Clur Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I've just called my car insurance as the renewal quote they gave me was £453 in comparison to one I had for £207 from a compare the market type site. Would you believe my insurance company was prepared to drop the price to match - lots of special offers on apparently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur 'n' Feathers Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I've just called my car insurance as the renewal quote they gave me was £453 in comparison to one I had for £207 from a compare the market type site. Would you believe my insurance company was prepared to drop the price to match - lots of special offers on apparently! We used compare the market for our house insurance & got it for half the amount our insurance was quoting. Apparently it's down to how many other people insure in your area which can affect the risk rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 You were lucky - well done. I did not have so much luck with Zurich last year, I had been with them for over 10 years with my car insurance and when I managed to half my premium with Swiftcover.com they would not match the quote and were prepared to let me go which I think is a shame in this current climate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 I ended up staying with my current company when my insurance needed renewing, although I could get a slightly cheaper premium the excess was unbelievably high with some companies the worst being 6 times my current one It's not as if I'm high risk either, I've been driving for over 20 years, I'm over 40, have a clean licence, over 14 years no claims discount and the car's parked in the drive overnight. I've come to the conclusion that all insurance companies be it car or home are fleecing us law abiding citizens in the hope of clawing back some of the money they've paid out in recent years. Rant over & breathe ps if using comparison sites be very careful as the cheap quotes often don't include things like legal cover etc & when you add on the things you need they often aren't as cheap as they seemed at first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Wow - well negotiated. I always try that if I get a cheaper quote, as usually easier to stay put, but have never managed to beat them down that low, please let us know what you said!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrensWorld Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Compare the market. Compare the Meercat......... Simples. I'll see myself out....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 My Aussie friend is a Chiropractor & when he phoned for a quote they wanted nearly £500, so he told them he'd had a quote for £286 from another company & they offered him insurance for £275 The funny thing was that he hadn't even had another quote, he made it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I tried this with More Than last year and they said tough go with the other comapny so I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I tried this with More Than last year and they said tough go with the other comapny so I did More Than matched a cheaper quote for me this month? H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 My car insurance doubled this time around. No accidents, same car, registered at same address, still fully comp, same named drivers (with no change in tehir circumstances). But still, the cost more than doubled. And I wasn't even cross.... The year before they'd made an error with the price but offered to stand by it - so this year it went from £52 to £108. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 My car insurance doubled this time around. No accidents, same car, registered at same address, still fully comp, same named drivers (with no change in tehir circumstances). But still, the cost more than doubled. And I wasn't even cross.... The year before they'd made an error with the price but offered to stand by it - so this year it went from £52 to £108. I think you'd better name them then Chickenanne & we'll see if they can quote some other Omleteers happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 You were lucky - well done. I did not have so much luck with Zurich last year, I had been with them for over 10 years with my car insurance and when I managed to half my premium with Swiftcover.com they would not match the quote and were prepared to let me go which I think is a shame in this current climate. There is a reason Swiftcover are so cheap! I learnt to my cost when my car was hit by another and I claimed off the other drivers insurance. I ended up on first name terms with the Swiftcover managing director Needless to say when my insurance came up for renewal despite Swiftcover being the cheapest I've always since paid extra to go elsewhere. It's worth it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
