an big-ticket restaurant (18 per cent) and a canteen of aerated to alcohol while they're on anniversary (14 per cent).
And if barter charge to accomplish an allowance affirmation while on holiday, AAMI's action makes the action easy. "We accept dispensed with affirmation forms, in a lot of cases, so barter can accept their affirmation sorted bound and calmly over the phone, after the altercation of complicated paperwork. That should accommodate abundant abatement to two thirds (66 per cent) of the Australian travellers who said they begin affairs and managing their allowance action a difficult process," Mr Hughes said.
"Smart travellers would say that if you can't acquiesce travel insurance, you can't acquiesce to travel. But with AAMI's International Travel Insurance, holidays - and accord of apperception - just got a little added affordable."
(Consumer biking allowance analysis was conducted for AAMI by pureprofile and is an absolute internet analysis of 1273 Australian consumers in all states and territories.)
AAMI National Public Affairs Manager Geoff Hughes said accepting biking allowance was a abundant way to awning yourself adjoin abrupt incidents in adopted countries.
"The majority of Australian travellers are acute for allotment to assure themselves with travel insurance but for some, ample action prices beggarly demography the accident of travelling after any cover. More than one division of Australians (28 per cent) said they didn’t buy biking allowance if traveling on holiday, with a division of those (26 per cent) adage it was an added amount they couldn’t afford," Mr Hughes said.
"However, about all the travellers we surveyed (95 per cent) said they acquainted safer on their holiday, alive they were covered. But this accord of apperception shouldn't appear at a top cost," he said.
With AAMI's new International Travel Insurance policy, barter can apprehend to pay about bisected the amount of purchasing allowance from a biking agent.
"Almost bisected of all travellers (46 per cent) said they purchased allowance through their biking agent. But while it may be added acceptable for barter to buy their awning at the aforementioned time as booking their holiday, it's account arcade about for the cogent accumulation that can be made," he said.
"And not surprisingly, travellers with an agitative anniversary advanced of them would adopt to absorb their hardearned banknote on annihilation but insurance."
With the money they could save by affairs an AAMI policy, travellers said they be a lot of acceptable to burst out on a auberge allowance advancement (20 per cent), followed by a meal at an big-ticket restaurant (18 per cent) and a canteen of aerated to alcohol while they're on anniversary (14 per cent).
And if barter charge to accomplish an allowance affirmation while on holiday, AAMI's action makes the action easy. "We accept dispensed with affirmation forms, in a lot of cases, so barter can accept their affirmation sorted bound and calmly over the phone, after the altercation of complicated paperwork. That should accommodate abundant abatement to two thirds (66 per cent) of the Australian travellers who said they begin affairs and managing their allowance action a difficult process," Mr Hughes said.
"Smart travellers would say that if you can't acquiesce travel insurance, you can't acquiesce to travel. But with AAMI's International Travel Insurance, holidays - and accord of apperception - just got a little added affordable."
(Consumer biking allowance analysis was conducted for AAMI by pureprofile and is an absolute internet analysis of 1273 Australian consumers in all states and territories.)
VGOFashion.com: Leading Fashion Supplier in Singapore for Australia’s Retailers
VGOFashion.com is accouterment accumulation solutions at abundant amount for wholesalers and retailers in Australia and Singapore. The Singapore-based online appearance abundance has consistently been accepted with alone shoppers as one of the arch appearance sites, but the company’s accomplished assembly arm in China and administration arm in China and Singapore has aswell apparent it become one of the arch women’s accouterment suppliers in the region, decidedly accepted with Australian retailers.
Small and medium-sized retailers and abate wholesalers can acquisition themselves bedfast by the boundless acclimation requirements set out by abounding accouterment suppliers; not so with VGO Fashion. The aggregation has positioned themselves as a absolute accouterment supplier for baby retailers as able-bodied as wholesalers acknowledgment to the company’s flexibility. Smaller appearance food can attempt to body up a above ambit of arch appearance due to the adjustment restrictions, but VGO Fashion can aftermath custom architecture orders at actual low abundance requirements.
VGO Fashion’s abundant above women’s accouterment and accessories are accessible to acquirement at aggregate abatement if purchasing alone 30 pieces per design, per colour, per transaction, or 50 pieces per transaction with a aggregate adjustment of 10 pieces per design, per colour, per transaction. A minimum adjustment of 100 pieces per color, per architecture in a individual addition qualifies for a discounted broad price. Benefiting from a fashionable ambit of abundant above pieces at abatement for such baby adjustment sizes has fabricated VGO Fashion one of the best appearance and accessories suppliers in Singapore, application both the Singapore and Australian banker and banker markets.
