Posted By: MrCooper
Who will be cheapest - 31/10/2009 17:11
Well, it's that time of year again.
Things did not start too well with most quotes coming in well over £1000 again. Even Adrian Flux were quoting me over a grand, including the discount for IAM / FCCUK membership.
The best on result on confused.com was Admiral at £735, surprisingly competitive as in previous years these mainstream insurers have been nowhere. Still, that price was nothing to shout about as it is quite a bit more than I'm paying at the moment and I was hoping that, having turned 30 and become an IAM member, I would be in for a healthy drop in costs.
Happily Greenlight made an offer of £640, which was more like it, but in the same ballpark as my current fees. Admiral then called to see if their quote was competitive. I went through the details, told them about Greenlight and asked them what they could do about it. They offered to match it but, after a bit of cajoling, agreed that they could differentiate on price and moved to £620. Better.
Noel Dazley have not given me a renewal quote yet but said they thought I would do well not to see an increase in premium. They apparently don't want to do anything for a couple of weeks. Will be interesting to see what they can manage this year.
So, for the first time I have three insurance companies interested in getting my business, including a major player for the first time (in previous years ND have been the standout winners after round one).
Still to get in touch with IAM Surety, but I have reservations about whether they will offer me anything sensible.
Any tips on how to encourage them to differentiate themselves once a cash winner has been found? Also, any thoughts on where this should end up in terms of costs?
Steve
- Coupe VT Plus (Group 20)
- London
- 30 years
- 3 years NCB
- 2 named drivers (partner, 27 and father, 64)
- Fully comp (£350 excess)
- No accidents
- No points
Things did not start too well with most quotes coming in well over £1000 again. Even Adrian Flux were quoting me over a grand, including the discount for IAM / FCCUK membership.
The best on result on confused.com was Admiral at £735, surprisingly competitive as in previous years these mainstream insurers have been nowhere. Still, that price was nothing to shout about as it is quite a bit more than I'm paying at the moment and I was hoping that, having turned 30 and become an IAM member, I would be in for a healthy drop in costs.
Happily Greenlight made an offer of £640, which was more like it, but in the same ballpark as my current fees. Admiral then called to see if their quote was competitive. I went through the details, told them about Greenlight and asked them what they could do about it. They offered to match it but, after a bit of cajoling, agreed that they could differentiate on price and moved to £620. Better.
Noel Dazley have not given me a renewal quote yet but said they thought I would do well not to see an increase in premium. They apparently don't want to do anything for a couple of weeks. Will be interesting to see what they can manage this year.
So, for the first time I have three insurance companies interested in getting my business, including a major player for the first time (in previous years ND have been the standout winners after round one).
Still to get in touch with IAM Surety, but I have reservations about whether they will offer me anything sensible.
Any tips on how to encourage them to differentiate themselves once a cash winner has been found? Also, any thoughts on where this should end up in terms of costs?
Steve
- Coupe VT Plus (Group 20)
- London
- 30 years
- 3 years NCB
- 2 named drivers (partner, 27 and father, 64)
- Fully comp (£350 excess)
- No accidents
- No points