Welsh-based insurer Admiral has announced that it will analyse the personalities of first-time drivers by checking their Facebook profiles before offering them policies. The scheme will be optional, but will see Admiral use an algorithm to examine social media pages to determine whether or not the customer is likely to be a careful driver. A ‘snapshot’ of their social media…

Here at Liftshare we take issues of safety and insurance seriously, and one question we get asked often is how car sharing impacts a driver’s insurance. In short, it doesn’t because Liftshare members are simply volunteering their car’s spare seats to cover petrol costs – instead of making a profit. We’ve covered this issue in our car…