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31 Jan 2012

Car Insurance News Round-Up - January 2012

The January news round-up is dominated by the latest Transport Select Committee Report on the 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.

Our news, blog, comment, and reports sections provide more stories and analysis on these and other topics.

Transport Select Committee Report on Cost of Motor Insurance

Their latest report on how to tackle the high cost of car insurance is summarised here: Transport Committee Report on Cost of Motor Insurance and includes our analysis of their key recommendations. We also report on the responses from BIBA, ABI and APIL.

Cheap Women's Car Insurance after the ECJ gender ban

This month, we published a special report on how women can continue to get cheaper car insurance following the ECJ ban on the use of gender to calculate the car insurance premium: Cheap Women's Car Insurance after the ECJ gender ban - Special Report.

Drink Driving

We reported this month on the IAM recommendation that a drink driving warning be printed on the label of bottles of alcohol. We also reported on the Road Safety Charity, Brake, that is lobbying the government to do more to combat drug and drink driving.

Whiplash

In a two part article series we looked at the problem of excessive whiplash claims in car insurance and how to address it: The problem of whiplash in car insurance and The complexities of whiplash.

Is your driving licence valid?

Many motorists will be unaware that their photo card driving licence may have or is about to expire, given that it is only valid for ten years from issue. Article: Could your driving licence be about to expire?