If you are analytic for a bargain appearance supplier for your retail or broad business in Australia, Singapore, or absolutely anywhere abroad in the world, again appointment www.vgofashion.com to appearance the above of their women’s appearance accouterment and accessories ranges which has fabricated them such a acknowledged appearance online shop.
Editor’s Note: VGO Fashion is represented by the agenda business specialists and SEO provider Jumping Spider Media. Please absolute all columnist queries to Louise Byrne. Email: louise@jumpingspidermedia.co.uk or call: +44 (0)20 3070 1959 / +34 952 783 637.
Small and medium-sized retailers and abate wholesalers can acquisition themselves bedfast by the boundless acclimation requirements set out by abounding accouterment suppliers; not so with VGO Fashion. The aggregation has positioned themselves as a absolute accouterment supplier for baby retailers as able-bodied as wholesalers acknowledgment to the company’s flexibility. Smaller appearance food can attempt to body up a above ambit of arch appearance due to the adjustment restrictions, but VGO Fashion can aftermath custom architecture orders at actual low abundance requirements.
VGO Fashion’s abundant above women’s accouterment and accessories are accessible to acquirement at aggregate abatement if purchasing alone 30 pieces per design, per colour, per transaction, or 50 pieces per transaction with a aggregate adjustment of 10 pieces per design, per colour, per transaction. A minimum adjustment of 100 pieces per color, per architecture in a individual addition qualifies for a discounted broad price. Benefiting from a fashionable ambit of abundant above pieces at abatement for such baby adjustment sizes has fabricated VGO Fashion one of the best appearance and accessories suppliers in Singapore, application both the Singapore and Australian banker and banker markets.
If you are analytic for a bargain appearance supplier for your retail or broad business in Australia, Singapore, or absolutely anywhere abroad in the world, again appointment www.vgofashion.com to appearance the above of their women’s appearance accouterment and accessories ranges which has fabricated them such a acknowledged appearance online shop.
Editor’s Note: VGO Fashion is represented by the agenda business specialists and SEO provider Jumping Spider Media. Please absolute all columnist queries to Louise Byrne. Email: louise@jumpingspidermedia.co.uk or call: +44 (0)20 3070 1959 / +34 952 783 637.
AAMI Study Urges Understanding Between Car And 4x4 Drivers
Standard commuter car and four-wheel drive owners are accepting encouraged to recognise anniversary other's rights as alley users afterwards absolute analysis appear capacity amid the two car classifications on a amount of issues.
"On every measure, AAMI's analysis (*1) showed abrupt contrasts amid commuter car (*2) and 4x4 drivers about alley entitlements and obligations," said AAMI Corporate Affairs Manager Mike Sopinski.
Among the findings:
- More than three-quarters of commuter car drivers (77 per cent) anticipate four-wheel drives do not accord in the city-limits (compared to 21 per cent of 4x4 drivers);
- Three-quarters (75 per cent) anticipate four-wheel drives, while safer for their occupants, are added alarming for added alley users (compared to 19 per cent of 4x4 drivers);
- Two-thirds (66 per cent) anticipate four-wheel drives should be accountable to college allotment fees (compared to just eight per cent of 4x4 drivers);
- Two-thirds (67 per cent) are abashed active abutting to a four-wheel drive (compared to 22 per cent of 4x4 drivers); and
- One in eight (12 per cent) accede four-wheel drives to be the greatest alley hazard (compared to one per cent of 4x4 drivers).
"It is of affair that alley users authority such able angle about their chase motorists and this may discharge over into active behavior. We accordingly appetite drivers of all car types to appear to a bigger compassionate of their accepted rights and obligations," Mr Sopinski said.
Claim patterns appearance agnate adventure risk
Four-wheel drives abide awfully popular, as apparent by their accretion assimilation of the commuter car bazaar (*3). But admitting some frequently captivated views, there is no affirmation they are added frequently complex in crashes.
A analysis of AAMI allowance claims from the 12 months to July 2009 shows 4x4 drivers claimed for beneath crashes than accepted car drivers. Nationally, car drivers insured with AAMI had a blast claims accident amount of 17.82 compared with 16.13 for 4x4 drivers (*4).
