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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.

A new survey carried out by Ipsos MORI, an independent market research group, found moneysupermarket.com returned the lowest premiums for nearly twice as many profiles as its nearest rival, and almost six times more than the site ranked last.

Many car insurers are unfairly taking advantage of customer loyalty, according to startling research from price comparison site moneysupermarket.com.

An average of £129 worth of personal items are being left in the cars of female motorists on a daily basis

Post Office Car Insurance is advising UK drivers to take extra care on the roads as we enter a peak period of wild animal related accidents.

TescoCompare.com announces the addition of three new car insurance brands to its car insurance comparison service.