How to keep your motor insurance premium down

Cheaper rates are out there - you just have to be willing to go after them

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The nation’s newspapers were ablaze with headlines earlier this week after a Meath publican received his motor insurance renewal in the post and the premium came in at a whopping €19,368.26.

In case you missed it, Brian Kelly hadn’t just gone out and bought the Aston Martin Vantage pictured over the page; he drives a 2007 Toyota Avensis 1.6-litre petrol. Now, in fairness, there are extenuating circumstances involving pending personal injury claims that ...