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The Motor Insurers’ Bureau is the UK body that pays compensation to people injured or whose property is damaged by uninsured or untraced (hit-and-run) drivers. Set up in 1946 and funded by every insurer that sells compulsory motor cover, the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) acts as a safety net when there is no valid insurance […]

International travel health insurance coverage pays for medical treatment, hospital care and emergency repatriation when you are outside the UK and cannot rely on the NHS or a state healthcare card. For an expat or internationally mobile person, it fills the gap that the NHS, the Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) and short-trip travel policies […]

A multi car policy lets a household insure two or more vehicles under one insurance arrangement, usually with a discount applied to each car for keeping them together. Each vehicle still gets its own cover and its own renewal date, but they sit under a single account so you deal with one insurer and one […]

A car accident without insurance in the UK still means you must stop, exchange details, document the scene and report it, even though driving uninsured is an offence. Stopping and swapping details is a legal duty under the Road Traffic Act 1988 whether or not you were covered, and leaving the scene makes your position […]

Acorn car insurance is specialist motor cover arranged by Acorn Insurance, a UK broker that has provided private car, taxi and commercial vehicle policies since 1982. It is aimed at drivers standard insurers often decline or price highly, including young drivers, people who have been refused cover elsewhere, and those who need telematics (black box) […]

Travel health insurance is cover that pays for emergency medical treatment, hospital charges, ambulance fees and repatriation home if you fall ill or are injured while travelling abroad. It sits alongside the NHS rather than replacing it: the NHS treats you in the UK, but once you leave the country you are responsible for medical […]