Car insurance rip-off: The fightback begins Belfast Telegraph
Car insurance quotes for drivers in Northern Ireland are on average double that quoted for the same profile living in the south of England, the Belfast Telegraph has found.
A straw poll by this newspaper has supported a report by the Consumer Council that drivers in Northern Ireland are paying much higher premiums than their counterparts elsewhere in the UK.
The cheapest quote for a 40-year-old woman in Belfast was £1,400, but the insurance premium was on average half that amount when the exact same profile was given a postcode in Buckinghamshire.
Similarly, a 60-year-old man, from Belfast, was quoted on average £800, but his car insurance quote was nearly halved when given a Buckinghamshire postcode. But the survey found that all young male drivers are quoted exceptionally high insurance premiums across the UK.
The Consumer Council has launched a campaign to reduce car insurance in Northern Ireland after it revealed that drivers in the province were on average quoted £282 more, some 84% higher than those in other parts of the UK.
