Swinton Press Releases

Petrol prices will reach record levels this year, according to research by a leading car insurance company. The firm has warned unleaded fuel could soon cost £1.20 a litre or more and urged...

Manchester based Swinton Group has been named Personal Lines Broker of the Year at The British Insurance Awards 2008. The UK’s leading high street insurance retailer, Swinton scooped the accolade at an awards ceremony held at the...

Swinton’s new website has been named the best performing company website in the insurance industry and ranked seventh in a survey of the financial services industry. The survey undertaken by SiteMorse tested the performance, functionality and compliance...

Lower road tax, female drivers and inconsiderate motorists are some of the best and worst things about British roads according to a survey by Swinton. The car insurance retailer surveyed its customers about motoring in Britain and...

The cost of motoring has soared by 14% over the past 12 months, according to a report by a car insurance company. On average, drivers are now paying £128.64 a week to run a new car, the report said....

Women feel more anxious than men when driving even though they are less likely to have accidents, according to a poll. As many as 69% of female drivers, but only 64% of male ones, admitted to getting hot and...

The deal is financed as part of a £175m funding facility with Lloyds TSB, one of the biggest deals the bank has done in this difficult year. Six hundred jobs and ninety one shops nationwide have been...

Swinton Group Limited is merging with internet motor insurance broker its4me.co.uk in a move which sees the UKs largest high street broker dramatically strengthen their on-line business. Swinton Group Limited and its4me plc have been trading as sister companies under...

Annual income now over £500m, with 442 branches and over 2m policies Swinton Group, the UKs biggest High Street insurance chain, today purchased the high street insurance intermediary business Budget Retail from the Budget Group. The deal continues the growth...

Two in three Britons would not buy insurance from a firm using overseas call centre, says a new survey. Nearly three-quarters of people expect worse service from call centres based abroad. And two-thirds said they expect their problems to be...

Swinton, the UK’s largest insurance high-street retailer, has announced that it is expanding its workforce at its city centre call centre in Norwich for the second time this year. The Norwich call centre supports Swinton’s online and...

Being a major high street broker, one of our greatest strengths is our network of branches. This enables us to service our customers locally across the country. Patrick Smith, Swintons Chief Executive, as quoted in Swintons Teamlink

The following article appeared on the readers page of Prestons local paper, well done everyone in Preston Branch. "I had my car insurance with Swintons in Fishergate, Preston. I was told I could also insure my house contents. I did,...

  The traditional Halloween pumpkin can pose a serious fire hazard if left unattended, according to swinton, the UK’s leading high street insurance retailer.A survey of 1,000 Swinton home insurance policy holders found that 74% of families leave lit...

Motorists face another potential hazard on the roads with the rise of the ‘podestrian’ says Swinton, the UK’s leading high street insurance retailer. ‘Podestrians’ are people who listen to mp3 music players while walking - but can’t...

Fishermen are tackling tough times as thieves take the bait - reeling in thousands of pounds worth of expensive kit. As National Fishing Week casts off this week Swinton, the UK’s leading high street insurance retailer is...