Insurance

Cheaper insurance should help combat taxi shortages – insurer

There are less than 19,500 licensed taxis, hackneys, and limousines on Irish roads today

Cheaper insurance should increase the number of taxis operating in Ireland, according to Insuremytaxi.ie.

The company has just announced new insurance premiums for taxi drivers all over the country, which they say will shake up the market by bringing fresh competition to an area of the insurance market that they said has been lacking in competition and value for some time.

The company has cited figures from the National Transport Authority (NTA), which states that ...