Drive me crazy: How does a job impact on car insurance?

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Some jobs mean car insurance goes up, but which are the ones that insurers consider the riskiest? We take a look at the top five.

Following the news that popular novelist Ian Rankin was refused car insurance recently, Mark Bower-Dyke, chairman of broker BeWiser, which specialises in personal motor, explains why some roles are more difficult to insure than others.

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To the Insurance Age teams’ chagrin our motor policy costs are often higher than our friends and family. Bower-Dyke says this is due to our, allegedly, glittering lifestyle. Apparently we’re up all night interviewing the rich and famous and ferrying

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