Car Insurance - On The Rise(By Chris Rowlands)
You’d expect the price of any insurance policy to increase over time due to inflationary demands. Perhaps worryingly a 10% increase has been noted in the car insurance sector over the course of the last year and this trend seems set to continue. According to a report actioned by Deloitte, the findings of which were released earlier in the week, the average third party policy has risen from £473 in August last year to £519 this August. If we take a look at the average cost of comprehensive cover this has shown a rise of 4% in the last year now standing at £458. Many believed the prices would start to drop with the introduction of financial comparison sites which in their simplest form compare a range of financial products and then return a list of quotes for the customer. It was thought that the competitiveness these aggregator sites would bring about would cause the insurance companies to review their prices in an attempt to remain the cheapest. The question is; why have we suffered a ...