Safety is accepted ground
Drivers of cars and 4WD cars are aswell award accepted arena about assurance aspects. For example, both disciplinarian groups are admiring of a rear camera requirement. 4WD drivers in accurate acquisition it difficult to see altar in their rear appearance mirror if reversing, which has prompted abounding manufacturers to action rear cameras as accepted or as an alternative extra.
"Our abstraction suggests that a bigger alternate compassionate amidst drivers of all car types would accept a amiable appulse on active behaviours. Clearly, all drivers allotment the cold to accomplish alley biking safer, so we animate them to allotment the alley in an compassionate and amenable manner," Mr Sopinski concluded.
About AAMI:
AAMI is a arch car insurance, home insurance, compulsory third party (CTP) and baby business insurance provider with added than 40 offices, branches and chump account centres in all states and territories. Established in 1970, AAMI today has added than 2.5 actor policyholders.
Insurance allowances such as no fault, no penalty; lifetime adjustment guarantee; lifetime appraisement one/maximum no affirmation bonus; aide service; accelerating no affirmation abatement on home allowance and the aboriginal accepted allowance chump allotment were all alien by AAMI.
For interviews, contact:
Mike Sopinski,
AAMI Corporate Affairs Manager
Tel: +61 (0)7 3259 3403
www.aami.com.au
References:
(*1) Based on an absolute blast and internet analysis of 2503 Australians, conducted by Sweeney Research above all states and territories. Collected abstracts is anxiously abounding in band with accepted ABS citizenry demographics to ensure any extrapolation of after-effects is adumbrative of age, gender and citizenry on a regional, accompaniment and civic basis.
(*2) Passenger cars cover small, average and ample sedans and hatchbacks.
(*3) In the 10 years to 2005, four-wheel-drive sales added by 280 per cent to one in every 5 sales, Sydney Morning Herald, Jan, 2005.
(*4) Claims per 100 barter per year.
"On every measure, AAMI's analysis (*1) showed abrupt contrasts amid commuter car (*2) and 4x4 drivers about alley entitlements and obligations," said AAMI Corporate Affairs Manager Mike Sopinski.
Among the findings:
- More than three-quarters of commuter car drivers (77 per cent) anticipate four-wheel drives do not accord in the city-limits (compared to 21 per cent of 4x4 drivers);
- Three-quarters (75 per cent) anticipate four-wheel drives, while safer for their occupants, are added alarming for added alley users (compared to 19 per cent of 4x4 drivers);
- Two-thirds (66 per cent) anticipate four-wheel drives should be accountable to college allotment fees (compared to just eight per cent of 4x4 drivers);
- Two-thirds (67 per cent) are abashed active abutting to a four-wheel drive (compared to 22 per cent of 4x4 drivers); and
- One in eight (12 per cent) accede four-wheel drives to be the greatest alley hazard (compared to one per cent of 4x4 drivers).
"It is of affair that alley users authority such able angle about their chase motorists and this may discharge over into active behavior. We accordingly appetite drivers of all car types to appear to a bigger compassionate of their accepted rights and obligations," Mr Sopinski said.
Claim patterns appearance agnate adventure risk
Four-wheel drives abide awfully popular, as apparent by their accretion assimilation of the commuter car bazaar (*3). But admitting some frequently captivated views, there is no affirmation they are added frequently complex in crashes.
A analysis of AAMI allowance claims from the 12 months to July 2009 shows 4x4 drivers claimed for beneath crashes than accepted car drivers. Nationally, car drivers insured with AAMI had a blast claims accident amount of 17.82 compared with 16.13 for 4x4 drivers (*4).
Safety is accepted ground
Drivers of cars and 4WD cars are aswell award accepted arena about assurance aspects. For example, both disciplinarian groups are admiring of a rear camera requirement. 4WD drivers in accurate acquisition it difficult to see altar in their rear appearance mirror if reversing, which has prompted abounding manufacturers to action rear cameras as accepted or as an alternative extra.
"Our abstraction suggests that a bigger alternate compassionate amidst drivers of all car types would accept a amiable appulse on active behaviours. Clearly, all drivers allotment the cold to accomplish alley biking safer, so we animate them to allotment the alley in an compassionate and amenable manner," Mr Sopinski concluded.
About AAMI:
AAMI is a arch car insurance, home insurance, compulsory third party (CTP) and baby business insurance provider with added than 40 offices, branches and chump account centres in all states and territories. Established in 1970, AAMI today has added than 2.5 actor policyholders.
Insurance allowances such as no fault, no penalty; lifetime adjustment guarantee; lifetime appraisement one/maximum no affirmation bonus; aide service; accelerating no affirmation abatement on home allowance and the aboriginal accepted allowance chump allotment were all alien by AAMI.
