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MSE News: Car insurance costs down but younger women pay more

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Former_MSE_Jamie
Former_MSE_Jamie Posts: 98 Forumite
in Insurance & life assurance
"Average car insurance prices fell towards the end of last year but young women saw their premiums rise, says the AA"
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Car insurance costs down but younger women pay more

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  • jobdone1
    jobdone1 Posts: 841 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Ok did a go compare comparison for myself and wife qoutes of £192 cheapest fully comp age mid thirty's. When i renewed last june it was £192 so no change their then.
  • GooliesOfFire
    GooliesOfFire Posts: 385 Forumite
    I got my quote of £560 today (Male, 30+, tpf&t, 7NCD)

    I paid £530 last year.
  • mr_jrt
    mr_jrt Posts: 65 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    I got £214 3rd party 10 months (30/male/6ncd) in December (1st day of the new rules) to start in January (and took it), but I did a quick check last week and the same details now give me £280 from the same insurer. Go figure?
  • Wywth
    Wywth Posts: 5,079 Forumite
    My insurance is due early next month

    I had my renewal notice a couple of weeks back and it had gone up 50% since last year :eek:
    ... and they wondered why I called them to say do not auto-renew which is a service they offer for peace of mind :cool:

    Anyway, I've been following the advice on this site and hitting the comparison sites.

    What was interesting was that this year I found I could often get a lower price going direct to the insurer rather than through a comparison site (well those comparison sites have to earn their money somehow I suppose.)

    e.g. here were some of the results:

    Churchill (via confused.com) £200 excess - £330.72
    Churchill (via MoneySuperMarket.com) £200 excess - £281.96
    Churchill (via their own website) £150 excess- £258.64

    Hastings Direct (via CompareTheMarket.com) £195 excess - £255.24
    Hastings Direct (via Tesco Compare) £195 excess - £253.72
    Hastings Direct (via their own website) £195 excess - £245.36

    eSure (via GoCompare) £100 excess - £264.55
    eSure (via CompareTheMarket.com) £200 excess - £252.84
    eSure (via MoneySuperMarket.com) £100 excess - £252.84
    eSure (via their own website) £150 excess - £226.02
  • Caddyman
    Caddyman Posts: 342 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    GooliesOfFire wrote: »
    I got my quote of £560 today (Male, 30+, tpf&t, 7NCD)

    I paid £530 last year.

    I'm assuming here you've checked the prices for fully comprehensive insurance? Strangely, it can often work out cheaper to have fully comp insurance than third party fire and theft only (that's the cover you've indicated in brackets).
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