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Re: Annual Insurance Renewal - Best Companies to try??

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:12 pm
by bigsanj
Just done mine with directline. They insured the x5 without a tracker. So far came out the cheapest for me. I was with elephant and they added on loads onto the prenium for extras that were fitted at the factory. Their renewal price came in at £900 compared to dirextline at £490

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Re: Annual Insurance Renewal - Best Companies to try??

Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:17 pm
by Horizon
Just changed to AXA from Swiftcover. Swiftcover wanted £440 to renew my X5 3.0d. I went on compare the market and AXA came in at £306 fully comp with protected no claims, that's for me and the Mrs.
I can't argue with that. I only do around 5k a year though.
Full no claims and 50 years old ( there's got to be some bonus for being middle aged ! )

Re: Annual Insurance Renewal - Best Companies to try??

Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2013 5:54 pm
by fenj66
[quote="Horizon"]
Just changed to AXA from Swiftcover. Swiftcover wanted £440 to renew my X5 3.0d. I went on compare the market and AXA came in at £306 fully comp with protected no claims, that's for me and the Mrs.
I can't argue with that. I only do around 5k a year though.
Full no claims and 50 years old ( there's got to be some bonus for being middle aged ! )
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swift cover are part of AXA. so it says on my renewal notice...

[quote="bigsanj"]
Just done mine with directline. They insured the x5 without a tracker. So far came out the cheapest for me. I was with elephant and they added on loads onto the prenium for extras that were fitted at the factory. Their renewal price came in at £900 compared to dirextline at £490

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i tried directline this time- £950!!! isnt it odd how they can vary so much!  :blink:

Re: Annual Insurance Renewal - Best Companies to try??

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:12 am
by Pope
[quote="Horizon"]
Just changed to AXA from Swiftcover. Swiftcover wanted £440 to renew my X5 3.0d. I went on compare the market and AXA came in at £306 fully comp with protected no claims, that's for me and the Mrs.
I can't argue with that. I only do around 5k a year though.
Full no claims and 50 years old ( there's got to be some bonus for being middle aged ! )
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+1

My renewal with Swiftcover was £640.. >:(
So i did the Go Compare thing, and AXA came in at £330 for the same cover.

Happy days.

Re: Annual Insurance Renewal - Best Companies to try??

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:35 am
by Imy
My renewal with AXA cam up £2,000.
I got quote for £700 with Flux Direct. Anyone heard of them? they got bad reviews (so has every insurance) but they want me to take a pic of my odometer to prove mileage... strange.

Re: Annual Insurance Renewal - Best Companies to try??

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:24 pm
by shadrack
just one to add but why was my x5 3.0d nearly 1k insurance, my m3 is under £600 and a range rover sport supercharged is £345? i just cant work them out.

Re: Annual Insurance Renewal - Best Companies to try??

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:34 pm
by Drpellypo
[quote="Don Coffey"]
[quote="briankerrys47"]
Don't forget all of us,ask for discount on Renewal do not just
accept their figure.
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By chance the renewal notice came in yesterday for £809 from Axa Direct.  Rang them and they dropped to £728.  Explained that they were still a fair way off the best figure I've had so far.  Salesman said to give them a call before going with someone else.  Why?  If they had given me a better price there and then and not nessacerily the lowest but in and around £660-£670 I would have sealed the deal.

Don
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My broker does this *every* year. Renewal £820. Best they can do for sure! Then I say, oh right, doesn't matter, cos go compare have found me someone who can do it for £420. They say they'll call me back and low and behold, £420. I think, as was mentioned on here, that they just hope on people being too lazy to shop around and that's where they make their money.

Re: Annual Insurance Renewal - Best Companies to try??

Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:19 pm
by 55NF
[quote="Drpellypo"]

[quote="Don Coffey"]
[quote="briankerrys47"]
Don't forget all of us,ask for discount on Renewal do not just
accept their figure.
[/quote]

By chance the renewal notice came in yesterday for £809 from Axa Direct.  Rang them and they dropped to £728.  Explained that they were still a fair way off the best figure I've had so far.  Salesman said to give them a call before going with someone else.  Why?  If they had given me a better price there and then and not nessacerily the lowest but in and around £660-£670 I would have sealed the deal.

Don
[/quote]

My broker does this *every* year. Renewal £820. Best they can do for sure! Then I say, oh right, doesn't matter, cos go compare have found me someone who can do it for £420. They say they'll call me back and low and behold, £420. I think, as was mentioned on here, that they just hope on people being too lazy to shop around and that's where they make their money.
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How true, I spent some time on this yesterday & down from 731 renewal with Hastings, to 343 with Tesco through comparethemarket!!  and a free Oleg toy thrown in