With the majority of schools going back last week, AXA Insurance says one in four parents were involved in a car accident whilst taking their children to school during the last academic year. Nine per cent claimed that they had been in a somewhat major accident, whilst another eight per cent said their accident was ‘severe’. Eighteen per cent also said that whilst they had not been involved in … [Read more...]
Parents failing young drivers, says AA Insurance
According to AA Insurance, nearly half of drivers believe that it is acceptable to reduce car insurance premiums for young drivers by insuring the car in a parent’s name, naming a young driver as a ‘named driver’. This is known as ‘fronting’ – where a named driver on a policy is the person driving the car most or all of the time. And alarmingly, 1% of drivers considered it acceptable to … [Read more...]