Motor insurance premiums up 24% on average for 25 year old women
Read our latest news release here: The AA which has conducted a review of motor insurance premiums which fall due for renewal on or after the December 21st deadline for gender neutral prices, reports that the new rates are currently in line with expect…
Beware of falling squirrels! Squirrel caused €7000 motor insurance claim.
Our colleagues in the UK AA Motor Insurance team dealt with a rather unusual claim recently involving a squirrel. The falling animal dropped into the open topped vehicle of one of their female customers causing her to loose control in sheer fr…
43% of drivers won’t claim following a crash
More than 40% of drivers in Ireland won’t make a claim to their motor insurance provider following a crash the AA has learnt following a poll of over 7,500 motorists. Among the main reasons cited by drivers for not claiming were a desire not to a…
Gender rules about to hit motorists hard
Article by Conor Faughnan for the Advertiser Group of regional newspapers Sex matters. It is about to matter a lot more. From December it becomes illegal for an insurance company to notice what gender you are when selling you insurance. This will have …
Have questions about the Gender Equalisation ruling and what it’ll mean for your motor insurance?
As some of you may have caught, Conor was on the Mooney Show this afternoon chatting all about the Gender Equalisation Ruling and what it’ll mean for everyone’s motor insurance premiums. While it’s likely to affect all of us, its pa…
Tell us what you think about the ECJ gender ruling
From December 21st 2012 the use of gender as a risk factor when calculating motor insurance premiums will be illegal. This is as a result of a ruling by the European Court of Justice and despite statistical evidence that claims paid out to male drive…
29% of male drivers admit to near miss after seeing an attractive woman
Females also get distracted, but not by men… Men have a roving eye even while behind the wheel, an AA Motor Insurance survey of 15,500 Irish motorists has found. In asking drivers whether various roadside distractions had ever caused them to have …
AA reveals top five reasons for near misses on motorways
The AA is calling on motorists to respect the rules of the road, stay alert and have a full tank of fuel when taking to the motorways for their return journeys this bank holiday Monday. To highlight the importance of obeying driving rules in particul…
Motor Insurance premiums up 3% year on year
Despite some dips throughout 2011, the average price of a motor insurance policy in Ireland has increased 3% year on year from €567 in January 2011 to €584 in February 2012 according to the latest results of the new AA Irish Motor Insurance Premium…