With the price of everything from utility bills to food rising, the news that motor insurance premiums are at an all-time high is not welcome. According to Sainsbury’s Car insurance Index, in the last 12 months premiums have risen by 5.8% from an average of £486.13 to £514.36. This is the first time that the average cost of insuring a car has exceeded the £500 mark. Just how much of a...

Much has changed this decade as far as eco-friendly cars are concerned. A few years ago, were you sceptical about the viability of the environmentally-friendly car, your fears would certainly not have been misplaced. Then, a green or hybrid car would have cost considerably more to purchase and maintain than a conventiona...

We have been hearing for some time now about the “ladette” culture amongst young women in the UK, and Direct Line’s report on vandalism certainly bears out the fact that we really do have a problem with “women behaving badly” in this country. The vandalism is not just graffiti on walls and messing around with tr...

If you are unlucky enough not to have off road parking, you will know that you pay a far higher premium than those who do. In the light of recent research this is not surprising. Accident Exchange has reported that each year 0.7 million cars are damaged whilst parked, resulting in a bill of £1.25 billion. 80% of th...

If you have ever been tempted to make a bit of money by inflating a motor insurance claim, or for that matter fabricating one, you may think twice about it in the light of some statistics published recently. According to the ABI, detection rates are up by 70% and the penalties are suitably harsh – and rightly so when you realise that, far from being a victimless crime, fraudulent clai...