Car Insurance

One in six drivers have been victims of road rage incidents in the past 12 months, new research from MoneyExpert.com shows.

One-in-ten British car owners are putting themselves at risk of identity theft by forgetting to remove sensitive documents such as bills and statements from the view of opportunistic thieves, according to Direct Line Car Insurance.

With the Grand National just a few days away, horse boxes are currently being prepared for their first outing of the year.

When it comes to understanding what they are purchasing it appears that women are much better buyers than men.

Fifteen per cent of British motorists admit they have driven a car they were not insured to drive, according to new research.

A new investigation from uSwitch.com, the independent price comparison and switching service, reveals that motorists are being charged an average fee of £22 just for amending simple details on their car insurance policy.

With car insurance premiums at record levels, insurance comparison website Gocompare.com has warned people not to be April Fools when looking at ways to reduce their premiums and has produced a list of do’s and don’ts to help motorists save money on their insurance.

Choosing one of the many insurers that doesn't allow drivers to mirror their no claims discount will typically add 67 per cent or more to a premium.

British motorists are easy picking for thieves, with a careless attitude towards leaving gadgets in their cars, according to online car insurer, swiftcover.com.

Car modifications can increase insurance premiums by a whopping 139% – or £545 – finds Confused.com, the UK’s leading car insurance comparison service.

British motorists could be running the risk of their dream holiday turning into a costly crisis by not checking their car insurance cover before driving abroad this Easter. 17.2 million drivers are completely unaware of the level of car insurance cover they have when travelling overseas.

Despite having a flawless driving license and no motoring or drug convictions to speak of, squeaky clean Daniel Radcliffe has to pay nearly four times (367%) more than Babyshambles front-man and notorious hell-raiser Pete Doherty for his car insurance, says Confused.com.

Today’s claim by Datamonitor that the UK motor insurance industry will make a profit in 2009 is unlikely to be realised, AA Insurance believes.

With moneysupermarket.com and confused.com both claiming to offer the cheapest quotes for motor insurance based on research surveys, the poor consumer could be forgiven for wondering how one piece of research could end up favouring one site and another favouring the other.

Debra Williams, Managing Director of Confused.com, said, “moneysupermarket’s own-funded research directly contradicts that done by independent research agency Consumer Intelligence in January of this year, which found that Confused.com and Tesco Compare both consistently offered cheaper premiums more times than Moneysupermarket.