Thursday, 27 November 2014

Shop Around for the Best Deals of car insurance






Savings of hundreds of pounds can be found if you shop around when you renew your cover. Be careful though. When shopping around for car insurance, it's important to make sure that you are comparing like-for-like cover. Some policies may seem cheaper, but you may find you don't have the same level of cover when you have to make a claim. 

Use an online comparison service to do the hard work for you. Put in your details and check the prices that come up. You can alter the excess that you are willing to pay and the mileage you will drive and get new quotes. Also check the insurers that don't feature in comparison sites, the big two are Direct Line and Aviva M&S promises to beat any renewal quote by another provider by at least £50 (renewals with M&S don't count). You also get European and legal coverage. For the environmentally-conscious, The Green Car Insurance deal not only plants trees on your behalf, but throws 90 days free travel insurance and a 25 per cent discount on your car cover into the deal.


Monday, 10 November 2014

How and where can Young Female Drivers Source Cheap Car Insurance?




When they were first introduced in 2012, the European Unions’ Gender Neutral legislation created a great deal of confusion throughout an entire continent. Many people still struggle to understand its impact to this day, although it was intended to prevent insurers and financial service providers from discriminating against consumers on the basis of the gender. This led to variable results across multiple industries, although as a general rule it was female consumer who came off worse.

Female drivers were particularly hard hit, and they continue to be to this day. While young male drivers were historically forced to pay considerably more than their female counterparts, for example, this balanced was redressed by gender neutral legislation and led to a significant rise in the amount that women were required to play. More specifically, young males saw their premiums fall by an average of £500 per annum, while female drivers saw theirs rise by an estimated £250 in the same period.