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04/30/2012 This Year's Bulletin NO. 4 The big stories this month are: telematics boxes reduce accident rates in young drivers, drivers are unwilling to pay for a reliable level of car insurance, BIBA urges the government to get on with car insurance reforms, car insurance providers fail to reward customer loyalty and consumer watchdogs criticise price comparison sites for providing misleading quotes and car insurers for their 'hidden' fees.   read more 03/31/2012 This Year's Bulletin NO. 3 The big stories this month are: a progress report on political interventions in car insurance; telematics car insurance developments; the lack of a freeze on fuel duty in the budget; driver safety issues; legal fees in car insurance; and car insurance fraud...   read more 02/29/2012 This Year's Bulletin NO. 2 The February news round-up includes Prime Minister David Cameron's car insurance 'summit' meeting with the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the reactions of various stakeholders to it; the Law Society's latest position on referral fees; and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers' (APIL) eleventh hour attempts to change the Government's course on the Jackson reforms...   read more 01/31/2012 This Year's Bulletin NO. 1 The January news round-up is dominated by the latest Transport Select Committee Report on Cost of Motor Insurance. Other news items this month include drink driving, whiplash and our special report on Cheap Women's Car Insurance after the ECJ gender ban.   read more 12/27/2011 Last Year's Bulletin NO. 12 The December news round-up includes our report on what needs to be done by the Government to reduce the cost of motor insurance, the financial risks of 'no frills' car insurance, the OFT's review of the motor insurance industry, the latest drink driving research and UK motorists' lack of preparation for winter conditions...   read more 11/29/2011 Last Year's Bulletin NO. 11 The November news round-up includes the rising cost of motoring, political developments in car insurance, a fraud update and the latest on uninsured motorists. Our news section provides more stories and analysis on these and other topics...   read more 10/28/2011 Last Year's Bulletin NO. 10 The October news round-up includes the latest oral evidence presented to the Transport Select Committee enquiry into the high cost of motor insurance; the wider sharing of Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) claims data; and the woeful state of our road surfaces...   read more 10/04/2011 Last Year's Bulletin NO. 9 The September news round-up includes Jack Straw's Motor Insurance Regulation Bill proposals as introduced in his ten minute rule debate in the House of Commons, the Government's confirmation that they will indeed ban legal referral fees in car insurance and the insurance industry's continuing anti-injury lawyers propaganda...   read more 08/31/2011 Last Year's Bulletin NO. 8 The August news round-up includes the car insurance-related issues arising from the London, and other city, riots; evidence that car insurance prices could be stabilising; an increase in car insurance fraud; and the various legislative reforms in car insurance...   read more 07/26/2011 Last Year's Bulletin NO. 7 Our news round-up this month is dominated by road safety issues and the continuing referral fees debate in car insurance that was ignited by Jack Straw's 'racket' remarks in relation to car insurers' acceptance of referral fees from lawyers when passing new clients on to them...   read more 06/29/2011 Last Year's Bulletin NO. 6 This month's news round-up includes a look at the various effects of the increasing cost of motoring, our own research into people's car insurance buying plans, Jack Straw's public complaints about uncompetitive practices by car insurance companies and the implications of continuous insurance enforcement now it is upon us...   read more 05/22/2011 Last Year's Bulletin NO. 5 This month's news round-up includes the continuing increase in the cost of car insurance, an update on several car insurance related Government initiatives, a look at the high numbers of whiplash claims, the Tesco second-hand car venture Tescocars.com, and the willingness of many drivers to drive on bald tyres.   read more powered by the car insurance supermarket