Why has insurance suddenly shot up?

This is ridiculous! £5000 for a 4 year old 1.0 corsa :l when a couple of years ago it was like £2800

2800 is ridiculous for a 1 liter car.

Is this you just enquiring about why its this price? Or has this actually happened to you?

That can't be right, unless you happen to be in an area where 1.0 Corsas get trashed daily. My 1.4 Clio was £1400 the first year fully comp on my own name, so even £2800 sounds a bit dubious. Prices have gone up I think (just renewing mine now and it's only gone down £5 a month with an extra year's no claims...) but not by that much I'm sure

Noticed that too lol. My dad had a pug & when he bought insurance it as well cheap.. now if you look its in the £1500+ region so he sold his car rapid lol

I pay £1600 on my 1.9 bora, been driving for 2 years with 3 points and a ban.

That's mental. If it's a renewal then go for another company. Guarantee you can find it cheaper.

Not to mention my 1.4 Corsa which was a little older only cost me £1400 on insurance, similar to Tom.

ash cloud init

With Quinn Direct going into administration a lot of insurers were able to put their insurance premiums up, especially young drivers. The area I live in is crap for insurance and the cheapest I've been quoted on my 1.2 Mk2 Punto is £3700. I'd advise you to ring each company direct as comparison sites are often more expensive - and if you ring each company you can try and get them to match eachother which is handy.

Many insurances get more expensive depending on your history of driving, the area you live in, the desirability of your car, whether you park it on the road, in your drive or in a garage overnight, anything these days.

As a prov. licence holder I pay £1010 a year on my 1.2 Clio, added to my mum and dad's Admiral Multicar policy with my dad as the registered owner and me as the registered keeper.