Reasons to be cheerful
January is over! That’s the number one reason to be cheerful today, and I’ve actually managed to find some more – and they’re insurance-related. Will wonders never cease?
The first is the news that Towergate helped to send a crash for cash fraudster to prison with footage from a camera it had installed in a client’s HGV cab.
The criminal was handed a 12-month sentence, and his fellow con artists were also punished for their part in the scam.
And the story actually garnered a congratulatory comment for Towergate from one of our readers – given that comments are almost always of a more negative persuasion (people do love to vent in a public forum), this was a
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