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Friday, October 21, 2011
Women drivers, stay ahead of the road closures
No one likes to be halted in their journey or diverted onto a different route to the one which they had planned, thus being plunged into the unknown, but car accidents and road works can have a hugely detrimental effect on journey times and can cause frustration and anger behind the wheel.
So, women drivers are urged to take the initiative and plan ahead before setting out on a long or unfamiliar journey.
The Highways Agency website offers up to date traffic information, route planning guidance and even a mobile phone app so that you can access the latest news on driving conditions wherever you are. (Although we strongly urge you to park up and make sure it is safe to use your mobile phone before trying to access the site from the road – it is a serious offence to use a handset while behind the wheel of a vehicle.)
It also has a handy link to the Transport Direct website which contains a great route planning facility. All you have to do is type in some details of where you want to travel from and where you want to get to and it shows you various different ways of travelling, including using alternatives to your car, such as public transport or even walking. It can even find flights, car parks and cycle routes.
Here at CoverGirl we think being forewarned is forearmed and that by avoiding any unnecessary detours and stresses which can arise from road closures, we are likely to stay car accident free and claim free – so we won’t lose our no-claim discount on our women’s car insurance. Smart, or what?
So, women drivers are urged to take the initiative and plan ahead before setting out on a long or unfamiliar journey. The Highways Agency website offers up to date traffic information, route planning guidance and even a mobile phone app so that you can access the latest news on driving conditions wherever you are. (Although we strongly urge you to park up and make sure it is safe to use your mobile phone before trying to access the site from the road – it is a serious offence to use a handset while behind the wheel of a vehicle.)
It also has a handy link to the Transport Direct website which contains a great route planning facility. All you have to do is type in some details of where you want to travel from and where you want to get to and it shows you various different ways of travelling, including using alternatives to your car, such as public transport or even walking. It can even find flights, car parks and cycle routes.
Here at CoverGirl we think being forewarned is forearmed and that by avoiding any unnecessary detours and stresses which can arise from road closures, we are likely to stay car accident free and claim free – so we won’t lose our no-claim discount on our women’s car insurance. Smart, or what?
Image © Lisa Larsson via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: no-claim discount, womens car insurance
Monday, May 9, 2011
Grrls car insurance
CoverGirl could soon be offering car insurance for grrls as the online social network user term for a woman has been included in the latest edition of “Collins Official Scrabble Words”.
Alongside “thang”, “innit” and “Wiki” the term “grrl” is now deemed a legal scoring word in the spelling game and, as such, has been accepted into the language of Scrabble gamers.
According to netlingo.com the term grrl was one of the very first internet jargon usages to imply a specific meaning for online use.
A grrl is a female internet user (young or old) who uses e-zines, vanity pages and blogs to create an online identity and offer self-expression.
The tem was originally coined by feminists and female punk rockers who wished to “toy with the status quo”.
The term gained popularity through the growth of “Webgrrls” a technology support group for women introduced in 2000.
Now, the term refers to any woman who spends a lot of time online.
So come on ladies (or maybe that should be ladeez) get online and get your women’s car insurance from CoverGrrl – see what we did there?
Alongside “thang”, “innit” and “Wiki” the term “grrl” is now deemed a legal scoring word in the spelling game and, as such, has been accepted into the language of Scrabble gamers.According to netlingo.com the term grrl was one of the very first internet jargon usages to imply a specific meaning for online use.
A grrl is a female internet user (young or old) who uses e-zines, vanity pages and blogs to create an online identity and offer self-expression.
The tem was originally coined by feminists and female punk rockers who wished to “toy with the status quo”.
The term gained popularity through the growth of “Webgrrls” a technology support group for women introduced in 2000.
Now, the term refers to any woman who spends a lot of time online.
So come on ladies (or maybe that should be ladeez) get online and get your women’s car insurance from CoverGrrl – see what we did there?
image © Kables via Flickr under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: car insurance, grrls, womens car insurance
Friday, March 4, 2011
Saving you money. Why our aim is still the same.
To read all the headlines this week about the recent European Court of Justice decision to end gender-based discrimination by insurance companies you would think that every last woman driver in Britain has already abandoned hope of ever obtaining a cheap car insurance policy.
Yet, to look closer at the ruling is to discover that women will still be receiving cheaper policies than men all the way up until nine days from the end of 2012.
What happens after this date though is purely a matter for conjecture and no one appears to be able to confidently predict the future. Will the insurance market be fairer? Or will women drivers suffer costlier premiums as boy racers are released en masse onto the streets of Britain, terrifying road users and causing accidents?
What’s clear though is that specialist women’s car insurance is unlikely to disappear, even post-2012.
This is because there is nothing wrong with an insurer aiming its services at those customers it believes it can offer better value to.
So, if you’re one of the many who’ve already saved hundreds of pounds on the price of your premium by being insured with CoverGirl, fear not - we’re not going anywhere and will continue trying to supply the cheapest policies available for responsible woman drivers.
Image © Cedric Puisney via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Yet, to look closer at the ruling is to discover that women will still be receiving cheaper policies than men all the way up until nine days from the end of 2012.
What happens after this date though is purely a matter for conjecture and no one appears to be able to confidently predict the future. Will the insurance market be fairer? Or will women drivers suffer costlier premiums as boy racers are released en masse onto the streets of Britain, terrifying road users and causing accidents?
What’s clear though is that specialist women’s car insurance is unlikely to disappear, even post-2012.
This is because there is nothing wrong with an insurer aiming its services at those customers it believes it can offer better value to.
So, if you’re one of the many who’ve already saved hundreds of pounds on the price of your premium by being insured with CoverGirl, fear not - we’re not going anywhere and will continue trying to supply the cheapest policies available for responsible woman drivers.
Image © Cedric Puisney via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: womens car insurance