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CAR
CANNIBALISM
HASTINGS
David Carter has
been promoted to
‘Managing Director Retail
Operations’ at Hastings
Direct – the UK’s 5th
largest motor insurer.
David joined Hastings
in 2013 and had been
Claims Operations
Director since May 2022.
TESCO
Craig Bundell has been
appointed as Chief
Executive Of昀椀cer of
Tesco Insurance and
Money Services. He has
been interim CEO since
February 2025 having
joined Tesco Bank in
January 2023. Previously,
Craig was Motor Director
– Commercial, Digital and
Marketing at Hastings for
two years.
Autocar says the high cost of new parts and easy online resale is
fuelling increase in crime.
Admiral Insurance says thefts of car parking sensors have risen
by 300% amid an increase in overall vehicle parts crime across
the country as last year it recorded 142 claims for stolen parking
sensors, compared with 36 claims the previous year.
They also had an additional 104 claims for stolen steering wheels
and airbags.
The Midlands appears to be suffering the worst with what is
known as ‘car cannibalism’, said Autocar.
PAINT-FREE
VEHICLE BODY
PANELS FROM TESLA
ERS
ERS has promoted Chris
Wilson as Head of Fleet
and Commercial Motor,
following Scott Tillbrook’s
promotion to Active
Underwriter.
This strategic move
brings two closely
aligned classes under
single leadership, adding
Commercial motor
responsibility to Chris’s
previous Head of Fleet
role. He joined ERS in
2014 .
VOLKSWAGEN
Tesla has 昀椀led a patent for “method of manufacturing paint-free
vehicle body panels”. The painting step is eliminated from the
production work昀氀ow, reducing manufacturing complexity and
production cycle time in comparison to existing techniques.”
VP Lars Moravy explained: “You inject the polyurethane paint at
the same time that you make the plastic panels. There’s no paint
shop with that vehicle. We put the colors in when we make the
panels. That’s it. If you want to repair it, it’s just basically paint.”
This new process will mean they don’t have to paint the
Cybercab when it goes into production.
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Volkswagen Group
(VWG)UK has promoted
Franco Iannotta to the
role of Insurance Ratings
& Technical Projects
Manager. Franco was
previously Bodyshop
Development Manager
and has been with VWG
for 27 years.
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