Her late husband had always been a named driver. “And sure enough: if I quote for myself – 46-years-old, driving licence since 2000, zero claims, zero convictions, zero penalty points – the premium is around the same €620. But when I run the exact same quote and simply add my late husband’s name back on, the price magically plunges back to around €450,” she says. Navigating life alone with my young children is challenging enough but I didn’t expect bereavement to come with a €200 surcharge from the insurance industry.”She expresses the hope that we might “be able to help untangle this. The company declined to publicly respond to the specifics of her case and instead issued the following statement.

Source: The Irish Times February 24, 2026 10:30 UTC