Your Money: I Saved Pounds 300 on Cover for My Fiat ; CASE STUDY

By MELANIE WRIGHT

GAP-year student Catherine Hebden, 19, saved pounds 300 on her car insurance by shopping around.

Catherine, from Wirral, Merseyside, is working as an office temp before she starts university and drives a 2002 Fiat Punto.

She said: "I looked on moneysupermarket.com to compare quotes and found there was a difference of around pounds 300 on the same level of cover depending on which insurer I went for. The cheapest quote I was offered was from Diamond, who specialise in providing cover for women, at pounds 1,056 for the year for fully comprehensive cover.

"Premiums cost me pounds 88 a month with an excess of pounds 250. I think it helps having a basic model of car, but if you are younger you definitely have to pay a lot more."

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