MORE THAN FIRST INSURER TO LAUNCH ECO-CAR DISCOUNT 22/05/2006 - MoreThan Car Insurance 74 per cent of drivers are seriously concerned about the rise in petrol prices1 22 million2 Brits would consider switching to a hybrid car if they were cheaper to run than normal cars MORE THAN leads the green motoring crusade by being the first insurer to offer a discount to hybrid car drivers in the UK. Hybrid car drivers3 can now benefit from a discount off their motor insurance in a new move by MORE THAN designed to reward environmentally-friendly driving. The leading motor insurer has announced that from today (22 May 2006), it will reduce premiums for existing hybrid customers and offer a discount to new customers with hybrid vehicles. The announcement comes as MORE THAN releases new research revealing that: seven out of ten Brits would consider switching to an hybrid car if they were cheaper to run than normal cars over half (60%) would consider switching if there was reduced motor tax 58 per cent would consider switching if they could benefit from cheaper motor insurance.

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3. A hybrid car is any car that uses two or more sources of power to drive or provide propulsion. The majority of these are a petrol-electric car combination. 4. All vehicles in the UK are allocated an insurance group rating on a scale of 1-20. MORE TH>N will reduce the rating for all hybrid and Liquified Petrolium Gas (LPG) vehicles by two groups, e.g a Toyota Prius T3 is a group 7, but MORE THAN will classify it as a group 5: The lower the insurance group rating, the less expensive the insurance premium. 5. Source skynews.com. 6. The profile of a hybrid car driver is obtained from MORE THANs customer database of all those driving a Toyota Prius. MORE TH>N is the direct financial services arm of Royal & SunAlliance.  It offers motor, home, pet, travel and life insurance as well as a credit card via the internet and by phone.  It also offers van, shop, office, business car, hotel, property, club and contractor insurance direct to small businesses. MoreThan Insurance -