Loss of Car Keys

You name it we can insure it….(within reason !)

In the event you should loose your car keys we can arrange cover for up to £1500 to cover replacement of keys, locks and immobilisers

• Cover will include the cost of onward transportation and car hire costs if keys lost or stolen in transit.
• 24/7 helpline assistance
• £10 reward to finder of lost keys

Cost for cover £10. Please phone 01474 359117 to arrange cover

Breakdown Insurance

As well as offering extremely competive motor insurance quotes GSI also provide very competitive “add on” covers such as Breakdown Insurance.

For Breakdown Insurance we recommend a single product cover provided by the RAC through Broker Direct Assistance.

Our price to you is £65 per vehicle and this includes Roadside, Recovery, At Home, Onward Travel and European Cover …..all for £65.

We believe in quality cover whatever the price, so we have not gone for just any old breakdown company, we have chosen the RAC …arguably one of the very best.

Terms and conditions apply. Please phone for details on 01474 359117

Gap Insurance

Quite simply Gap Insurance will pay the difference between the current market value of your vehicle and whatever value the Insurer places on the vehicle should it be declared a write off. Cover is available for 2-3 years.

Cost for 2 year cover on a car is from £165 and for 3 years £199

Benefits:

• You do not have to borrow additional amounts to replace your vehicle with a similar model
• Can be used to help settle outstanding finance, in addition to settlement from Insurer

For further information please contact us on 01474 359117

National No-Smoking Day

Geoffrey Simmons Insurance Consultants supports National No Smoking Day

If you’re a smoker, the resale value of your car is reduced significantly as is that of your home. While smokers get used to the smell of smoke, potential buyers of your home or car will notice it immediately.

We can’t help you give up smoking, but we can still insure you of course. Call us now on 01474 359117 and talk to one of our helpful, friendly advisers. If you pledge to give up smoking, we’ll give you free legal cover on your policy.

Driving on the right – Government to announce switch in time for 2012 Olympics

The UK Government will announce today its intention to harmonise driving with Europe by 2012, in time for the UK Olympics. The change has been suggested to help visitors to the Olympics negotiate the journey from the coastal ports to EastLondon with less difficulty.

Britain and Australia are the only major countries still driving on the left and the Government have been under pressure from the EU to come into line for some time.

Junior Transport Minister, Avril Duper, said “Although we understand that this may cause some problems initially, we feel that in the long term this decision will increase tourism and create jobs here in the UK. ”

From 2015, all cars sold in the UK will be required to be left hand drive, a move which will save European car manufacturers some 3.6 billion euros.

Calculate your VED now… and in the future

You can see what tax band your chosen vehicle is in and calculate your new car tax at the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA):

vcacarfueldata.org.uk

This only applies to vehicles registered after 1st March 2001. If you have an older vehicle, registered between 1974 and March 1, 2001, your car will fall into these tax bands, calculated according to engine size:

• Cars under 1549cc cost £115 per year.
• Cars over 1549cc cost £180 per year.

Prices correct as at 12th March 2008, but these are set to rise.

Petrol reaches £5.00 per gallon – without 2p budget increase

The price of a gallon of petrol is now £5.00 per gallon, having reached 110.9p per litre on some forecourts. In the face of the most recent rise in oil prices, Alistair Darling backed away from increasing fuel duty by an additional 2p per litre. This has now been “postponed” for 6 months.

Links to Car Tax information

 To see what Vehicle Excise Duty your car is subject to, visit the Government’s site at:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524

These will increase as a result of the Chabcellor’s Budget statement today.

Car Tax rises in 2008 budget

Alistair Darling announced today that high-emission vehicles would attract up to a £950 vehicle excise duty in their first year on the road. Cars emitting more than 255g of carbon dioxide per km would be subject to the highest rate, with cars that emit less than 130 grams of carbon dioxide per km would pay no car tax at all in the first year. It is unclear at the moment how this will affect drivers of older cars which fail to meet modern emission standards.

Mr Darling also reeaffirmed his commitment to exploring national road pricing. He announced an invitation to the private sector to run a number of projects based on road charging, even though the Government had ruled out road pricing for the forseeable future only a few days ago!