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Your car insurance can go up at renewal even with a completely unchanged record because insurers reprice the whole market every year, not just your individual file. Rising repair costs, more expensive parts, higher theft payouts and Insurance Premium Tax all feed into every renewal quote — plus your insurer may simply be counting on […]
Your car insurance can go up at renewal even with a completely unchanged record because insurers reprice the whole market every year, not just your individual file. Rising repair costs, more expensive parts, higher theft payouts and Insurance Premium Tax all feed into every renewal quote — plus your insurer may simply be counting on […]
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The average UK car insurance premium in 2026 sits at around £560–£620 a year for a typical comprehensive policy, according to Association of British Insurers data for policies actually sold. Quote-based indices, which capture more young and high-risk drivers, put the average closer to £700–£950. The figure varies hugely by age (from roughly £431 for […]
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UK car insurance costs fall steadily each year between 18 and 21: as a rough guide for 2026, expect an average premium of around £1,400–£1,600 at 18, £1,100–£1,300 at 19, £900–£1,100 at 20, and £700–£900 at 21, compared with a national average across all ages of about £560–£620. Actual quotes for car insurance for an […]
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In the UK in 2026, car insurance for a 17-year-old typically costs somewhere between £1,000 and £1,700 a year on a standard policy, and can run well beyond £3,000 for a powerful car in a busy city. The single biggest reason is risk: 17–24-year-olds pay roughly seven times what a driver in their fifties pays, […]
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So, does a driving app track your location? Not in the way most people fear. Rooster’s app builds a profile of how you drive — braking, speed, smoothness, the roads you use — rather than a live map of where you go. GPS is used briefly to score each trip, but it’s never sold or […]
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Yes. App-based insurers like Rooster use your phone’s GPS and motion sensors to measure how you drive, so you can get telematics insurance without a black box fitted to your car at all. There’s no engineer visit, no wiring and nothing plugged in — just your phone and your normal driving. This matters because telematics […]
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