Car Insurance

Buying a new car? Check your new car replacement cover

With the end of the Car Scrappage Scheme at the end of this month and the release of the new "10" registrations, we could see a rush of new car sales in the final weeks of March.

Young drivers can earn insurance savings with IAM

As part of its campaign to address the most at-risk drivers on our roads – young drivers – the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) has provided an incentive for young drivers to be safer.

British motorists taking insurers for a ride

Parents with children who drive are breaking the law by "fronting" on their car insurance to save cash, according to research from moneysupermarket.com.

Give your mum a financial makeover this Mother’s Day

Flowers, chocolates and spa days will be the obvious gifts of choice this Mother's Day but, while appreciated by mothers across the country, will they improve her financial future or retirement options?

Parents urged to help children prepare for driving test

Aviva research reveals that younger drivers are 17% more likely to pass their driving test the first time if they have had additional practice with their parents, conversely, one in two young drivers who only had paid driving lessons took more than four attempts to pass their test.

Insurers fork out £2.85m per month for pothole claims

Public concern about the state of Britain's crumbling road network is justified, judging from new figures from AA Insurance which show that over three years, the number of claims for pothole damage has soared by over 600 per cent.

Volkswagen Insurance links with Allianz

Volkswagen Insurance Service, the insurance arm of Volkswagen Financial Services, has signed a long term contract with Allianz Insurance plc for the provision of motor insurance products to customers of the Audi, SEAT, Skoda, Volkswagen passenger cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands.

Women clean up in league of motoring convictions

Male motorists are almost one-and-a-half times more likely to have a driving conviction than female motorists, according to findings from AA's portfolio of over 1 million insurance customers.

British drivers poor on green credentials

British drivers demonstrate behaviours and attitudes that are less environmentally considerate than many European neighbours, according to research from AXA Insurance.

Parents claim kids as ‘spouse’ to cut car insurance costs

An estimated 36,000 parents are committing fraud by illegally putting their sons and daughters down as a ‘spouse' or ‘partner' on their car insurance policy - a crime known as fronting - according to online insurer swiftcover.com.

Drivers risk invalidating insurance by ‘fronting’

More than two-thirds (70%) of UK drivers do not understand what it means to ‘front' an insurance policy and of those that understand what fronting is, there are one in five who admit to misleading their insurer and committing this kind of motor insurance fraud, according to research from the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) and Aviva.