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25/06/2008 22:14. Comprehensive car insurance used to have the meaning that everything, or at least a lot of potential dangers motorists might encounter, would be covered but no more, analysis by the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) for Financial Mail have uncovered.

Features such as third-party liability cover for driving other cars, extended cover for trips abroad or courtesy cars, which used to be included in policies by default, have slowly but surely disappeared from a growing number of car insurance policies.

BIBA's analysts found alarming examples for cases in which the so-called comprehensive car insurance policy has been virtually stripped of its all-encompassing features, and car insurance companies make their money by making their customers pay dearly for optional extras.

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