Car Insurance
Honesty is the best insurance policy
As the credit crunch wrangles on, insurers are seeing evidence of increasing underwriting fraud, costing honest motor insurance customers between £50 and £60 each per policy.
More men than women happy to have one too many for the road
Men are much more willing to drive after drinking than women, according to a new study. It also carries a warning that it's not just your life you could be ruining when the temptation to have a Christmas drink and drive becomes too much.
Brits' booze cruise blunders
Over half (57 per cent) of an estimated 2.3 million motorists planning to cross the channel to stock up on cheap alcohol this Christmas could be driving illegally, with over one in six (15 per cent) making risky assumptions about their car insurance.
Gocompare.com adds more brands to car insurance comparison
Gocompare.com has added nine new insurance brands to its car insurance comparison service. The addition of these new brands - 1st Central, HSBC, Insurance4my, Insurebasics, Moorhouse Exclusive, Motor Insurance Warehouse, One call Direct, Renault and The Post Office - confirms Gocompare's position as the UK's leading car insurance comparison site.
LV= and Nationwide launch new insurance partnership
Insurance, investment and pensions group LV= is providing a range of insurance products to Nationwide customers.
Car insurance cashback offer
Insurers Swinton and Bullseye have teamed up with price comparison website comparethemarket.com to offer an exclusive cashback offer.
Handbag car thefts netting thieves £178 million a year
Leaving your handbag in the car may seem harmless, but not when you realise how many are stolen each year from unattended cars.
Real reason John Sergeant left Strictly Come Dancing - his car insurance
Confused.com has uncovered the real reason for John Sergeant's shock departure from Strictly Come Dancing.
Motorists in East Sussex most likely to claim for car theft
Motorists in East Sussex are revealed as most likely in the UK to claim on their motor insurance for theft from their vehicle, or worse still for their vehicle being stolen, according to data from moneysupermarket.com.
Tescocompare.com launches van insurance comparison channel
Tescocompare.com, your financial search engine, has announced the launch of its new van insurance channel.
RIAS introduces Excess Protection Policy
RIAS is pleased to unveil an exciting addition to its motor insurance product range: the Excess Protection Policy.
Direct Line: Whiplash epidemic report
Direct Line Car Insurance supports the ABI's report exposing the UK's whiplash epidemic, which reveals that everyday nearly 1,200 people claim for whiplash injuries following a motor collision.
ABI reveals whiplash epidemic
Research published by the ABI (Association of British Insurers) exposes for the first time the scale and the cost of the UK's whiplash epidemic.
Whiplash injury claims add £66 to every motor insurance policy
Whiplash personal injury claims are placing increasing pressure on motor insurance premiums, according to AA Insurance. The AA has contributed to a report by the Association of British Insurers which shows that 1,200 people claim for whiplash injury every day following a motor collision, an increase of 25 per cent over the past five years.
The credit front
The credit crunch may result in a rise in the type of insurance fraud known as ‘fronting' as cash-strapped parents attempt to reduce the high cost of their driving-age children's car insurance, according to esure car insurance.