Car insurance claims up by 28%

By Tom Farley, Tue 10 Jan 2012 - Published in Car Insurance

Car insurance claims have increased by 28 per cent for January 2012 from the previous year, according to the AA.

The company has highlighted the severe storms that hit the country as the main reason for the surge in claims. Officials at the broker recorded 991 claims over the first five days of January and have said that scaled up, the equivalent of over 5,600 car insurance claims nationally could be related to the weather.

Scotland was the worst hit as gales of over 90mph were recorded in the region and resulted in a 65 per cent rise in claims between January 1st and January 5th. The number of claims is also higher than the first five days of 2010 when the country was blanketed by snow.

Simon Douglas, director of AA Insurance, said: "Several customers had their car door whipped out of their hand by a gust of wind, breaking hinge mechanisms, smashing glass or damaging a vehicle parked in the next space."

The unsettled weather is set to calm with the Met Office predicting milder conditions in the next week.

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