BUCKYDEVIL
11-10-11, 05:18 PM
Time of year for insurance renewal.
Renewal letter quoted ?344 with 1st central which is just above last years ?330, So done some comparisons and through the net got the cheapest quite of ?334 from 1st Central so I thought at least that's ?10 saved..
Called them with the new Ref No. BUT
In all honesty I forgot to change married status in the summer & changed it in the renewal, Eveything same as before but now Married insurance is now ?380
WTF ? Surely marriage shows more responsibility ?
I declined to renew at this and said I would have to shop around again and call centre operator informed me that if I didn't renew tonight before 12 I would be committing an offence with owning a car without insurance
And the renewal office is only open till 9pm and can be extremely difficult to get through to later at night-- BLUFF !!
Back on line I moved my excess from ?200 to ?500 and the best I got was ?320 with First Central ..
Called them again and got a different person on and asked what was going on
She said my Policy had been looked into after I came of the phone and they could now offer me ?307.. Crazy..
Paid that price before it changed again.
Seems insurance company's are just making prices up now or if not challenged will just hit current customers with the higher renewal premium.
Rant over. Phew !!
Renewal letter quoted ?344 with 1st central which is just above last years ?330, So done some comparisons and through the net got the cheapest quite of ?334 from 1st Central so I thought at least that's ?10 saved..
Called them with the new Ref No. BUT
In all honesty I forgot to change married status in the summer & changed it in the renewal, Eveything same as before but now Married insurance is now ?380
WTF ? Surely marriage shows more responsibility ?
I declined to renew at this and said I would have to shop around again and call centre operator informed me that if I didn't renew tonight before 12 I would be committing an offence with owning a car without insurance
And the renewal office is only open till 9pm and can be extremely difficult to get through to later at night-- BLUFF !!
Back on line I moved my excess from ?200 to ?500 and the best I got was ?320 with First Central ..
Called them again and got a different person on and asked what was going on
She said my Policy had been looked into after I came of the phone and they could now offer me ?307.. Crazy..
Paid that price before it changed again.
Seems insurance company's are just making prices up now or if not challenged will just hit current customers with the higher renewal premium.
Rant over. Phew !!