Hey,
Well, tomorrow is the renewal date for my insurance policy, and other than originally sending a 100% overpriced renewal Admiral have been amazingly helpful and good value.
We have a multicar quote, 2002 330i sport, 2003 micra 1.2s, a 23 year old male (me) with a fault claim and only 1 ncb, and a 22 year old female with 4 years NCB. The renewal was £1993, but re-doing the quote online brought it down to £997, £640 for the BMW, £360 for the micra, both insured on both. Cheapest quote i could find from anywhere else was £2100 for my car and £550 for the micra, so a more than substantial saving, down from £1650 last year (£1200/£450).
I decided to use an 12 month interest free credit card for this as it just makes a lot of sense, so applied for one 3 weeks ago (Which i thought was plenty of time!) in anticipation, but the bank has been very good at making sure it didn't arrive in time, (pin arrived yesterday, 21 days after application , but the card is to follow; Halifax told me that's just the way it is! Never waited that long before).
When i phoned up Admiral to sort the renewal out, I mentioned I was waiting for a new card from my bank, and they just said "no worries i'll put a 14 day deferred payment note on the account, just pay within 14 days and it'll be all good, policy will still be live from tomorrow though".
Brilliant! Saved having to stick it on my "daily" card that does accrue interest! Very helpful welsh girl that spoke good english, I think a few companies could take a leaf out of their book
But yea, plenty of bad things to read on this forum about insurers and massive increases in premiums, so I thought it'd be nice to have a happy ending for once!
Tom.
Well, tomorrow is the renewal date for my insurance policy, and other than originally sending a 100% overpriced renewal Admiral have been amazingly helpful and good value.
We have a multicar quote, 2002 330i sport, 2003 micra 1.2s, a 23 year old male (me) with a fault claim and only 1 ncb, and a 22 year old female with 4 years NCB. The renewal was £1993, but re-doing the quote online brought it down to £997, £640 for the BMW, £360 for the micra, both insured on both. Cheapest quote i could find from anywhere else was £2100 for my car and £550 for the micra, so a more than substantial saving, down from £1650 last year (£1200/£450).
I decided to use an 12 month interest free credit card for this as it just makes a lot of sense, so applied for one 3 weeks ago (Which i thought was plenty of time!) in anticipation, but the bank has been very good at making sure it didn't arrive in time, (pin arrived yesterday, 21 days after application , but the card is to follow; Halifax told me that's just the way it is! Never waited that long before).
When i phoned up Admiral to sort the renewal out, I mentioned I was waiting for a new card from my bank, and they just said "no worries i'll put a 14 day deferred payment note on the account, just pay within 14 days and it'll be all good, policy will still be live from tomorrow though".
Brilliant! Saved having to stick it on my "daily" card that does accrue interest! Very helpful welsh girl that spoke good english, I think a few companies could take a leaf out of their book
But yea, plenty of bad things to read on this forum about insurers and massive increases in premiums, so I thought it'd be nice to have a happy ending for once!
Tom.
