Average quoted prices for home insurance fell by 4.8% in the three months to September, according to research by Consumer Intelligence.
The drop was bigger than the 3.9% seen in the previous quarter and takes the year-on-year decline to 13.1%.
All regions registered reductions in quoted premiums in the annual and quarterly measures.
The biggest fall in quoted premiums by both metrics was in Wales which recorded a 16.8% drop over the year and a 6.8% fall in the three months.
The smallest fall in the past three months was in the North East at 2.6%.
According to the authors of the Home Insurance Price Index, the market softening is due
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