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Cheapest cars to insure in the UK 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIt\u2019s even worse for 17-year-olds, who have seen the price of their premiums almost double over the course of the last year. The average policy for those unfortunates has risen by 93 per cent, reaching an eye-popping \u00a32,613.<\/p>\n
According to Confused.com, reasons for the rapid surge in prices include the extra burden of cost associated with expensive to repair electric cars, parts shortages holding up repairs, and the high cost of used cars affecting replacement costs.<\/p>\n
However we\u2019ve also reported on the increasing rate of car crime, and especially the increasing number of expensive high-end SUVs such as Land Rovers and Range Rovers stolen using keyless-entry methods, and the lack of significant police intervention \u2013 with fewer than seven per cent of reported car crimes resulting in a charge.<\/p>\n
Insurance companies too are squeezing every last drop out of drivers, it seems, with Britain\u2019s biggest insurer Admiral reporting in August this year that it was focused on protecting its margins and reporting average premium increases of 21 per cent against an inflation index of around seven per cent.<\/p>\n
Despite lower customer numbers in 2023 versus 2022, significantly higher (and still rising) average premiums resulting from rate increases led to 20 per cent increase in turnover in the first half of the year, Admiral said.<\/p>\n
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