A different insurance renewal quote

Rotty

Rotty

Rotty

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After seeing all the stories about this years insurance renewals prices I was dreading mine, especially as my missus had a £4k+ claim go against her about 6 months ago

so opened the envelope expecting the worst

The quote for 2 cars ( Cayman S and a TT ) including business use for both of us £871 , 30 quid less than last year :eek:

I almost feel humbled enough not to ring up and haggle ;)
 
Whose this with?

I got a renewal with bell this year which was identical to the internet price - and lower than last year. Very impressed, every other time the renewal has been crazy.

Unfortunately they would not budge on the price over the phone though :( They have every other time so perhaps this is a new set of procedures.
 
Perhaps with the insurance rises Admiral are simply trying to keep customers with their renewals rather than trying their luck.
 
MikeHiow said:
Perhaps with the insurance rises Admiral are simply trying to keep customers with their renewals rather than trying their luck.
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certainly would make sense, maybe instead of ringing up folks were just going to price comparison sites and getting cover elsewhere
 
I look forward to my renewal - now I no longer have the ST on the policy, I don't think they are really that competitive, but it could just be how they operate when changing cars mid-term.
 
Rotty said:
The quote for 2 cars ( Cayman S and a TT ) including business use for both of us £871 , 30 quid less than last year :eek:

I almost feel humbled enough not to ring up and haggle ;)
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Tossers. They wanted about £550 more than last year for the Evo.

Thieving miscreants.
 
DiamondMark said:
I always manage to knock Admiral down, every year.
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So do i, but not this time. It was the one time where the renewal had been totally reasonable, and identical to the internet price.

I am thinking that there is definitely something different happening there, as this wildly differs from the LOLrenewal you used to get, followed by massive phone discount.
 
My renewal has dropped £200 on the VX from last year (was hoping for nearer £500 based on quotes I did before buying it!). After having a look around I can't get within £100 of it so will let it auto renew.
 
My renewal went from £1040 to £570 with Greenlight (highway underwriter) without any haggling, but obviously no point insuring my car with a ban declared whilst I'm still banned. All I did was turn 25. Hopefully it will still be around the £1k mark when I'm no longer banned :s
 
My one came in slightly down on last year too. After a bit of ping pong I only managed to score an extra £25 off (making it £37 less than last year) but I did get protected NCD and free future modifications thrown in to the deal.

Like you I was surprised as all I heard was doom and gloom on the insurance front.

My renewal went from £1040 to £570 with Greenlight (highway underwriter) without any haggling, but obviously no point insuring my car with a ban declared whilst I'm still banned. All I did was turn 25. Hopefully it will still be around the £1k mark when I'm no longer banned :s
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Hitting 25 is the biggie. I went from a group 4 car to a group 17 in the same year that I turned 25. Net result- only had to pay £20 more!
 
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Admiral wouldn't even knock £15 off to match my (fictitious) existing insurer's quote. Still think I'll go with them as its almost £700 cheaper than my renewal.
 
Lethal` said:
Admiral wouldn't even knock £15 off to match my (fictitious) existing insurer's quote. Still think I'll go with them as its almost £700 cheaper than my renewal.
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looks like they have a new strategy then

Be intersting to see how other have gotten on recently
 
My Elephant renewal quote was £25 less than last year's as well, gone from 6 to 7 years no claims so doubt that made much difference and previous renewal quotes have been a fair bit higher. That group are well over £100 cheaper than anyone else which is a fair saving - I'm getting old and a group 17 (or whatever the groups are now) car is only £330/year :)/:(
 
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