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British drivers second safest in Europe
Posted on 11/12/2009 at 11:16
Posted on 11/12/2009 at 11:16
It is reassuring to discover that the British are the second most cautious and law-abiding drivers in Europe, according to new research byAXA. The safest drivers are those in Ireland.
The annual survey, which looked at 11 different driving behaviours, discovered that just 4% of British drivers confess to driving while drun...
Drink driving could double premium
Posted on 04/12/2009 at 16:18
Posted on 04/12/2009 at 16:18
If you drink and drive you could see your car insurance premium double in size or, even worse, you could become completely uninsurable. This was the blunt warning announced recently by Moneysupermarket.com after it carried out research into the effect that drink driving can have when it comes to purchasing insurance.
The pol...
Parents naming adult children as additional driver
Posted on 26/11/2009 at 10:15
Posted on 26/11/2009 at 10:15
As the recession exerts its grip on young people, parents are finding that not only do their adult children have trouble being able to afford to move out of the family home but they are also finding it difficult to keep a car on the road.
The solution to the latter problem appears to lie with parents naming their offspring as an additional driver on their policy. According to recent r...
Insurance premiums going up due to car crime
Posted on 30/10/2009 at 14:42
Posted on 30/10/2009 at 14:42
Car insurance premiums are going up by the fastest rate in 15 years, according to AA Insurance. The insurer, which produces the British Insurance Premium Index each year, found that premiums have shot up by an average of 5% in the last three months alone. This is the biggest quarterly rise since the monitoring began back in 1994.
The ...
Desperate times, desperate measures
Posted on 23/10/2009 at 16:20
Posted on 23/10/2009 at 16:20
The recession seems to have brought out the worst in some of us, with over a million Brits saying they would stage a car accident to make a claim on their insurance.
We are of course all keen at times like these to save a bit of money but this would seem a step too far and one which costs the insurance industry dearly, with the knock on effect of increasing premiums for honest motoris...