There are ony two companies' quotes mentioned in the article, hardly a large sample-size.
This article is from easier.com - "The Easier.com web site is owned and maintained by Easier Media Ltd a UK registered company. "
The quotes are from UK insurance companies (I believe) and are given in British pounds. Maybe England needs to get more on-board with hybrids.
I'm with GEICO, and believe that there was NO difference in price between the Civic EX and the Civic Hybrid (2006 models). I think this was true with a quote I got from Progressive (although I might be dreaming this part
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Point is - it varies. Call YOUR insurer and check it out. If one is more than the other, check out other insurers. Don't believe all the articles you read. Some of them are misleading, incomplete, inaccurate or outdated.