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Confused.com Car Insurance Price Index Q4 2022

A confused.com report in association with WTW

January 27, 2023

The Index monitors car insurance price trends in the UK. It is compiled from anonymous data and uses the average of the five cheapest quotes received in response to all enquiries on Confused.com.
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Car insurance prices follow inflationary trend

We are pleased to bring you the fourth quarter 2022 edition of the Confused.com Car Insurance Price Index in association with WTW.

As of the end of 2022, car insurance premiums have risen at the fastest annual rate since mid-2016 (when they topped 19%).

Most of that increase occurred in the second half of the year as the effects of general economic inflation on parts and labour costs really took hold, exacerbating the pre-existing cost pressures in the motor insurance market. These include supply chain shortages and delays and, importantly, the significant increase in used car prices that has occurred over a sustained period but accelerated over the last two years.

The latest headlines include:

  • Average prices rose by 7.3% in the final quarter of 2022, the fifth straight quarterly increase.
  • Prices rose by 18.8% during 2022.
  • The average UK premium stands at £629, an increase of £100 in the year.
  • Annual prices rose by more than 20% for older drivers over the age of 64.
  • Prices for high value cars rose significantly in 2022, driven by a long-term and accelerating trend of higher used car prices and high incidences of theft.

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18.8% Total price rise during 2022.

£629 Average uk premium has increased by £100 during the year.

Subscription services

A subscription service is available, disclosing the results of this analysis for comprehensive motor insurance at a much more granular level and on a monthly basis, thereby providing a deep insight into market price movements.

  • This offers subscribers a detailed summary of average premiums by factor and geography with the structure and parameters of a multiplicative market model.
  • The service is available to organisations that are not currently Confused.com partners and is identical for all subscribers.
  • No analysis of individual insurance providers’ prices is possible. The Index is compiled using anonymous customer data.

If would like to know more about the monthly index subscription service and how to subscribe, please email Anneliese Bedwell.

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