Motorists faced with £1.25 billion uninsured drivers bill

Honest motorists in the UK are footing an annual bill of more than £1.25 billion for the actions of uninsured and fraudulent drivers.

Co-operative Insurance carried out recent research which showed that policies have risen by more than...

Admiral posts nearly £130 million pre-tax profit

Car insurance company, Admiral, made up for a slow start in its foreign ventures by posting a 21 per cent rise in its pre-tax profits in the first half of this year.

Admiral, which owns the comparison site Confused.com, raised its dividend...

Simple tyre checks could bring down insurance costs

Making sure your tyres are inflated properly could save drivers from incidents caused by poor breaking.

Cooper Tyre Europe, which supplies care tyres across Europe, said new figures on the frequency with which drivers checked their tyres was...

Garage can make all the difference on insurance

For many people, garages exist only as cluttered receptacles for home over-spill – if they are lucky enough to have one at all.

What a lot of people don't realise is that having a garage – and using it for its intended purpose...

Insurance premium tops £17,000 for 17-year-old

A 17-year-old student has discovered that it could cost him up to £17,000 to insure his £2,000 Vauxhall Corsa.

James Hayes saved for months to buy his first car – a second-hand one-litre model – but has discovered that...

Insurance premiums experience alarming jump

Average car insurance costs jumped by 14 per cent in the second quarter of 2010, as insurance companies implemented desperate measures to return to profit.

A comprehensive...

Black boxes for cars could help with insurance claims

Car insurance claims could be processed more smoothly and accurately if modern vehicles came equipped with airplane-style black box recorders, a leading driving authority has said.

The director of policy for the Institute of Advanced Motoring,...

Car insurance industry attacks IPT rise

The car insurance industry has reacted angrily to the rise in insurance premium tax (IPT) announced in this week's budget, accusing George Osborne of putting a tax on careful driving.

The lower rate lf IPT will rise from 5 to 6 per cent,...

More women seeking key and lock insurance clauses

Key and lock clauses in car insurance policies are becoming increasingly important to a rising number of female drivers, a recent survey has shown.

Independent...

Pothole insurance claims not paying out

Car insurance policies are providing drivers with great difficulty when they try to claim for damaged caused by potholes.

Many policy holders are finding they...