Fall in car insurance premiums

By Press Association , Apr 16, 2012
Filed under: Motoring

Car insurance premiums are falling on average after years of increases, according to the latest figures.

But some young male drivers are paying more than £5,000 a year for comprehensive cover.

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And women drivers in some areas have seen rises in premiums, statistics from Confused.com and professional services company Towers Watson showed.

At the end of March 2012, the average cost of an annual comprehensive insurance policy was £816.

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For women, comprehensive insurance cost an average of £751 - 3% less than a year ago, while men saw a 1.8% decrease to £869.

Despite the falls, car insurance prices are still 61% higher than at the end of 2006, the two companies said.

The most expensive comprehensive policy - at £5,530 - was for a male driver aged between 17 and 20 living in the Manchester/Merseyside area.

The dearest for a woman was £3,181 for a female driver living in inner London.

While the cost of women's insurance has fallen on average, women aged 66-70 in Manchester/Merseyside had hikes of 9.7%.

Also there were rises of 4.7% for women aged 21-25 in Manchester/Merseyside and increases of 4.3% for 26-30 year old women in the Leeds/Sheffield area.

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phil

The reason our motor insurance is so high is because of all the uninsured drivers that persistantly flaunt the rules. The worst offenders being foreigners and immigrants that flock to this country in their droves, bringing their own vehicle or purchase a vehicle that is already taxed and tested, and dont even hold a UK driving licence. We were hit from behind by a Lithuanian last year and were told that we could`nt claim off his insurance because he did`nt have any, when we protested we were told that in his country you do not need insurance and as his vehicle was registered in his home land we did`nt have a case, but if we drove our car in his country we would need insurance.
It`s high time our useless government clamped down on insurance companies and foreign drivers.

April 29 2012 at 8:58 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

narussouw

In short, no car can run without fuel, so the moment you put fuel in your tank, you are paying your insurance premium. Simple cut and dry get with the time Britain, you are a bit behind for a first world country ...................................!

April 16 2012 at 9:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Bloody ripe off Britian, I have 4 more days left on this DUMP of an island then I'm gone for good.
Insurance should be optional, we should not be forced to take out what we do not require.

..............................Car Insurance Petition.................................
Petition for changing the way in which Car Insurance Companies and the Government operate this scheme. As the government requires all cars to be covered with car insurance and the cost of the insurance, becoming ever so increasingly high and people are unable to cover the costs.

I Petition that Car Insurance charges should be taken out of your current fuel costs without the additional raise in the cost of fuel taking place, for every 2 pence per liter that we pay for in our current fuels rates the government should put the 2 pence into a 3rd party trust to cover for Fire Theft and Accidents based of the policy procedures that currently exist, therefore leaving fully Comp Insurance policies to be optional.

This way every person that owns a car will contribute to the insurance per-requisite as set out by the government, leaving no-one without car insurance.

Please feel free to contact me. should you have any further input into this topic.

Regards Noel

Time to restructure this Country is Now ..............