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‘Maintenance crisis’ brewing as UK’s towed vehicle fleet ages – UK Towing Safety Alliance

2026-08-18T07:00:00+01:00By

Breakdowns now make up over three quarters of towing related incidents on UK roads, as an ageing fleet offsets a welcome drop in road traffic collisions

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Rise in vulnerable road users could push motor claims costs up 6%

2026-08-12T12:00:00+01:00By

‘The casualty mix is changing as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are disproportionately represented in the most serious injury claims,’ says director

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Insurers react as government launches Road Safety Strategy

2026-01-12T08:00:00+00:00By

The industry has welcomed touted new measures designed to reduce serious injury and death on roads across England and Wales

James York

Briefing: Robotic repairs and drone delivery – the future of insurance is hardware

2026-08-19T08:00:00+01:00By

From humanoid surveyors to autonomous repair fleets, James York says emerging robotics technology could transform how insurers manage, mitigate and respond to risk

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Briefing: Spreadsheet Eeyores versus Tigger-ish storytellers

2026-08-13T08:00:00+01:00By

Insurance has been both beset and modernised by the rise of the spreadsheet, but Toby Clegg argues that the quantitative purists have lost sight of qualitative truths in their pursuit of uncompromising accuracy