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	<description>UK Car Insurance News &#38; Analysis by Rachel Davey</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Specialist car insurance for women overpriced</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2008/06/22/specialist-car-insurance-for-women-overpriced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research just produced by Swiftcover reveals that millions of women throughout the UK could be paying up to £300 too much for their car insurance to firms that supposedly specialise in insurance for the fairer sex. 
Evidence suggests that women are, in fact, safer drivers than men. Not only do women have less accidents than [...]
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		<title>Giving back to the environment with &#8216;offset&#8217; car insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2008/04/24/giving-back-to-the-environment-with-offset-car-insurance-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Davey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Several car insurance companies are now offering `offset&#8217; car insurance deals.  First seen early in 2007, these carbon neutral policies are now becoming more popular as motorists and seek to appease their guilt. 
Car insurance companies, you can be sure, are not quite as altruistic, but nevertheless have seen a way to underline their [...]
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		<title>Car tax to reduce demand for high emissions vehicles</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2008/03/21/car-tax-to-reduce-demand-for-high-emissions-vehicles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Davey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Car Values]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Motoring Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Car Insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A post-Budget poll has revealed that 50% of people thinking about buying a new car are  now significantly less likely to buy a high-emissions vehicle. Direct Line Car Insurance commissioned Opinium Research to conduct the survey of over 2000 UK adults to assess the demand for high-emissions vehicles in the wake of the government’s [...]
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		<title>Car Tax Bands 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2008/03/14/car-tax-bands-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Davey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Motoring Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[car tax]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[tax bands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a handy guide to the new car tax bands as announced in the March 2008 Budget. 
The thirteen tax bands are calculated by the amount of CO2 your car produces.
Any car producing under 100 CO2 g/km range is not taxable at all, whereas gas guzzlers including top-end sports cars to Mercvedes SUVs will pay a [...]
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		<title>Brits to get stung this Easter by EU car rental firms</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2008/03/13/brits-to-get-stung-this-easter-by-eu-car-rental-firms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Davey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Car Insurance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[car hire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Easter will see many UK holidaymakers heading for the sun.
But, according to excess insurance experts,  Insurance4carhire.com, those people renting cars on the continent are vulnerable to massive excess charges of up to £1000. European car rental firms will often just take this off the credit card details they have for the driver.
Insurance4carhire.com carried out [...]
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		<title>Fuel duty rise deferred for six months</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2008/03/08/fuel-duty-rise-deferred-for-six-months/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Davey</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fuel Prices]]></category>

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Prior to his first budget, Alistair Darling decided to delay applying the 2p charge to fuel tax for another six months.

At the risk of damaging his green budget this year, Darling has taken into consideration the rapid rise in the price of oil as well as increased pressure from motoring organizations and consumers. 

Darling was keen [...]
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		<title>Car depreciation rates worsening</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2008/02/20/car-depreciation-rates-worsening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Davey</dc:creator>
		
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Motor industry analysts have indicated that the depreciation rates for cars are getting worse. Low confidence over the economy together with the introduction of green taxes and low emission charging zones has had a negative effect on the value of cars at resale. 

A report from the market analyst Eurotaxglass’s has predicted a reduction in the [...]
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		<title>Profit at last for UK motor insurers</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2008/02/14/profit-at-last-for-uk-motor-insurers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Davey</dc:creator>
		
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For the first time in fourteen years, UK motor insurers are set to make a profit. In 2009 a small profit is forecast as the income from premiums will outstrip the cost of claims for the first time.

The rise of personal injury claims has seen the cost of claims across all sectors rise significantly for [...]
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		<title>Toll to be Introduced for the Fast Lane</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2008/01/10/toll-to-be-introduced-for-the-fast-lane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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Drivers will soon have the option of paying a toll to drive in the fast lane or hard shoulder of the UK’s busiest motorways. Extra lanes will be made available to enable drivers to opt to use a toll lane on the motorway.

The extra lane will be taken from the hard shoulder or will be [...]
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		<title>One Month’s Free Cover from MORE TH&gt;N</title>
		<link>http://www.carinsuranceblog.com/2007/12/19/one-month%e2%80%99s-free-cover-from-more-thn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Davey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A sneak preview of a cracking good offer from MORE THAN. 
All new car insurance customers will be eligible for:
* One months FREE car insurance in the first year and
* Two months FREE car insurance in the second year, and every year after that unless there is a claim.
Monthly payments will be spread across 12 [...]
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