My Brothers stepson sells insurance and he advises never, ever accept a renewal quote. Go to a competitor (even if in the UK most insurance companies belong to just a few holding companies, mainly banks) and get a new customer quote, save the quote and go back to your original company and ask if they still want the business. He says he has to re quote 5 or 6 times every day for people who are on to this and the average is around 20% saving on the renewal and some a significant amount more.
Just renewed my Tin-Top insurance with the same company by doing this, the renewal was £465 and after getting an alternate quote they renewed with exactly the same cover 'as your a long standing customer we want to retain the business' (so why try and hype me in the first place for £285.....£180 saving for 30 min work! BR Colin On 17 May 2012 12:13, david taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Totally agree about insurance. What are they making out of us? Got mine > this year at nearly half the price to renew with existing company only to > find....you guessed, same insurer but different broker! > > You had me rolling about over the clematis BTW. > Cheers, > Dave > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Mike Bailey <[email protected]>wrote: > >> :) ...it can´t be snowing surely ? it´s 36 deg down here ! as an aside >> the world of insurance whether in Spain, UK or where ever never ceases to >> amaze me, last week my wife got the renewal demand on her 6 year old >> Chrysler PT cruiser (worth what ?...2000 euros ?) ...760 euros ! For Gods >> sake I said, change it to third party, she called them up, it was third >> party. OK, I said, call another company, in they come at 369 euros. She >> phones the old company...OK 355 euros...done, robbery is alive and well in >> the insurance business >> best >> Mike >> SWS >> FYI, Big Red, now gone but not forgotten, insured at 500k GBP fully comp >> was 650 quid ????????? Actuaries, help me >> >> David, AA57MOG > > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
