Car Insurance - a rant.

[Nigel-YZ1]

I was pleasantly surprised when my wife contacted Aviva to tell them that she had a new car to replace her 6 year old one (same make, virtually same model) and they gave her money OFF her current premium, and no sneaky admin charges for doing so either. I think it worked out as about £25 less overall.

However they did then try to put that same premium up by over 15% at her next renewal a few months later, despite no other changes or claims being made, so that kind of took the shine back off my opinion of them quite quickly!

I was once with Direct Line and someone decided mirrors in car parks were optional causing £1500 of damage. Direct Line authorized the repair in minutes. Aviva, or Norwich Union Direct as they used to be known agreed to the repair 18 months later.

FWIW Direct Line is Churchill, so asking one to beat the other's quote always gets a result.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I've had a Swift since 2013. I don't think I've ever paid more than £200 to insure it.

 

[Levo-Lon]

A mate of mine has just moved back to the UK.
10 yrs in Thailand.
HesH 53 and is getting quotes around £1500!!
10yrs No ,no claims

 

[NorthernDave]

Just renewed off the renewal notice.

Price came down from last year, a check of a couple of comparison sites showed the price quoted was as cheap as we were going to get (short of an inordinate amount of effort), it's got the cover I need and a sensible excess. Done.