Thanks for recommending LV Insurance, I'm very pleased with their service.

Some time ago you recommended LV for car insurance and I switched over to them then. On receiving my first annual renewal premium recently, I was very pleased to note that there had been no increase on...

Is it worth taking out a BMW tyre and shortfall insurance for £750?

I just bought a 1-year-old BMW 520d with 9000 miles on the clock. The dealer is offering a package of 3-year tyre and shortfall insurance for £750 instead of £1150. Do you think this type of insurance...

We don't want our car written off.

My daughter had her bag stolen from her local gym. Her car keys were in the bag and the car was subsequently stolen. It is a 51 plate Toyota Yaris previously owbed by her grandmother in excellent condition...

Classic car agreed value insurance

I have an immaculate 1949 Rover P3 which I have owned for over 30 years and which is insured on an agreed value basis. The car has the original registration which has a retail value of around £4000-£5000...

Is the behaviour of insurance companies causing increased premiums for consumers?

I have just heard on the radio that car insurance premiums have gone up by 35 per cent in the last two years. The usual excuses are trotted out: more people claiming for injuries, young uninsured drivers,...

Recommend a small car for occasional use by our son and daughter?

I'd like to buy a small manual car, mainly for town use and a short commute, which will also be used occasionally by my 22-year-old daughter, and possibly by my 18-year-old son for learning. It must be...

If a car is written off in its first policy year, does the driver have to start the insurance process again?

I was somewhat perturbed by your comments in last Saturday's DT in response to a reader who had taken out a new policy with his former insurer. If what you say is true: that a car written off in its first...

Why is Direct Line increasing my husband's insurance premium after I was caught speeding?

We are a retired couple who own two cars, both of which have been insured by Direct Line for many years. I am the named driver on my husband's policy, and he is the named driver on mine. I recently received...

A first car for an older driver

I have a friend who plans to start to drive but she is not a teenager. What would you recommend as a first car, to be cheap to buy and insure? A used car is in mind as budget is limited.

Video loop recording iPhone app

You printed a letter form PF of Purley who informed us of the video loop camera he installed (an SVS 100 GPS). Your readers may like to know of an iPhone app called iCarBlackBox that costs £0.69p. With...