Cheeky insurance bastards!
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So following on from the thread the other week I had to renew my insurance last week.

Bearing in mind my age now begins with the number "3", I've a clean license and 6 years NCB, I was a little pissed off to say the least to have to fork out over £600 for a years comp cover. Yes I did shop around etc etc.

But the icing on the cake- they emailed me to remind me to send NCB proof in- no problem, just waiting for previous company to forward it. I replied to say as above, and to ask where my documents were- nothing yet received.
An email back- they want me to go on and print them out my bloody self! Cheeky twats, pay over £600 and they don't even post out the pissing certificate!

Mine was about the same, similar car and age, NCB etc. Rotherham is a crap post code for insurance.

Apparently HSBC made all their premiums to cheap for a while last year and now we're all paying for it...

all insurances have gone up over 40% mines gone up from £200 to £287 and yes! i have shopped around with that ... big fat bloke opera singer............. etc... my insurance me been 300 year old should be 30 bob

my last insurers wanted £564 from the £200 from last year never made a claim etc ....i asked why, the rat bastards said NIG who is the underwrighters ....are GET THIS .. part of the RBS royal bank of scotland,

who were bailed out by the goverment , because they made a massive loss !!! and bailed out by the dumb Tax payers again

all insurance has gone up to claw back the money..... so we all have had is shoved up us again TWICE for these fooking ZOMBI BANKS fooking up...... The worlds coming to an end......

Edited by BENROSS on 10th Aug, 2010.

insurance has always been a lottery

I'm paying £406 this year with business use, 2nd & 3rd drivers - up about £60 on last year

Hmm, my main daily has come down (admiral) and also my mini (Flux but Chaucer instead of NIG) as 2nd car with all mods declared (only 998) with all the extras & admin charge was £230.

Bloke at work said his vette insurance renewal had gone up but flux managed to beat last years price.

I'm having a nightmare with my insurance (Hastings). As you probably know I had my zafira written off around a month ago. It was the other drivers fault. I'm still waiting for payment and a new insurance certificate for my new car (Fiat Multipla....Don't laugh)
I chose Hastings because they were the cheapest. It just goes to show that cheapest is not always best.

I must admit i havent paid insurance for the last 9years. lol

Suppose there needs to be a perk doing what i do, saying that old mans just renewed our's for work and its gone up to 5k

We did have a total loss earlier on in the year but theres only 4 of us on it.

Rick

Ps our lass has allways used adrian flux, shes paying £260 full comp on a 04 astra cabby. ,shes 28

Edited by cossierick on 10th Aug, 2010.

Thats exactly why I got rid of the Transit...£750 they wanted, cheeky fookers. Again, age starting with 3, 14 NCB...clean licence! Hence bought Hyundai...even that is still £350!

sort of glad it wasnt just me Insurance on GTM went up the winter runaround was more than I thought it should be when I took it out, I bet that will be higher when renewal comes up in november o goody!

West

Got A GTM With A Honda In the Back, and huge Nitrous bottle where the passenger seat should be when racing!

i got quoted £800+ from 375 adding my misses and 3 points on, i wasnt happy at all, renewal came through 480 pounds loving that lol

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Insurance on my mini and the daily nearly doubled this year despite having seperate full no claims on both.. Cancelled the minis policy and the dailys lapses soon, will get them both under a trade policy, loose agreed value and the perks but it's robbery!

Edited by evolotion on 10th Aug, 2010.

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Insurance has shot up but 600 seems cheap to me :p haha and 287 yes please
Being 18 though I would get that.

Insurance is somthing I can never quite understand. I'm 24 with 5 years NCB. I'm paying £318 fully comp for my mini, 2 pages of mods declared and upto 150BHP, which is great. I also have a TVR Cerbera 4.5 which is about £700 fully comp. So I couldn't believe it when I bought an Audi Cabriolet 2.8 as a sensible daily only to find I was getting quotes of £2000 upwards, I did manage to get it down to £620 in the end but I was still really shocked as that was a lot more than I expected to pay. I am concerned that it is down to the recent rise in premiums and that come renewal time I might get quite a surprise. I use my NCB on the TVR and it is mirrored on the Mini which does explain it to an extent but still.

Im still trying to reduce the amount of insurance they want for my 1.6 Honda CRX, last year it was 220 and this year i cant get it any less than 331!! :( although managed to get the mini Fulyl Comp for 120!! i hate insurers and banks :(

£600 that is soooo cheap! my first car was a toyota yaris 1litre w reg! £2000 fully comp! that is current but i have just sold the car.

Yes but you are about 18 hence the cost, we've all been there and had to pay. I've done my fair share of exorbitant premiums, surely aged 30 it is time to not pay stupid prices?

Anyway the point of my rant was more directed at the twats not even sending me a certificate in the post. Following a few emails to their customer service dept pointing out I was pissed off they have now promised to post them out...I should bloody well think so too.