€250 Increase in Cost of Motoring in 2016

Average cost of running a family car for a year is €10,849.42, an increase of €255.82 compared to 2015. 38.6% increase in insurance premiums wipes out any savings motorists make from low fuel prices. AA calls on Government and insurance industry to take necessary steps to lower insurance costs for motorists. The average cost of […]

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€250 Increase in Cost of Motoring in 2016

Average cost of running a family car for a year is €10,849.42, an increase of €255.82 compared to 2015. 38.6% increase in insurance premiums wipes out any savings motorists make from low fuel prices. AA calls on Government and insurance industry to take necessary steps to lower insurance costs for motorists. The average cost of […]

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Conor Faughnan Discusses Reforms to Cut Insurance Costs

AA Director of Consumer Affairs appeared on TV3’s Tonight with Vincent Browne to discuss the main reasons for rising motor insurance premiums and the best ways to table this issue. After a long period of stability prices have risen by 38.6% since July 2015 which the AA regards as an unacceptable burden on ordinary motorists. Among […]

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Conor Faughnan Discusses Reforms to Cut Insurance Costs

AA Director of Consumer Affairs appeared on TV3’s Tonight with Vincent Browne to discuss the main reasons for rising motor insurance premiums and the best ways to table this issue. After a long period of stability prices have risen by 38.6% since July 2015 which the AA regards as an unacceptable burden on ordinary motorists. Among […]

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AA hiring 20 new staff to cater for car insurance demand

The AA is hiring an extra 20 telesales staff for its Motor Insurance department as call volumes and enquiries surge. “There is no doubt that part of the reason is the turbulence in the car insurance market this year,” says AA Consumer Affairs Director Conor Faughnan. “We have natural growth in our business as the […]

Who is really to blame for soaring car insurance costs?

Insurance companies are part of the problem, says Conor Faughnan, but there is much more going on Motorists are due to stage a protest in Dublin on July 2nd in frustration at the huge rise in their insurance costs. Drivers are understandably angry about price rises that are an average of 35% this year and in […]

“End of the road” for low pump prices, says AA

The AA is warning motorists that the period of cheap fuel prices has come to an end after both diesel and unleaded fuel costs continued to climb this month. A litre of petrol now costs an average of 129.1c, up 3.1c, while diesel rose by 2.1c to 113.2c, according to the AA’s survey of national […]

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Men 50% quicker to tell fibs to nab cheaper motor insurance

According to a new AA Motor Insurance survey, male motorists are 50% more likely to think it’s reasonable to lie to an insurer to get a cheaper policy. The survey asked over 8,400 motorists to assess whether various “white lies” were acceptable to tell insurers in return for a cheaper premium. The responses depended on the […]

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Motorists more concerned about cost of car insurance than Gardaí policing roads

Motorists are more concerned about the rising cost of car insurance than Gardaí enforcing traffic laws, according to new research by AA Motor Insurance. In a survey of over 8,800 motorists led by AA Motor Insurance, 92 percent say they believe the cost of car insurance to be the biggest motoring issue they’ll face this […]

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Big drop in February fuel prices

The average price of a litre of petrol has slipped to 121.9c, a 5 cent drop in comparison to last month according to the AA’s National Fuel Price Index. Diesel prices have also tumbled, dropping by a further 7 cent to 105.4c. According to The AA, motorists will continue to see fuel prices trend downwards […]

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