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Looking back - 1991: Hitting the hot hatches
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On 26 September 1991, Post reported a tale familiar to today’s law-abiding general public: soaring motor insurance premiums. Current year-on-year rises cited are in the region of 30% to 40%, but the figures from 20 years ago suggested hikes of up to 74% were also being witnessed.
So, has the scourge of personal injury costs been plaguing the industry — and its end customers — for two decades or were the underlying causes back in 1991 substantially different? Lynn Rouse reflect
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