I’m sure we’ve all been tempted to tell the odd white lie when it comes to car insurance. If we just tweaked the odd fact here and there, it could potentially save a few pennies.  Example A: declaring points on your license. “I was only a couple of miles over the speed limit, my insurance company don’t need to be bored by those details”. But they kind of do! The dangers of not declaring points Read more…

Insurance dealers recently caught out my friend. After not checking the tiny bits of information that they are not keen to tell you about, I learnt a lesson from seeing her suffer from the damage costs because she hadn’t read the precise details of her contract. There are many ways in which to make sure you provide yourself with the best car insurance out there and you can prevent yourself from being in such situations. Read more…

You know how it is; every month you pay your car insurance premium and it hurts. It’s physically painful. “Maybe I’ll win the lottery”, you wistfully ponder. Maybe you will win the lottery! No, seriously. If you did win the lottery, what would you drive? And how would your car insurance be affected? Would you be longing for those carefree days as a hard-up Ford Focus driver? Let’s take a look at some of the Read more…

Are there age policies against renting cars? Are there policies against renting cars to people of certain ages? Many car rental companies will not rent to people younger than 25 or older than 70. The policy of refusing rental cars to the under 25s seems to be a worldwide phenomenon. Perhaps the rental companies themselves think people younger than 25 pose an unacceptably high risk for vehicle and / or property damage. Also, the problem Read more…

In an survey undertaken by this very blog, we’ve found some really startling things out from you, or avid reader. Who is more likely to crash a car and not tell anyone? Who would give up their car to be greener? All is revealed below…. Men are six times more likely to speed than Women It’s a classic, but it’s true – Men are perpetual speeders. Only 11% of our female respondents admitted that they Read more…

The number one thing to remember, and to always keep foremost in your thoughts when purchasing any kind of insurance – particularly for your car – is that insurance companies are out to make money. It might seem simple common sense to state that so bluntly, but when you are being dazzled by specious guarantees and spurious quotes, it is easy to forget. So what should you look out for? Insurance companies – they quote Read more…