Archive for October 21st, 2009

21
Oct '09

Aviva

   Posted by: lyle    in 1BEM, Customer Services, Domestic, Own Business, Thoughts, Work-related

Interesting to see today that Aviva (ex Norwich Union) has been named by Lovemoney as “Britain’s worst insurer”.

We’ve never used NU / Aviva for insurance – they’ve invariably been the highest quote around for any insurance I requested. The one that always sticks in my mind was their quote of some £1,000 a year for £25,000 of contents-only insurance when I lived in Manchester. I ended up using More>Than, paying £350 for £60,000 of cover. Go figure.

My personal experience of Norwich Union this year has been abysmal for a number of reasons which I’m not going to write about here. Well, not yet anyway – it’s still a rant waiting to happen. It’s just that it’s folded in to the general crapness of this year’s fun.

So it’s no surprise to me that regardless of name/brand, they’ve been named as ‘the worst’.

21
Oct '09

15 Laws, 11 Minutes

   Posted by: lyle    in Driving, News, Thoughts

Even by my standards, this particular story of a driver in Switzerland who broke 15 laws in 11 minutes is pretty impressive.

The list included :

  • overtaking an unmarked police car in heavy rain at 100mph
  • speeding
  • driving on the hard shoulder
  • running a set of red lights
  • failing to stop for police.

And after all that, he also (unsurprisingly, I suppose) also failed a drugs test.

I suppose if you’re going to do it, you might as well it properly.