They're thge Ryanair of car insurance - at that age you are basically paying for an insurance cert to be legal not caring about the level of cover. Although they pay out very, very fast in Ireland for some reason they still go for derisory first offers and a generally crap level of customer...
How old is that stat, or is it just a UK phenomenon?
I know massive amounts of young male drivers and not one of them wrote off a car in the first year of driving - despite there historically being an culture of driving unaccompanied before getting your test in Ireland (laws have clamped down...
Quinn Direct have a habit of appearing totally wrongly priced on comparison sites so give them a go directly. They insure about 90% of young male drivers in Ireland (both sides) so they're well used to it and have relatively realistic prices, as they go.