Drivers must shop around for car insurance

Lee Griffin, business development director of leading insurance comparison website Gocompare.com, comments on the AA's premium index: "Looking at the findings of the latest AA insurance index two things stand out. The first is that all drivers, no matter how long they've been with their insurer, absolutely have to shop around when they get their renewal notice. And secondly, easily the best way of shopping around is by using a comparison site.

"The AA's figures show that comparison sites consistently find lower quotes for drivers for both comprehensive and third party insurance. The AA's normal shoparound average premium for comprehensive insurance is £224.10 higher than the shoparound average premium found on comparison sites. Comparison sites have shown the lowest increase in the cost of comprehensive insurance and actually a small drop in the cost of third party insurance.

"Drivers should not accept eye watering increases to their premiums when other insurers are so keen to compete for their business."