Only 46% of pet owners have pet insurance 25% of all consumers own pet insurance, while almost half of consumers own a pet, resulting in just under half of pet owners (46%) owning pet insurance. Insurance ownership is significantly higher if the consumer owns a dog or a pedigree cat, because pedigree breeds traditionally have more health problems compared with their mixed breed counterparts. Owners...
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35 million covered by travel insurance 34.6 million consumers (or 54% of all adults) have multi-trip travel insurance now or have had single trip insurance cover over the past year. Of these individuals, 29.1 million own standalone, separate travel insurance policies (i.e. they are not bundled into packaged bank accounts or other insurances). Single trip insurance (40% of consumers) is more popular than multi-trip insurance...
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Optimism dips in the residential conveyancing market- the roller coaster continues The UK Conveyancing Market Trends Report 2019 provides an overview of the UK conveyancing market which is facing a period of uncertainty in the next few years. In 2018 as in 2017, IRN Research estimate that the residential conveyancing market declined as the number of property transactions and the number of individuals using conveyancing...
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Over 10 million consumers covered by mobile phone insurance Around eight-in-ten consumers own a mobile phone used for personal purposes and around one-quarter of mobile owners are covered by mobile phone insurance. This means that just over 10 million adults are covered by a mobile phone insurance policy. Around half of insured mobile owners own a separate/standalone policy, with just under one half saying their...
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Motor Breakdown Market worth £1.8 billion and covers almost half of adults Almost half of consumers (46%) own a motor breakdown policy, which means almost six-in-ten drivers (58%) have breakdown cover. The motor breakdown market is worth almost £1.8 billion, of which 76% represents the consumer market. IRN Research anticipate the market will grow, on average, by around 2.4% each year, so that by 2023...
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Three quarters of households have home insurance Seven-in-ten adults own any type of home insurance, with the result that around three-quarters (77%) of householders have insurance cover and around one-quarter go without cover. Like home ownership, the tendency to own insurance tends to rise with age and affluence. Uninsured Householders tend to be relatively young consumers and include a relatively high percentage of adults from...
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89% of Drivers have Motor Insurance Around 80% of consumers are Drivers, defined as individuals who either own a car or have use of a car owned by someone else. Only around nine-in-ten Drivers (89%) have motor insurance, with uninsured Drivers representing those who are driving illegally without insurance, those whose cars have SORN status, children whose insurance may be fronted by their parents and...
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UK-based business law firms and chambers generated revenues of around £16bn in 2018, an increase of 4.1% on 2017. Some of this revenue comes from overseas work and the UK market itself is worth between £11bn and £12bn. Despite steady revenue growth in recent years, the business legal services market is an increasingly competitive one. Many clients of law firms have become competitors as well...
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The UK Medico-Legal and Insurance Services Market Trends Report is the third edition of an annual Legal Market Report from IRN Research. It provides an overview of the UK market for firms that provide medical expertise (ME) and rehabilitation and allied medical services (RAMS) to the legal and insurance sectors. Medico Legal and Insurance Market Current Trends The medico-legal and insurance services market (MLIS) is...
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Banking Reputation: the sum is worth less than its parts Only 44% of consumers look on the banking industry favourably, but 79% are satisfied with their own bank The banking industry still suffers from reputational damage as a legacy of past (and some on-going) scandals. Consumers generally have less positive view of the industry than they have of individual bank brands and the individual banks...
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