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Average Car Insurance In The Uk Now Over £500

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Hymie | 12:07 Fri 11th Aug 2023 | Business & Finance
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In this BBC report, based on 28 million policies, the average price was £511.

The report also states that the insurers paid out a total of £2.4 billion.

Well 28 million policies at an average of £511 works out at a total of £14.3 billion – so the motor insurance industry pocketed nearly 12 billion; or as a percentage of income, they paid out less than 20%.
What a rip off.

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I'm expecting my renewal notice any day, and if it's gone up by more than 10% I'll move to another company. Just done this with my home insurance.
Whilst I do sort of agree with your anger perhaps it would be better to have actual facts rather than cherry pick numbers to hyperbole your view?

Try this: https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/motoring/car-insurance-why-gone-up-prices-so-expensive-costs-record-high-2540589?ico=related_article_inline

Hymie, cherry picking?......Nooo!
of course they don't have any expenses, no staff, no buildings it's all run out of a garden shed! PMSL!
He has done it in the doctors thread. Clearly not been paying attention when I have previously said one of my daughters is a doctor!

i wonder what motorcycle insurance prices have gone up..
Hymie do you ever get the feeling ( pun intended) that the usual suspects cherry pick arrisses to kick ? ( yours and mine)

as TTT ( this does NOT - NOT stand for troll-troll-troll, the editor reliably informs me) says so often

Nooooooo!
And of course his 'payouts' were for last year whereas costs this year have rocketed ( See the i article).

Be prepared for them to go even higher as more EV's come onto the market.
Oddly enough I have just had a renewal for a 1996 Blade, £153.
...that's 2 years no claims and one SP30.
//i wonder what motorcycle insurance prices have gone up..//

My 600cc bandit went up £5.00. Now £59.42 Fully comp
From your link, "The industry paid out £2.4bn in all motor insurance claims - covering theft, vehicle repairs, and personal injury - in the first quarter of this year, up 14% from the same period last year, the organisation said."

As the £2.4bn is for one quarter, that equates to £9.6bn for a year or 67% of the income from premiums.
YMB: "Be prepared for them to go even higher as more EV's come onto the market. " - good point they are 4 times more likely to catch fire than an ICE vehicle and almost impossible to extinguish. We'll all have to pay for that no doubt.
Er should staff people work for free hymie, are paper docs and computer systems free to develop?
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OK my mistake; but even at £9.6 billion payout, that still leaves them pocketing nearly £5 billion or a payout rate of 67%.
Read the article I posted.
12:37, ....now deduct running costs....
//Read the article I posted.//

Not much chance of that. Hymie didn't even properly read the one HE posted!
I'm starting to see why porthos does not understand brexit.
Blimey - just gone online and checked what my renewal will be, and it's gone down by 18% !

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