Insuring a provisional driver? Pay-per-month is the best policy

Provisional Marmalade is offering to insure teenage learner drivers for as little as £91 a month

A new insurance policy for learner drivers, which costs around £90 a month, may be the answer for parents who are finding that putting their 17-year-old son or daughter on their own policy can cost £3,000.

The pay-per-month policy, which goes [...]

Motorists, brace yourself for the biggest insurance hike since indexes began

Motor insurance premiums are up 20%, driven by increases in litigation, fraud and personal injury claims

Motorists whose car insurance policies are due for renewal should prepare themselves for the biggest blow to their wallets in history.

According to the AA British Insurance Premium Index published last week, the average quoted premium for comprehensive motor cover saw [...]

Average car insurance costs rise above £1,000

Latest AA index shows average quoted comprehensive car insurance premium rose by 7.2% between September and December last year

Drivers look set for a nasty shock when they renew their car insurance this year, after premiums recorded their biggest ever increase during the last three months of last year.

According to the latest AA British Insurance Premium [...]

Older women pay more for car insurance

We all know about the risk of young drivers. Now insurers are facing a wave of claims from women driving well into retirement, report Patrick Collinson and Miles Brignall

Men are worse drivers than women. That’s the inescapable conclusion from insurance statistics that show men, particularly those aged between 17 to 25, as the cause of [...]

Motorists face curb on all cars without insurance

Motorists have a year to get cover or face fines, even if their vehicles are not used. Are the new rules going too far, too fast?

Millions of uninsured motorists have until the end of the year to buy appropriate cover or face an unprecedented crackdown from police and the courts – including fines of up [...]