Canada's insurance shopping marketplace, released the results of their quarterly auto insurance premium study. The study, designed to spot and highlight the pricing trends of car insurance, identified a 3.5 per cent increase in the average of the lowest premiums quoted for auto insurance in Q2 2008 compared to the same in Q2 2007.

Britain's leading car insurance broker, AA Insurance, has welcomed today's Ministry of Justice initiative to clamp down on careless driving.The ‘Don't drive distracted' announcement from Justice Secretary Jack Straw highlights a range of new careless driving laws that come into effect on Monday 18 August.

Car-insurance rates, after falling for several years, may be heading up again.A study by Insurance.com, an online insurance agent, found that on average, its lowest quotes increased an average of 3.4% nationally during the second quarter of 2008, compared with the previous quarter. It was the second consecutive period that prices rose.

Tempting travelers who might want to fly rather than drive, agencies like Avis, Enterprise and Hertz are offering special deals in which rates are cut by as much as 50 percent.One way rental-car companies make up for the cost difference is by selling you insurance coverage you might not really need.

Faced with record-high gas prices and the November elections, not a day goes by without a politician's pitch to provide consumers with some relief - be it to permit offshore drilling, crack down on speculators, curb inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or grant a gas tax holiday.

Car-insurance rates, after falling for several years, may be heading up again.A study by Insurance.com, an online insurance agent, found that on average, its lowest quotes increased an average of 3.4% nationally during the second quarter of 2008, compared with the previous quarter. It was the second consecutive period that prices rose.

Auto insurance rates rose for the second straight quarter, with the sharpest jumps occurring in Indiana, Arkansas and Rhode Island, according to a report released Thursday by Insurance.com.The online auto insurance agency said that the lowest car insurance quotes, on average, increased 3.4 percent over the first quarter to $1,893 per year from $1,831 per year.