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What people actually pay, from the industry's own tracker, and the rules that stop insurers charging you more for staying.

Average motor premium paid, Q2 2026
£566/yr

Across about 28 million private car policies a year. This is prices paid, not quotes.

Change
+1% on the quarter, falling in real terms

Source: ABI

Home, buildings and contents
£383
−2% year on year
Buildings only
£309
−5% year on year
Contents only
£118
−9% year on year
Insurance Premium Tax
12%
20% on travel

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Compared against the ABI average premium actually paid. Premiums vary hugely by age, postcode and vehicle, so treat this as a rough bearing rather than a verdict on your insurer.

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What you need to know

The things that stop the headline figure being misread.

  • Motor premiums have been broadly flat for three quarters after three consecutive quarterly falls. £566 in Q2 2026 is down about £14 year on year in real terms.
  • Home premiums are falling while claims are rising sharply. The average home payout passed £7,000 for the first time in Q2 2026.
  • The average subsidence claim hit a record £20,000 in Q2 2026 after hot weather. Weather damage averaged £8,548, up 12%.
  • Motor claims cost £3.2bn in Q2 2026, up 7% year on year, with the average claim at £4,900.
  • Insurance Premium Tax has been 12% standard and 20% higher rate since June 2017, with no change announced.
  • Nearly half of all motor and home policies are paid monthly. The FCA found the cost of that credit has fallen since 2022, saving consumers about £157m a year, and decided in February 2026 not to cap it.

The detail

The full published figures, for anyone who wants to check our working or find their own line.

What insurers must do at renewal

These are the rules, not advice. The price walking ban has been in force since 1 January 2022 and applies to home and motor policies sold to consumers.

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RuleWhat it requiresSince
No price walkingA renewal price must not be higher than the equivalent new business price for the same customer through the same channel. ICOBS 6B.2.1R.1 Jan 2022
Show last year's premiumThe renewal notice must show what you paid at inception of the expiring policy, presented so you can compare the two easily.In force
Shop around wordingFrom your fourth consecutive renewal the insurer must tell you, in prescribed words, that you may get the cover you want at a better price by shopping around.In force
Auto renewalThe notice must say whether the policy renews automatically, and cancelling auto renewal must be easy, by methods matching how you bought it. Health and pet insurance are excluded.1 Jan 2022
BundlesWhere home and motor are bundled, each element and the bundle price must independently pass the test.1 Jan 2022

Recent changes

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3 Aug 26Increase

Motor premiums edge up to £566 as claims costs keep climbing

The average motor premium paid rose £6 to £566 in Q2 2026, still down about £14 year on year in real terms. Claims told a different story: £3.2bn paid out, up 7% year on year, with the average claim at £4,900. On the home side premiums fell to £383 combined while the average payout passed £7,000 for the first time and subsidence hit a record £20,000.

Source: ABI

3 Feb 26Relief

FCA declines to cap the cost of paying insurance monthly

The premium finance market study found average APRs down 4.1 percentage points since 2022, saving consumers about £157m a year. The cost of paying monthly fell from £49 to £41 on motor and £18 to £15 on home. The FCA confirmed it will not impose a price cap and will not mandate interest free instalments, relying on fair value and Consumer Duty monitoring instead. Over 23 million policies are paid monthly.

Source: FCA

Where this comes from, and where it could be wrong

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Tariff Tracker publishes insurance statistics and the regulatory rules. It does not provide quotes, does not pass your details to anyone, and is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to arrange insurance.

The ABI tracker does not split comprehensive from other policy types. Any site quoting an ABI average comprehensive premium is not reproducing ABI output.

Neither the ABI nor the FCA publishes average motor premiums by age band or by region. We will not invent them.

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