Car thieves and housebreakers can be foiled by a message from your mobile phone, after a new security device was invented by Austrian company ECA Message Systems.
The ECA Message Maker, displayed at last week's International Security Exhibition in Germany, is installed in the home or car. It then detects any disturbance and movement and sends a text message to your mobile phone.
The phone owner can send a return message to the Message Maker, such as "cut off petrol" or "sound burglar alarm", and the Message Maker will comply.
It can also be set to work as a fire alarm and networked to up to 128 phone extensions.
The exhibition ran from October 10 to 13 in Essen.
The 2025 Insurance Times Awards took place on the evening of Wednesday 3rd December in the iconic Great Room of London’s Grosvenor House.
Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen, 34 Gold, 23 Silver and 22 Bronze awards were handed out across an amazing 34 categories recognising brilliance and innovation right across the breadth of UK general insurance.
Many congratulations to all the worthy winners and as always, huge thanks to our sponsors for their support and our judges for their expertise.
