Insurance Group Checker Editorial Team
Editorial team
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Our editorial team researches and maintains the guides on insurancegroupchecker.co.uk, drawing on publicly published Thatcham Research, ABI Group Rating Panel and DVLA sources. Content is reviewed and updated as UK insurance group data and the Vehicle Risk Rating (VRR) framework evolve. We're transparent that some pages are drafted with AI assistance under editorial review — see our Editorial Policy for how we source and check facts.
What this team is responsible for
- Writing and maintaining every guide on the site, from the insurance groups pillar to the individual group and model pages.
- Checking each factual claim about the 1–50 scale against publicly published Thatcham Research and ABI Group Rating Panel material.
- Keeping coverage of the post-August-2024 Vehicle Risk Rating (VRR) transition current as it rolls out.
- Labelling AI-assisted drafting honestly rather than attaching invented human bylines to programmatic pages.
Why we don't publish invented bylines
Plenty of sites in this space attach a fictional journalist's name and headshot to automatically-generated pages. We don't. These team profiles describe who is genuinely accountable for the content and the dataset, and we state openly where pages are drafted with AI assistance under editorial review — see our editorial policy for the full position.
Our editorial standards
Also on the team: Motoring Data Desk.
Sources & further reading
- Thatcham Research — The motor insurers' automotive research centre. Co-runs the Group Rating Panel that sets UK insurance groups, and publishes the Vehicle Risk Rating (VRR) framework.
- Association of British Insurers (ABI) — The trade body for UK insurers. Co-runs the Group Rating Panel behind the 1–50 insurance group scale.
- DVLA — Get vehicle information — The official GOV.UK service for vehicle details by registration. Our checker uses the DVLA's Vehicle Enquiry Service API, the same underlying record.