Cheap Car Insurance: Pothole Alert
Posted on April 7th, 2011
A recent survey of 20 councils in the UK revealed some worrying news for those looking to try everything they can to keep a hold of their cheap car insurance. Budget cuts have found that the vast majority of potholes left over from the bad weather last winter have literally been patched up. Short term measures have been taken to fill the hole but the cracks are already beginning to show… literally.
So why does this affect you? Well, if long term measures were put in place then cars would not run the risk of having a pothole breaking up under their tyres and thus causing damage to them. If this happens and an accident is caused then that will put up premiums but there is more cheap car insurance bad news. W
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Cheap Car Insurance & Checking It’s Validity
Posted on March 19th, 2011
It was revealed a few months ago that there were issues with cheap car insurance. Although drivers believed that they had taken out legitimate policies and had the paperwork to prove it, many were being pulled over by the police and given tickets for not having any form of insurance in place. In some instances, this led to them having their cars seized and having to pay to have them released, although some police forces recognised that there was a deeper issue – some insurers were not updating details quick enough.
Although this has supposedly improved in recent months and insurers have picked up the pace somewhat, there are still a few issues in this particular area.
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Cheap Car Insurance & European Travel
Posted on February 13th, 2011
It is a well known fact that there are certain areas in the world that cheap car insurance providers simply will not touch with a barge pole. For example, native insurers in France will not insure any vehicle as soon as it sets wheel on the island around the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees in Paris. There are no applicable rules on that island so you literally take your chances with the traffic, but what does this mean for you when you are there?
Now is the time to start thinking about where you want to travel this spring and summer and these elements need to be taken into consideration if you plan on driving your own car.
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Cheap Car Insurance & Simplifying Products
Posted on December 13th, 2010
It has been announced today that the government are launching a consultation on insurance products in a bid to make them simpler to understand. I don’t know about you but it is way overdue. Cheap car insurance companies have been making money for years off the back of people finding their products difficult to understand. Of course, aggregate sites, or comparison sites as they are more commonly known, have made policies a little easier to understand because individual drivers can compare the features. Asked honestly though, most would not understand the small print.
So what exactly will this consultaion do, if anything? W
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Cheap Car Insurance & City Hotspots
Posted on October 14th, 2010
When you think of the term “hotspot”, you most likely think of holiday hotspots and other such positive things. However, when the term is used in conjunction with cheap car insurance it is time to be worried because it is usually on about where people have the most accidents and how much car insurance will go up as a result. The latter applies here because a study found that certain cities have far poorer motoring behaviour than others. Apparently, Swansea drivers really leave the respect at home.
According to the research, Swansea drivers are not courteous and do not obey the rules of the road as they should. For example, 50% ignore red lights and drive straight through them. Mor
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Linking Home Insurance & Cheap Car Insurance
Posted on October 11th, 2010
I don’t know about you but I have noticed that there are an awful lot of insurance companies offering discounts for those people with cheap car insurance to take up home insurance with the same provider, or vice versa. Whereas cross promotion never used to be a factor of their marketing campaigns because products were kept separate, it is viewed as a way to secure customer loyalty today. Many people have taken advantage of those discounts, but should you?
The answer is no, or at least not before comparing the other quotes that are out there for you. The discounts may be enticing but that is not to say that you cannot find better premiums out there. You probably can, in addition to a policy that suits you. Ch
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Cheap Car Insurance & Policy Administration
Posted on September 27th, 2010
Cheap car insurance – three words that bring joy to so many people these days… but also three words that cause problems in certain other areas. Much like airlines, car insurers are looking to make up costs elsewhere and one particular area that has been identified is policy administration. Consumer group Which? has found that around 70% of insurers have actually levied charges on individuals that want to change any details of their policy prior to renewal. It may mean that changing a policy to cover another car, changing an address or removing a driving conviction actually costs you an addition fee on top of your regular premiums.
So can those companies offering cheap car insurance deals do this and levy charges for policy administration? Y
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