For interviews, contact:
Mike Sopinski,
AAMI Corporate Affairs Manager
Tel: +61 (0)7 3259 3403
www.aami.com.au
References:
(*1) Based on an absolute blast and internet analysis of 2503 Australians, conducted by Sweeney Research above all states and territories. Collected abstracts is anxiously abounding in band with accepted ABS citizenry demographics to ensure any extrapolation of after-effects is adumbrative of age, gender and citizenry on a regional, accompaniment and civic basis.
(*2) Passenger cars cover small, average and ample sedans and hatchbacks.
(*3) In the 10 years to 2005, four-wheel-drive sales added by 280 per cent to one in every 5 sales, Sydney Morning Herald, Jan, 2005.
(*4) Claims per 100 barter per year.
Brits Plan to Spend £157m on Pets This Christmas
This year, bodies and dogs above the UK can attending advanced to a actual Happy Christmas absolutely – with an estimated £157m* account of blithe aliment in their Christmas stockings.
New research** from arch allowance allegory website Gocompare.com reveals that a lot of owners (69 per cent) will be affairs Christmas presents for their pet, spending on boilerplate £10.86 on anniversary animal. Food treats (59 per cent) and toys (56 per cent) top the allowance list. Over a third of dogs and bodies can apprehend to deathwatch up to a Christmas stocking, while a division will accept a appropriate Christmas meal and 11 per cent already accept an actualization calendar.
The majority (63 per cent) of cat and dog owners accept they will absorb added on Fido and Mog this Christmas than on abounding of their abutting friends. Many will aswell absorb added accommodating their pet than their accomplice or abutting relatives. Fourteen per cent plan to absorb added on their pets than their partner, 13 per cent say their parents will be accepting beneath than their pets, while over a division (26 per cent) say that they will accord added big-ticket ability to their cat or dog than to added abutting relatives.
However, the analysis aswell showed that admitting the abundant spending, about 60 per cent of cat and dog owners still don’t accept pet insurance, admitting it can alpha from as little as £3.70 a month***.
Lee Griffin, business development administrator at Gocompare.com, said, “For abounding humans their cat or dog is as abundant a allotment of the ancestors as Auntie Mable, so it is conceivably alone accustomed that they should ambition to allotment the joys of Christmas allowance giving with them. Sadly, it looks like added anticipation may accept gone into the dog’s present than for some of the added humans sat annular the Christmas table this year. It is a growing trend, and retailers are accepting added artistic anniversary year with their pets Christmas range, so it looks like catnip actualization calendars and Santa apparel for dogs are set to become Christmas traditions in this country.
“However, it is important to bethink that caring for our pets doesn’t just beggarly including them in the Christmas celebrations. Vet’s bills can battling the post-Christmas January acclaim agenda account if it comes to blackballed surprises, accordingly accepting allowance to awning such contest can accomplish a lot of sense.”
Gocompare.com launched its pet allowance allegory account for cat and dog owners beforehand this year. Gocompare.com’s account is the aboriginal accurate pet allowance allegory to be provided by any UK allegory site. Currently, visitors to Gocompare.com can analyze 16 altered per allowance behavior and see at a glance which action gives them the appropriate awning for the appropriate price.
For added advice amuse contact: Lynsey Walden or Anders Nilsson at Gocompare.com on 01633 654 055 / 01633 657 599
Gordon, Jason or Liz at MAW Communications on 01603 505 845
Notes to Editors:
*According to the Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA) there are 7.3 actor dogs and 7.2 actor bodies in the UK. Therefore 14.5 actor bodies and dogs assorted by the boilerplate absorb per abominable of £10.86, gives us a absolute absorb of £157m.
**Research commissioned by Gocompare.com. Carried out with 1500 UK adults in December 2009 by Loudhouse Research.
***Cover provided by Animal Friends Insurance. This is a ‘max benefit’ action that provides £10,000 account of awning appear vet’s fees in the accident of an accident, up to a best of £2,000 per ailment, per year.
Gocompare.com launched in November 2006 to advice humans acquisition the appropriate allowance awning at the appropriate price. It was founded by Hayley Parsons who has formed her absolute career in the allowance broking and aggregator markets and was the aboriginal allegory website to focus on announcement artefact appearance rather than just advertisement prices. It was this aesthetics that led to Gocompare.com acceptable the aboriginal amount allegory website to be arrive to accompany the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) in May 2008 and helped force earlier allegory sites to change their ‘quick quote’ means and stop application assumptions to account estimated figures. Today, Gocompare.com provides one of the a lot of absolute online car allowance allegory casework in the UK as able-bodied as comparing home, motorbike, van, pet allowance and breakdown cover. Gocompare.com is authorised and adapted by the Financial Services Authority.
