The Transport Select Committee wants to cut the cost of insuring cars by making claimants prove that they have suffered whiplash injuries. The group is also proposing a ban on the sale of customer information to third parties. Transport Committee chair, Louise Ellman, said that the price of motor premiums had been driven up by [...]

The government has announced plans to phase out paper driving licenses in 2015. After then, motorists will only be required to carry a photocard. Until then, however, drivers will still be required to produce the old paper licenses and hand it over to the police if they are stopped. Convictions will be stored on a [...]

MPs have been told that UK motorists are spending around £2 billion every year on insurance costs which are unnecessary. Jack Straw, former Home Secretary, said that credit hire firms, garages, claims firms and lawyers were involved in a pernicious racket of referral fees which was nothing short of bribery. He even suggested that tip-fees [...]

New research suggests that families will struggle to meet the costs associated with the Easter holidays and the extra bank holiday which has been laid on in celebration of Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton. The study was conducted by insurance company Liverpool Victoria and estimates that extra childcare alone could cost parents’ across the [...]

Daimler has announced that its smart car2go will be launched at the beginning of 2011 in Hamburg. The launch will be in association with car rental company Europcar, and the initial roll out will be 300 vehicles. The new car2go vehicles will be available for rent in the city centre where demand for the smart [...]

AXA has launched a campaign to promote courteous behaviour on the UK roads. The insurer recently conducted an independent survey which suggested that lives, as well as hundreds of millions of pounds, could be saved each year if drivers found ways to control their anger and aggression.
Of the 222,100 accidents which occur each year on [...]

Experts in the world of motoring are warning that a sharp hike in the price of insurance premiums could result in more people driving uninsured. In just three months, the price of an average premium has risen 11 per cent to £704. The worry is that it is young drivers, or those on low incomes, [...]

Europcar has launched its new WeDeliver service, aimed at providing customers with the option of booking a vehicle and having it delivered to as well as collected from their front door. Europcar’s marketing director, Catriona Lougher, said that the new service was perfect for customers living in cities, especially those who own a car, but [...]

According to a recent survey conducted by City Car Club the country’s leading car club network, car owners in cities are paying up to three times the amount of insurance than their rural neighbours. The amount that the cost of car insurance is increasing by has also hit record levels. The cost of insurance for [...]

It is an undeniable fact that the plethora of car hire companies willing to offer reasonable deals on their car hire is a boon for both the business and the leisure traveller. Being able to pick up a rental vehicle instead of having to take out the family run-around can be an advantage in a [...]