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Car hire excess insurance is an optional policy that reimburses you for the excess you would otherwise have to pay if your rental car is damaged or stolen. The excess is the first slice of any repair or replacement cost, and on a UK or European hire that can run from £500 on an economy […]

A car insurance excess is the amount you agree to pay towards a claim before your insurer pays the rest. If you have a £500 repair bill and a £100 excess, you pay £100 and the insurer covers the remaining £400, based on the example given by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Your total […]

Car insurance for drivers with convictions is available in the UK, but it usually costs more and often means going to a specialist insurer or broker rather than a mainstream one. A conviction tells insurers you are statistically more likely to claim, so they load the price to reflect that risk. The size of the […]

Find car insurance quotes by entering your car registration, personal details and driving history into a comparison tool, which then returns prices from multiple insurers for the same cover in one go. The average motor premium UK drivers actually paid was £560 in Q1 2026, according to the Association of British Insurers Motor Insurance Premium […]

Short car insurance is a legally valid policy that covers you to drive a car for a fixed short period, usually from 1 hour up to 28 days, rather than the standard 12 months. It works exactly like an annual policy for the time it runs: you get a real insurance certificate, your details go […]

Insurance quotes for vehicles are personalised price estimates an insurer gives you to cover a specific car and driver, based on details like your registration, address, annual mileage, no-claims history and the level of cover you choose. Two drivers with the same car can be quoted very different prices because the insurer prices the risk […]