Press Contact:
Anders Nilsson
Gocompare.com
Imperial Courtyard
Newport Gwent NP10 8UL
01633 657 599
anders@gocompare.com http://www.gocompare.com .
New research** from arch allowance allegory website Gocompare.com reveals that a lot of owners (69 per cent) will be affairs Christmas presents for their pet, spending on boilerplate £10.86 on anniversary animal. Food treats (59 per cent) and toys (56 per cent) top the allowance list. Over a third of dogs and bodies can apprehend to deathwatch up to a Christmas stocking, while a division will accept a appropriate Christmas meal and 11 per cent already accept an actualization calendar.
The majority (63 per cent) of cat and dog owners accept they will absorb added on Fido and Mog this Christmas than on abounding of their abutting friends. Many will aswell absorb added accommodating their pet than their accomplice or abutting relatives. Fourteen per cent plan to absorb added on their pets than their partner, 13 per cent say their parents will be accepting beneath than their pets, while over a division (26 per cent) say that they will accord added big-ticket ability to their cat or dog than to added abutting relatives.
However, the analysis aswell showed that admitting the abundant spending, about 60 per cent of cat and dog owners still don’t accept pet insurance, admitting it can alpha from as little as £3.70 a month***.
Lee Griffin, business development administrator at Gocompare.com, said, “For abounding humans their cat or dog is as abundant a allotment of the ancestors as Auntie Mable, so it is conceivably alone accustomed that they should ambition to allotment the joys of Christmas allowance giving with them. Sadly, it looks like added anticipation may accept gone into the dog’s present than for some of the added humans sat annular the Christmas table this year. It is a growing trend, and retailers are accepting added artistic anniversary year with their pets Christmas range, so it looks like catnip actualization calendars and Santa apparel for dogs are set to become Christmas traditions in this country.
“However, it is important to bethink that caring for our pets doesn’t just beggarly including them in the Christmas celebrations. Vet’s bills can battling the post-Christmas January acclaim agenda account if it comes to blackballed surprises, accordingly accepting allowance to awning such contest can accomplish a lot of sense.”
Gocompare.com launched its pet allowance allegory account for cat and dog owners beforehand this year. Gocompare.com’s account is the aboriginal accurate pet allowance allegory to be provided by any UK allegory site. Currently, visitors to Gocompare.com can analyze 16 altered per allowance behavior and see at a glance which action gives them the appropriate awning for the appropriate price.
For added advice amuse contact: Lynsey Walden or Anders Nilsson at Gocompare.com on 01633 654 055 / 01633 657 599
Gordon, Jason or Liz at MAW Communications on 01603 505 845
Notes to Editors:
*According to the Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA) there are 7.3 actor dogs and 7.2 actor bodies in the UK. Therefore 14.5 actor bodies and dogs assorted by the boilerplate absorb per abominable of £10.86, gives us a absolute absorb of £157m.
**Research commissioned by Gocompare.com. Carried out with 1500 UK adults in December 2009 by Loudhouse Research.
***Cover provided by Animal Friends Insurance. This is a ‘max benefit’ action that provides £10,000 account of awning appear vet’s fees in the accident of an accident, up to a best of £2,000 per ailment, per year.
Gocompare.com launched in November 2006 to advice humans acquisition the appropriate allowance awning at the appropriate price. It was founded by Hayley Parsons who has formed her absolute career in the allowance broking and aggregator markets and was the aboriginal allegory website to focus on announcement artefact appearance rather than just advertisement prices. It was this aesthetics that led to Gocompare.com acceptable the aboriginal amount allegory website to be arrive to accompany the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) in May 2008 and helped force earlier allegory sites to change their ‘quick quote’ means and stop application assumptions to account estimated figures. Today, Gocompare.com provides one of the a lot of absolute online car allowance allegory casework in the UK as able-bodied as comparing home, motorbike, van, pet allowance and breakdown cover. Gocompare.com is authorised and adapted by the Financial Services Authority.
Press Contact:
Anders Nilsson
Gocompare.com
Imperial Courtyard
Newport Gwent NP10 8UL
01633 657 599
anders@gocompare.com http://www.gocompare.com .
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