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Dishonest Motorists = Increased Car Insurance Premiums

Research for a leading insurer has shown that motorists' moral standards are slipping, as half of them would drive off if they hit an unattended vehicle. This leaves misery for the owner of the damaged car, as they may not have comprehensive cover and may end up having to cover the cost of ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

Winter Driving Is More Expensive..

It is estimated that driving in the winter could cost you 10% more fuel bills. The main reason for this is we have so many extra features on our cars that are designed to ease winter driving including heated windscreens/mirrors, air conditioning, heated seats, ABS, traction control and much mor ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

Count the cost of jams..

Wasted time sitting in traffic costs the country £20billion, it is estimated. Up to 182m working days are spent sitting in traffic queues, with the worst areas being parts of the M25, M5, M6 and the M4. The busiest A road award goes to the A14 between Huntingdon and Cambridge, all of whic ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

Industry disagreement about 'Driving Other Cars' Cover

There is disagreement in the insurance market regarding the 'driving other cars' extension commonly included in many private car insurance policies. The extension allows individuals to drive cars other than their insured vehicles with third party cover. The concern is that the cover is ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

Staged Accidents on the Increase

Motor fraud specialists claimed this week that staged motor accidents are on the increase, costing car insurance companies thousands of pounds.Unscrupulous individuals are staging accidents to previously damaged cars to claim the costs not paid by third party cover and as a scene for ficticious ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

Congestion Charging..

Plans have been put forward to the transport secretary to widen the scale of congestion charging to 7 local authorities across the West Midlands, including Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Coventry. Other ideas submitted by those who wish to share in the £18m transport innovation fund s ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

Road Safety..

With hundreds of accidents on the UK's roads every year how safe are you on the road? Road safety can be the difference between life and death on today's roads but on a lighter note it also has a major impact on our insurance premiums. With the majority of today's road users ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

MOT Certificates to be Phased Out..

Over the coming year, we are going to see the introduction of electronic MOT certificates, instead of getting paper certificate you will be given a receipt that proves you've had an MOT. Once your car has passed, it's details will be input into an electronic database that can confirm wh ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

Insure Your Motor is Proud to Sponsor Alex Partridge

Alex Partridge, the future star of British rowing who suffered a freak injury to miss out on competing in Team GB's gold medal winning coxless four in Athens when Matthew Pinsent CBE won his fourth gold medal will be sponsored in 2005 by the UK's leading online insurance broker, InsureY ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

Drink Driving Car Insurance..

Drink driving has become more and more unacceptable over the past 20 years but there are stil a small minority who don't think there is anything wrong with having eight pints and then driving home. The simple fact is that your reaction times and judgement are seriously impaired if you drink ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006

Pay Per Mile Car Insurance..

Pay per mile car insurance is currently being tested in a number of pilot schemes around the country and there seems to be a mixed reaction to it. You'll usually find two opinions on it, "What a great idea" or "What a stupid idea". More often than not, the people who ... read more
Date - 21/09/2006