Co-operative Insurance calls for changes from car insurance customers

Fri, 30 Mar 2007

A car insurance provider has urged motorists to go green amid fears about the future impact of global warming.

Explaining its climate change stance, Co-operative Insurance has cited figures that indicate 85 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector are coming from motor vehicles.

Moreover, growing demand for larger vehicles such as off-roaders suggest that motoring emissions are not likely to be significantly reduced in the near future, the car insurance company has claimed.

As a result, the motor insurance provider's director of general insurance David Neave called on car insurance customers to take action themselves if they are worried about climate change.

"By making tiny differences which will help the environment, like reducing air conditioning use, ensuring that your vehicle is well-maintained and switching to an eco insurance motor policy, drivers can do their bit to help," he said.

In related news, this month saw financing website moneysupermarket.com reveal that some green car insurance policies are 44 per cent more expensive than their non-green equivalents.

The revelation led to the financing specialist's director of insurance Richard Mason urging motor insurance brokers to reduce their green car insurance premiums.

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