Young drivers are being warned by authorities to check the credentials of their insurance provider before parting with money for motor cover after a company from Leicestershire duped customers into buying bogus policies.
Aston Midshires Insurance, based in Enderby, Leicestershire, targeted the young driver market to offer cheap car insurance policies online. However, Leicestershire County Council’s Trading Standards team have launched an investigation into the firm.
Apparently, the website has disappeared and the phone number is no longer being answered. Trading Standards officers are worried that there could be thousands of motorists on the road, who think they are fulfilling their legal responsibility, when actually they are not insured.
The company’s headquarters were listed as being based at Grove Business Park in Enderby, however it now appears that they have never actually had dealings at that address.
Sadly, there is unlikely to be any immediate redress for drivers who bought policies from Aston Midshires Insurance, but the City of London Fraud Squad is now involved and it is hoped that some money may be reclaimed.
In the meantime, customers are being warned that they must purchase new policies for their cars as they are not covered to be driving on the roads at present.
For more information, please contact Leicestershire Trading Standards or to get a quote from insurethebox please click onto our homepage at www.insurethebox.com








