Women Car Insurance – 90 Second Guide

Part of our continuing ‘90 Second Guide’ series, we deliver a short but informative piece on getting the best women car insurance deal.
Today their is a number of leading insurers who specialise in providing cover for lady drivers. Backed by big marketing budgets companies such as Diamond, Sheilas Wheels, Cover Girl, Women on Wheels and Lady Insure, [...]

Back to…… Budget Basics

Yesterday I stumbled on a product I knew nothing about, let alone knew even existed! Welcome to Budget Basics, part of the privately owned UK BGL Group.
Nearly all readers of the Homeapproved blog will be familiar with Budget Car Insurance. In fact the insurer is featured on our Top 5 Car Insurance Companies, as consistently returning some [...]

Norwich Union Scraps ‘Pay As You Drive’ Policies

The Independent today reported that Britain’s biggest insurer Norwich Union has withdrawn one of its flagship car insurance policies less than two years after its launch.
The “Pay As You Drive” scheme used satellite technology and aircraft style black boxes to log details of all journeys, meaning lower bills for those who drive less often or [...]

Motor Insurance – Driving a Hard Bargain

A familiar old topic of discussion, however one which is sensible to reiterate to our readers.
Lowering your car insurance premium (without reducing the level of cover) should be the goal of every motorist. There are three factors which make a big difference to the price you pay for your motor policy:

Age
Gender
Your address.

Unfortunately, besides moving house [...]

Young Driver Education & Training

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the Department for Transport (DfT) recently put out a consultation paper seeking views on wide-ranging changes to driver education and testing.
Safex 2008, the biannual two-day Driver Education World Conference, recently took place in London for 200 delegates from all over the world such as long-term driver education practioners, and [...]