All insurance quotes will be hiked this year, I've just had a renewal quote for £150 which was £120 last year (not car ins, obviously).
Remember the flooding we had at the arse end of last year? You will be paying for that.
Well I hope you don't experience the rodgering that little Ireland has experienced this year. Renewals are showing anything from 50 to 120 % plus hike ,it's a national scandal that the politicians are choosing to ignore as the feeding frenzy benefits many many sections of the economy at no cost to the government .
My van insurance went from €320 to € 640 just like that and there was no movement on the price . I've calculated that I've a total of 88 years of claim free motor insurance adding up all the company car, classic car, commercial and private policies that ran concurrently over the years but that meant nothing . Pay up or fook off is their new mantra.
On top of the increase most of the big hitters in the industry just decided to refuse to insure cars older than 15 years , no worthy explanation just a straight refusal. I was with Zurich for eleven years over here and when my Omega reached 15 they simply said that the car was too old and refused to renew . I demanded and got a letter stating their reason for refusal and it states exactly that .
I have only today got insurance at a very good rate but that was after being quoted from € 600 to €1125 when my last renewal on the car was € 315 , I had to endure countless interrogations from many companies I contacted on the end of the 'phone only to be told , NO!, we'll have to contact our underwriters, yer cars too old ya cheapskate or 'cause you drive an old car we think you're a scamming low life .
God forbid you over there have to endure this shit storm cause it takes up so much of your time .
They are all a shower of blaggards as far as I'm concerned.
