SCHOCKER - insurance renewal

**x3me** · 09-06-2010

well, my insurance is up next month and i just got a letter from Lloyds tsb - my insurance company...
the renewal quote said it's going to be £1800

i know i can find something better than this as i'm not going to pay that much for it, it has gone up last year, but that was only about £10, so i didnt even mind(obviously i had to make a phone call and say that i'm not paying that ammount, witch i think was £1300 so they scribbled £290 off...), but this is getting a bit too much

any1 else got any stupid renewal quotes so far? any ideas who should i go with, any ideas and insurance companies or advices are really welcome

thanks

**esse-esse** · 09-07-2010

Originally Posted by x3me

well, my insurance is up next month and i just got a letter from Lloyds tsb - my insurance company...
the renewal quote said it's going to be £1800

i know i can find something better than this as i'm not going to pay that much for it, it has gone up last year, but that was only about £10, so i didnt even mind(obviously i had to make a phone call and say that i'm not paying that ammount, witch i think was £1300 so they scribbled £290 off...), but this is getting a bit too much

any1 else got any stupid renewal quotes so far? any ideas who should i go with, any ideas and insurance companies or advices are really welcome

thanks

Have looked into the CF insurance scheme with Chris knott here failing that compare the market or money supermarket is your best bet

**x3me** · 09-07-2010

the best one so far is admiral, witch comes to £915 with pennies, gonna do a 10 month booster... the weird thing to it that if i add my gf to it with provisional license it actually drops down about £100 so will do that aswell, but she's gonna drive the car from time to time then witch is not that amusing

**esse-esse** · 09-08-2010

Originally Posted by x3me

the best one so far is admiral, witch comes to £915 with pennies, gonna do a 10 month booster... the weird thing to it that if i add my gf to it with provisional license it actually drops down about £100 so will do that aswell, but she's gonna drive the car from time to time then witch is not that amusing

It's because women are less likely to crash compared to men (so they say)

**Ged20d** · 09-08-2010

yeah min ewent up with a year no claims from 1800 to 2100 but they knocked me down to 1900 with breakdown clover... not a happy bunny but what can you do!

**brocherboy** · 09-08-2010

Originally Posted by x3me

well, my insurance is up next month and i just got a letter from Lloyds tsb - my insurance company...
the renewal quote said it's going to be £1800

i know i can find something better than this as i'm not going to pay that much for it, it has gone up last year, but that was only about £10, so i didnt even mind(obviously i had to make a phone call and say that i'm not paying that ammount, witch i think was £1300 so they scribbled £290 off...), but this is getting a bit too much

any1 else got any stupid renewal quotes so far? any ideas who should i go with, any ideas and insurance companies or advices are really welcome

thanks

I know what you mean about insurance companys taking off money if you phone them,i was insured by Admiral then when i got the abarth i phoned them up and it jumped to 900 from 200 from the V.astra, so i did a comparison on "go compare" and got it down to 280 from More Than when i phoned Admiral they said they would drop it by 200 when i asked why this was possible the guy on the end of the phone said"well we dont drop the price of the insurance unless the person actually phones and complains/inquires" well i was gob smacked because i phoned they dropped it by 200quid
Luckily my insurance was due for renewal anyway but why on earth did they not just give me the cheaper quote in the first place,and given the car i would have prob just accepted it,so i would always recommend a comparison web site first then haggle with you own insurance company first cos they do ask you who provided the cheaper quote