Why has car insurance gone up? What is driving the price of insuring a car up higher than UK inflation rates
![The great car insurance con: Premiums soar to record high as prices hiked 50% in a year | The Independent The great car insurance con: Premiums soar to record high as prices hiked 50% in a year | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/08/10/15/carinsurancegraph.png)
The great car insurance con: Premiums soar to record high as prices hiked 50% in a year | The Independent
![Car insurance bills are rising FIVE times faster than inflation - as premiums hit £755 a year on average | The Sun Car insurance bills are rising FIVE times faster than inflation - as premiums hit £755 a year on average | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hd-map-car-insurance.jpg?w=620)
Car insurance bills are rising FIVE times faster than inflation - as premiums hit £755 a year on average | The Sun
![The SNP on X: "🚨 Scotland is bearing the brunt of a broken Brexit Britain, with UK car insurance skyrocketing by up to 43.1%. Car insurance inflation remains low within the EU: The SNP on X: "🚨 Scotland is bearing the brunt of a broken Brexit Britain, with UK car insurance skyrocketing by up to 43.1%. Car insurance inflation remains low within the EU:](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2XVHXyWYAEpFdG.jpg:large)
The SNP on X: "🚨 Scotland is bearing the brunt of a broken Brexit Britain, with UK car insurance skyrocketing by up to 43.1%. Car insurance inflation remains low within the EU:
![Direct Line issues profit warning as inflation drives up cost of claims | Insurance industry | The Guardian Direct Line issues profit warning as inflation drives up cost of claims | Insurance industry | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c9eeab746e684873551f89df2c7aa9741f44d44f/496_713_4333_2601/master/4333.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none)
Direct Line issues profit warning as inflation drives up cost of claims | Insurance industry | The Guardian
![Car insurance bills are rising FIVE times faster than inflation - as premiums hit £755 a year on average | The Sun Car insurance bills are rising FIVE times faster than inflation - as premiums hit £755 a year on average | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hd-map-car-insurance.jpg)