It is already an accepted fact that women are statistically safer drivers than men but a new study conducted by the AA has revealed that woman are also 150 per cent less likely than men to have a driving conviction. Women generally can expect to get cheaper car insurance than their men-folk and this research  Read More →

With spring finally on its way, summer won't be long in coming (we hope!) and the country's university students will start heading home, many of them hoping to use their parents' car in the summer months. Temporary car insurance might be just the right option for them. Many students cannot afford their own insurance policy, and  Read More →

The chief executive at Admiral, one of the largest car insurance firms in the UK, has warned that the cost of car insurance is likely to rise further this year due to increasing personal injury claims. Henry Engelhardt, the head of Admiral, reported that his company had to increase motor insurance premiums by 12 per cent  Read More →

New research by car insurers Swiftcover.com, the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) and Aviva has found that as many as 36,000 parents own up to ‘fronting’ on their children’s car insurance applications. This means the older and more experienced driver, i.e. the one with lower premiums, is listed as the main driver of the vehicle –  Read More →

Car insurance claims for pothole-related damage to cars are on the rise, according to figures from AA Insurance. Its latest stats highlight a four-fold increase compared with this time last year. Simon Douglas, the broker's director, points out that if a highway authority is notified of a road defect, it may be liable for damage caused  Read More →

A new car insurance product designed with experienced motorists in mind has been launched by AXA. Its release follows news that the cost of car insurance premiums in the UK made their biggest-ever jump upward in the last three months of 2009, as revealed by the latest AA British Insurance Premium Index. The new policy, named  Read More →

Extra vigilance on the UK's roads during the winter is being advised as research highlights that just two accidents can double the cost of the average car insurance premium. Confused.com's motoring experts analysed hundreds of motor insurance quotes before any accidents were recorded and again after two accidents had been reported, finding increases of over 200  Read More →

Motorists who use their own vehicle on company business – such as travelling to training courses, going to the bank or driving to another office – have been reminded that they must have business use cover on their car insurance to do so. According to the latest research, 72 per cent of UK workers have used  Read More →

Over the past weeks there has been a marked increase in the number of car insurance searches from 4  Read More →