Car Insurance
Car crash personal injury claims ‘up by 18%’Road accident personal injury claims have risen by almost a fifth in the space of a year, despite the number of crashes falling, a new report suggests. |
AA offers free Drive Smart tuition to ‘black box’ motoristsMotorists who have signed up for the AA’s telematic or black box ‘pay how you drive’ insurance are to be offered free Drive Smart tuition. |
Car insurance market faces Competition Commission probeThe UK's car insurance market is to be investigated after a report found that distorted charges could be inflating premiums by £225 million a year. |
AA customers to keep no-claims bonus if hit by uninsured driverMotorists with AA car insurance will no longer lose their no-claims discount or excess following a crash involving an uninsured driver, it has been announced. |
Tesco launches van insuranceTesco has introduced van insurance with three levels of cover – comprehensive, third party fire and theft (TPFT) and third party only (TPO). |
Motorists ‘paying the price’ for back seat driversOne in five UK motorists has forked out up to £500 to repair damage caused by being distracted by a back seat driver, research reveals. |
Nine out of 10 people support crackdown on whiplash claimsNine out of 10 Brits welcome the clampdown on car insurance claims for whiplash injuries, according to an online poll by comparison site MoneySupermarket.com. |
Young drivers pay six times more for car insurance than pensionersNew research from Confused.com reveals that young drivers pay an average of £2,500 for car insurance compared to just £440 for those aged 66-70. |
Why it pays to shop around for car insuranceIt can often come as a shock when you have to renew your car insurance, as the costs seem to be rising all the time. A great way to find cover at a reasonable price is to shop around and compare prices – that way, you can be confident you have got the best deal around. |
Ministers set to clamp down on whiplash injury claimsWhiplash injury claims cost insurers more than £2 billion last year, adding around £90 to the cost of a typical car insurance policy, according to AA research. |
Cost of car insurance falling in 2012, Shoparound index showsThe average premium quoted for comprehensive car insurance fell by 1.1 per cent during the first three months of this year, according to data from the AA. |
Government issues follow up report on cost of motor insuranceThe government has issued its follow up report on the cost of motor insurance and pledges to hold a further insurance summit later in the spring. |
AA: Texting motorists risk insurance hike and loss of coverMotorists caught using a handheld device to phone, text or email while driving can expect a hefty premium hike or have their cover withdrawn, the AA has warned. |
Black box car insurance cuts crashes by 20%, says The Co-opYoung drivers with telematics or ‘black box’ insurance are 20 per cent less likely to have a car crash than those with standard insurance, new research reveals. |
70% of UK drivers don't know road speed limitsResearch from LV= reveals that 70 per cent of UK motorists don't know road speed limits. |
Young uninsured driver numbers fall by half since 2008New research by the Motor Insurers Bureau reveals that the number of uninsured drivers has fallen significantly since 2008, particularly amongst those between 17 and 20 years of age. |
The 12 most unusual car insurance claimsAdmiral Insurance has released details of 12 of the most unusual car insurance claims with animals unsurprisingly causing mayhem and problems for drivers! |
Which? calls for clampdown on comparison sitesConsumer watchdog Which? is calling for tighter regulation of price comparison sites to make sure customers are being fairly and transparently. |
Cash strapped drivers ‘delay repairs and risk safety’Hard-up motorists are putting off essential maintenance and driving illegal cars because they can’t afford the repairs, latest research reveals. |
Car park prangs clock up £1.3bn of damageOne in six drivers across the UK would never leave insurance details if they pranged another car, according to a new survey. |
Drivers expect to switch to black box car insurance by 2017Almost six in 10 UK drivers believe they will move across to a telematics or ‘black box’ insurance policy in the next five years, a new study suggests. |
Uninsured motorists ‘adding £30 to car policy premiums’Uninsured drivers are rife on Britain’s roads, costing the industry £500 million each year and adding around £30 to every motorist’s premium, research reveals. |
One in three UK drivers ‘can’t afford car insurance excess’Cash strapped motorists are being warned not to push up their car insurance excess levels in order to pay lower premiums. |
Direct Line offers two months of free car insuranceDirect Line is offering UK motorists a discount worth two months' free car insurance on policy quotes until the end of May. |
Will the car insurance compensation culture change following the insurance summit?This week the Prime Minister, David Cameron, met leaders of the insurance industry to agree ways to kill the compensation culture that has driven up the cost of car insurance. |
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