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Why Have My Insurance Premiums Gone Up So Much? – 4 Reasons Why
It seems right now that every time you open up a newspaper there is a story about how motor insurance premiums are on the rise. Actual figures can be confusing with some reports mentioning a £1000 rise, or a 40% rise, and some saying that certain sectors like older...
What Do Drugs Do To Your Driving?
All drivers must surely be aware by now that drug driving is just as dangerous as drink driving and as such carries equally harsh penalties for those who are caught. There is still a substantial hard core of drivers who think they can get away with it. They convince...
What Are The Worst Driving Convictions To Have On My Record?
Motoring laws exist to keep everyone safe, whether drivers, pedestrians or cyclists, and if you flout the law you will find that the penalties can be quite severe with lasting consequences for your driving record and your insurance premiums. In some cases,...
Moving On After a Criminal Conviction – How to Improve Yourself
When you have received a criminal conviction this can affect your life and future prospects. Your motor insurance premiums will be affected because you are required to declare any convictions to your insurer. Luckily a specialist insurer can help you with criminal...
How Long Does a Conviction Stay on my Driving Record?
For those who fall foul of the law and suddenly find themselves with a conviction and endorsement of any kind on their driving license it can come as quite a shock when you find out just how long some stay on your record. An endorsement starts from either the date you...
Four Alternatives to Drink on Nights Out When You’re Driving
If you have been seeking DR10 insurance following a drink driving conviction then you may want to rethink your future plans for nights out. A good solution to ensure that you never need to seek drink driving insurance again is to remain alcohol-free on nights out....
Drug Rehab Options for Those Who’ve Been Convicted
The issues around the subject of drugs are emotive and, in some quarters, divisive. There are equal numbers of advocates who argue passionately on both sides of the legalisation divide. Whatever your personal view, the fact is that the taking of drugs whether legal or...
Can I Get a Commercial Driving Job After a Conviction?
If you have a criminal conviction finding a job may seem a bit of a minefield, regardless of the nature of your conviction and its severity if a potential employer asks then you are legally obliged to declare a conviction when asked. That is until the point where it...
How are your motoring offences recorded?
Been convicted of a driving conviction? Want to check your penalty points or share your driving record with someone else, such as an convicted driver insurance provider? Here’s the lowdown of where to find all the information you need. Since 8 June 2015, when paper...
The world’s worst driving offence excuses
As providers of a car insurance for convicted drivers comparison site we thought we would put together this interesting list... Every day traffic police all over the world come across a whole range of weird and wonderful excuses from offending drivers. We scoured the...
Why you need convicted driver van insurance
If you’re a plumber, electrician or other tradesperson, your livelihood depends on your wheels. Without them, you have no way of transporting your supplies from A to B, meaning you can’t work. But if you have a conviction, you might be worried about how you can get...
Driving in Europe – the rules
Getting convicted of a driving offence while abroad is a sure-fire way to ruin a good holiday. So, make sure you know the laws of the road wherever you’re heading this summer to avoid the need for car insurance for convicted drivers. Different countries require you to...
UK’s new increased speeding fines – explained
As providers of a convicted driver car insurance comparison service we thought that we should highlight that incurring a speeding conviction just got more expensive, thanks to a new three-band system, with increased fines for the most serious offenders. From April...
5 Motoring Convictions that Impact on your Insurance
Car insurance is expensive enough without any convictions and so, keeping yourself on the right side of the law is important. However, there are some who can fall foul of the law and in an attempt to make you aware of what kinds of convictions can impact on your...
Five convictions that will increase the cost of your van insurance
Being convicted of a motoring offence is bad enough – from being landed with a hefty fine to getting points on your licence or even having it suspended. That's before you realise the price of you van insurance will go up as a result, meaning you will have to go to a...
How to find car insurance when you have an IVA or Debt Relief Order
With so many people in the UK being in debt, Individual Voluntary Arrangements and Debt Relief Orders are starting to become the norm. Creditors are typically very aggressive when it comes to recouping the money they're owed and if you find that you're unable to make...
Will having a criminal conviction stop you getting car insurance?
If you have been convicted of a crime, you may be worried about how this will affect your ability to find car insurance. Our handy guide answers the most common questions about criminal convictions car insurance if you have one. What is classed as a criminal...
A guide to car insurance for people with criminal convictions
Having a criminal conviction on your record can affect many areas of your life, from finding a job and renting a property, to applying for loans and credit cards. What you might not realise, is that it also has an impact on your ability to get car insurance with...
How driving convictions can affect your insurance
A driving conviction is any type of motor related offence where you're caught and charged for it. This can be anything from a speeding conviction to jumping a red light or drink driving but once they are on your licence you can find that getting cheap quotes for...
Getting car insurance when you’ve been declared bankrupt
When people find themselves in serious financial trouble, often the only way to keep their head above water is to declare themselves bankrupt. While declaring yourself bankrupt does give you some breathing room and can get debt collectors off your back, it also comes...
How a motoring conviction affects your ability to find car insurance
If you have been convicted of a motoring offence then you might worry about how this is going to affect your ability to get convicted driver car insurance in the future. This is certainly not an unfounded concern, since insurance providers are always assessing risk...