Beware of online insurance. In some cases, in fact, you risk running into real rip-offs. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Also thanks to the impact of Covid, over the last few months we have had to change many of our habits, due to the various restrictions aimed at countering the spread of the virus. Just think, for example, of social distancing and new ways of conceiving work, such as it smart working. Precisely in this context there is an ever growing interest in the world of the web, enough to push many to make online purchases quickly and easily.
At the same time, attention must be paid to possible pitfalls. Given the growing use of various technological tools, in fact, more and more malicious people they try to exploit these resources to extort money or sensitive data from the unfortunate person on duty. Some sites of online insurance, reported by IVASS, which in some cases lead to having to come across real rip-offs. So let’s go into the details and see what there is to know about it.
Online insurance, watch out for the rip-off: the sites reported by IVASS
In the last period there has been a real boom dell’e-commerce, with more and more scammers who try to study ad hoc traps, through which to extort money from the unfortunate person on duty. These include insurance policy scams which are, unfortunately, increasingly widespread.
In this regard, the IVASS, Insurance Supervisory Instituterecently reported 10 irregular sites in order to avoid unpleasant surprises. The institute, in fact, has made it known that the “distribution of insurance policies through the following sites is irregular. The policies received from customers are false and the related vehicles are not insured“. Going into the details, the sites reported are the following:
- agenziareina.com;
- aiello-assicurazioni.it;
- assicurazionichiesa.com;
- assicurala-point.com;
- brandi-assicurazioni.com;
- castelli-broker.com;
- coluccibroker.com;
- polizza-migliore.it;
- scontopolizza.org;
- ti-assicuriamo.com.
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The advice is always to be careful about taking out too cheap insurance. For the law, in fact, having a false policy is like traveling without insurance and for this reason you risk running into it sanctions high, in addition to the seizure of the vehicle. In order to avoid unpleasant surprises, therefore, it may be advisable to check that the reference company is included in the lists of Italian and foreign companies admitted to operate in Italy. The appropriate lists, we remind you, are easily available on the IVASS website.
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