Toseland Hits the Phones for Bennetts

British biking hero and MotoGP star James Toseland will launch a month-long promotion for Bennetts, the nation’s favourite bike insurance provider, by working in their Coventry contact centre on Tuesday 8th April. James, a classically trained pianist, will be using a different type of keyboard for the day as he works alongside staff at theinsurance provider’s contact centre, talking to customers who have taken out a policy on the day.

As the nation struggles in the grip of higher prices, Bennetts is saving bikers money every day throughout April by offering free motorbike insurance*. In an unprecedented giveaway, five policies will be refunded every day in April, totalling over 150 free policies throughout the month. James will take to the phones on Tuesday to speak to customers, with the chance that one of his lucky callers will take away free annual cover.

Already excited about his stint in the contact centre, James said “I’m really looking forward to getting into the Bennetts contact centre and speaking to bikers up and down the country. It will be a completely new experience for me and pretty different to being on the race track but I hope I can encourage people to get involved with the promotion.”

Bennetts’ Marketing Director, Mark Fells said “This is one of our biggest ever promotions and we’re really pleased that James is helping us out. We wanted to kick off the season by offering bikers something that will be really unique – the opportunity to qualify for five freeinsurance policies* every day throughout April, and the chance to speak to a double World Champion as an added bonus!”

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Bike Insurance - Deceased’s bike insurance invalid says insurer - 10/04/2008

Lawyers for an insurance firm have issued a high court writ, against the mother whose son was killed in a motorcycle accident, claiming that her son was not properly insured. John Rogerson, 40, was killed in a motorcycle accident with his girlfriend Jacqueline Arthur in April last year. GHL Insurance Services are suing Mrs Rogerson, of Riverside, Great Clifton, as the personal representative of her late son's estate. The writ accuses Mr Rogerson, a former bouncer and driving instructor, of making a false statement to obtain bike insurance for the Kawasaki machine on which he died.

The company, based at Haywards Heath in West Sussex, wants a legal ruling that says it is entitled to avoid paying out on hisinsurance policy. It says this is because Mr Rogerson obtained it by failing to disclose material facts, and making a false statement. The company says that the information he provided was incorrect, and that he was not the registered owner or keeper of the machine, which was owned by Graeme Cameron, who had allowed him to borrow the Kawasaki. Mr Rogerson knew that he was he not the owner or keeper, and that he had not just bought it, and was under a duty to disclose all material facts, the writ claims. GHL says it was induced to provide insurance cover by his claim that he owned the bike, but says that if it had known he did not own the machine, it would not have provided him withinsurance.

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