rudders Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Recently received my insurance renewal from a well known club insurance and its gone up by £160, so phoned them up and was told that its because i have a new motorhome which is worth more, so the total premium would have been £465 and the excess had also doubled, so i have gone with saga which worked out only £6 more than i payed last year on our old motorhome and a much lesser excess, i was just wondering whether anyone else has noticed a large hike in their insurance renewal notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirtle26 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 We are just renewing ours and it has increased by £14 which we think is reasonable. This includes European travel and breakdown. Did look at Saga which was slightly cheaper but not worth moving for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolly1965 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Yes - although I changed my van while the renewal was due and told it would only go up by £20 (for some reason they couldn't give me a proper quote as it was renewal time). When I bought my newer van the premium went up £200! Of course I wrote to them asking for an explanation of this over 6 months ago I have failed to receive a reply - apart from a stray e-mail which should have gone to a colleague discussing my complaint. Not a happy camper.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudders Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Bolly1965 - 2013-03-26 6:50 PM Yes - although I changed my van while the renewal was due and told it would only go up by £20 (for some reason they couldn't give me a proper quote as it was renewal time). When I bought my newer van the premium went up £200! Of course I wrote to them asking for an explanation of this over 6 months ago I have failed to receive a reply - apart from a stray e-mail which should have gone to a colleague discussing my complaint. Not a happy camper.... I am not alone then, hope you didn:t stay with them and who was the insurer i wonder, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithl Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I have just renewed ours with Adrian Flux who honoured their price guarantee and matched the best quote I could get elsewhere, this saved me over £80 so a good result. Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirage Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 SAGA`s premium also seemed to go through the roof on renewal in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencol Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 my insurance quote was £200 more I rang around a number of companies to get the lowest quote and went back to them all with this quote and they dropped their prices then back to original insurance they dropped by just over £180 will be doing this 'round robbin' again next year. I also found if I dropped the 'free' car recovery / roadside cover the insurance quote dropped and I got road side from a seperate company cheaper. colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I have just renwed mine the renewal witb Scenic was £25 more than last year caravan club were guaranteeing to quote £25 less than my last year renewal which they did and which I took them up on it and saved myself £50. Result :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest machra Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 We moved from one of the Clubs a couple of years ago as they nearly doubled the insurance. Just renewing with new motorhome and the Club was £450, Comfort was £250. I am aware of the NCD issue with Comfort but I cant justify paying £200 more for the Club insurance. As we have been without a van since Oct we had no renewal so I couldnt go back to the Club and ask them for their renewal price match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter James Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 rudders - 2013-03-26 5:59 PM i was just wondering whether anyone else has noticed a large hike in their insurance renewal notice. Yes - I get that every year. So instead of renewing I start a new policy as a new customer and get it about the same price as before. (lol) They are just copying the banks who drop the interest on your savings account to 0.1% after the first year and hope you either won't notice or can't be bothered to switch. To get a competitive rate you just have to open a new account. They know they have to give new customers a fair price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRANKP60 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Just got renewal quote from Comfort for renew middle April,£6.00 dearer than last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverback Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 when i got my new van, rang comfort it cost me £25 for admin charge to change MH, 3 month later on renewal date it came thro £20 cheaper than the year before...on a brand new MH 8-) :-D well suited..the insurer is....................... comfort, brill jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
747 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 A general rule when dealing with Saga for car/van insurance. At your first renewal, make sure you are sitting down when you open the envelope. :-D I have my home insurance with them and I got a terrible shock at renewal time ...... it cost a few squids less. *-) I bet somebody was sacked over that. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooie Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Just out of curiosity, has anyone gone elsewhere after being with Comfort for a few years ? Does the " Letter " that they will provide showing " Proof Of No Claims " actually work with the other Insurance Companies ? I would have happily stayed with them if that was the case last October, but it wasn`t so i changed Companies to make sure i kept the NCB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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