FabSwingers.com forum: Car insurance WHAT THE FUCK!!

By *ools and the brain OP Couple
37 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

just had an email from our car insurance company saying that due to an increased amount of thefts of our make and model of car over the past year they are unable to offer us a renewal in July.

Thanks LV.

Does this mean others won't insure us also and, it's not a sports car or anything special in fact it's a 2011 model so hardly new.

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By *dsurreyCouple
37 weeks ago

Epsom

Range rover family by any chance?

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

Kinda in the same world- registered my address with Royal Mail 7 months ago as I’m in a new build, but the insurance companies don’t have an up to date list of addresses on their system, so my car cannot be insured

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
37 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

"Range rover family by any chance?"

No a baby lexus

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
37 weeks ago

North West

Lots of insurers wouldn't insure our car because it's electric.

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By *ravelling_WilburyMan
37 weeks ago

Beverley

Both scenarios are absolutely insane. Car insurers are a disgrace. Mine went up 400 quid despite being incident free

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

"just had an email from our car insurance company saying that due to an increased amount of thefts of our make and model of car over the past year they are unable to offer us a renewal in July.

Thanks LV.

Does this mean others won't insure us also and, it's not a sports car or anything special in fact it's a 2011 model so hardly new."
no just move to somebody else you may even find you get it cheaper

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By *ichaelsmyMan
37 weeks ago

douglas

all you can do is get on to price comparison sites, or brokers and get them to look for you.

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

Bunch of robbing, scamming bastards they are. I’m not quibbling the need for insurance, but the prices they charge and the seemingly irrelevant reasons they give for putting the prices up? They do it because they can, they know we’ll pay because we don’t have any choice in the matter.

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By *ools and the brain OP Couple
37 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Well our home insurance is with same company, as of September not anymore.

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By *JB1954Man
37 weeks ago

Reading

I had my renewal last month. Did make a claim in 2023. Hit by unknown vehicle. But had 9+ years of no claims and no claim protection. Insurance company doubled my insurance. Did some online quotes. Not with comparison sites and all come back for same cover £400-500 lower than company with. Changed insurance company.

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By *arkus1812Man
37 weeks ago

Finedon ,

I have just renewed the insurance for my Skoda Yeti, the premium was 20% more than last year,to be honest I was expecting it to substantially more.

I sold my Fiat 500 fun car yesterday so one less to worry about.

LV are the company advertising car insurance from £290 on TV. if only.

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

"Well our home insurance is with same company, as of September not anymore."
when they don't get the money coming in thats when they take note

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
37 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

"Kinda in the same world- registered my address with Royal Mail 7 months ago as I’m in a new build, but the insurance companies don’t have an up to date list of addresses on their system, so my car cannot be insured

I had this. They wanted to go from a few hundred to several thousand.

Told them to do one, went on the meerkat site whilst they were on the phone and got a quote cheaper than I was already paying.

All because their underwriters hadn't risk assessed the new postcode.

Try a broker if the comparison sites don't work.

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By *icketToRudeCouple
37 weeks ago

Wellingborough

I've just down graded my car and got something slightly smaller and supposedly a cheaper insurance group too... yet it's just cost me over 100 pound to change it and get cover

Pretty sure it's all just a licence to print money

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

It’s mental, I’ve got an 09 plate rang rover, these are not being taken but my insurance has more than doubled this year- the only thing that has changed is another year of no claims!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

I've gone for black box insurance. Half the price of the next competitor. Crazy stuff!

Just need to be careful driving.

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

Changed my car. And found an insurance that was a little cheaper than what i am paying.

To cancel my current insurance is £75. … so there goes my savings. I decided to stay because of that, and to change my details to my new car cost me 35£ admin fee. …. F’ckin scandalous.

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By *ittall2020Man
37 weeks ago

Norwich

Prices around here have gone up lots too, though there are loads of accidents involving deer locally and repairs are really expensive. Might be worth checking prices for third party fire and theft cover

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By *lowupdollTV/TS
37 weeks ago

Herts/Beds/Lomdon

My motorbike got trashed. Write off. Insurance went up but I replaced it. Nicked. Insurance went up. Replaced it. Nicked. Insurance is now insane.

So I’m sticking to public transport and walking

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By *oomlMan
36 weeks ago

Fareham

I left LV a year ago because the premium went through the roof. Switched to Admiral which was much more reasonable. Since then there has been news of huge price hikes so I was expecting the worst. Just got my renewal notice and It's £46 dearer than last year. I do have the Admiral app on my phone which monitors driving smoothness and phone use while driving. I have a good score on that so worth having if you're a careful driver.

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By *crumdiddlyumptiousMan
36 weeks ago

You're paying extra due to non insured drivers and people making fraudulent claims, Oh wait they have flooded the country with ANPR cameras and limited the amount you can claim after a accident so what excuse are they using now ?

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By *inkyAlchemyCouple
36 weeks ago

Corby

We lost our brand new tesla in the Luton Airport car park fire back in October. Admiral were really great. They put it down as a non fault and a claim value of £0. Our insurance renewed in February - we fully expected it to increase significantly but it actually reduced by £100. We were very happy to say the least

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By *esthetic21Man
36 weeks ago

Birmingham/Bristol

I was dreading mine this year but both car insurances came down by around 50 quid each I was surprised to say the least

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By *obilebottomMan
36 weeks ago

All over

Shopping around iand at the right time as well as haggling is the only way and still far too much. They are a disgrace.

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By *itygamesMan
36 weeks ago

always best to cancel automatic renewal and shop around on a compare site......its very rare your current insurer will keep you policy same price or cheaper.

no loyalty these days

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