Car Insurance Companies See Increase In Youth Applications
Friday, September 3, 2010 3:05UK supermarket Sainsbury’s has released findings from a study that suggests more young drivers will be requiring car insurance next year. The news comes after a number of years where car insurance demand has decreased among young people who have been putting off getting a car until the financial climate recovers.
Sainsbury’s predict a 49% increase in car insurance applications over the Christmas period and think this level of increase will be maintained for most of 2011. The predictions were made after looking at current trending and also increasing car purchasing figures, both in the second hand and new markets. One reason that Sainsbury’s suggested for the increase is the VAT rise that is due to be put in place soon. Young drivers on a budget especially are eager to purchase their policies before the VAT rise adds to the costs.
Loans companies and other personal financial institutions has been quick to suggest off the back of this study that their markets are set to see improvements also as demands of car finance increase. This is not unbelievable as a similar situation has occurred in parts of South America and Mexico where rises in car insurance application, known as ‘aplique seguro de automovil’ have drive up the number of cash loan applications (prestamos en efectivo).
This is positive news for economies in general as financial experts claim that these small indications of recovery tend to suggest larger improvements are just around the corner. It might be too early to break out the fireworks just yet however as similar claims were made only 6 months ago after consumer spending picked up and economy experts got a little over excited. However, after the increase failed to grow beyond very modest levels, most experts reevaluated their predictions and begun leaning towards a “double dip” recession model.
Whatever the future holds for the money markets, many still advise getting your application in now for solicitar credito as they say in Mexico, as VAT is only set to increase


