Scary Jump in Premiums (2 Viewers)

[Birdy67]

We bought our brand new A-Class in July 2023 and got insurance via AIB through Aviva. The premium was £520 which we were happy with. I've called AIB, Safeguard & Comfort today and have been quoted a lowest premium of £1,175. Aviva apparently won't deal with me directly, only via a broker. That's a huge increase, especially as nothing has changed for us, no claims in more than 10 years, no points on either licence and the value probably hasn't changed either. We've done around 4,500 miles this year.

If anyone has any suggestions on where we might get a slightly better quote I'm all ears, but resigning myself to the fact that premiums are at least going to double this year!

 

[bigtree]

We bought our brand new A-Class in July 2023 and got insurance via AIB through Aviva. The premium was £520 which we were happy with. I've called AIB, Safeguard & Comfort today and have been quoted a lowest premium of £1,175. Aviva apparently won't deal with me directly, only via a broker. That's a huge increase, especially as nothing has changed for us, no claims in more than 10 years, no points on either licence and the value probably hasn't changed either. We've done around 4,500 miles this year.

If anyone has any suggestions on where we might get a slightly better quote I'm all ears, but resigning myself to the fact that premiums are at least going to double this year!

Try the Chichester branch of NFU.

 

[Wizz]

Well worth taking a look at Caravan Guard, LV, and NFU. These all seem to be decent companies, but I can never understand how their quotes differ so much, so you may be lucky with one of them.
Good luck, I'll be in the same boat as you in two weeks time I fear ................

 

[Richard n Ann]

Been with Staveley Head for 10 years now, unusual for me as i tend to use confused.com but they have been very reasonable. They wanted over £300 this year so I went on confused, their quote on that was the cheapest at £226 so I rang them up. Apparently it was because I'd put less yearly mileage in at 5000 so I'm still with them at £226 a year

 

[Swamp]

Well worth taking a look at Caravan Guard, LV, and NFU. These all seem to be decent companies, but I can never understand how their quotes differ so much, so you may be lucky with one of them.
Good luck, I'll be in the same boat as you in two weeks time I fear ................

I’m in the process of getting a quote for a new van and have been told (twice now) by LV that as of the start of this month they no longer insure motorhomes or campervans.

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[Lenny HB]

I was with Comfort who use Aviva they quoted £1000 for the new van so now with NFU £717 with 8000 miles.

 

[The Wino]

Try the price comparison sites. I generally find it strange that there isn't a much bigger difference between A class insurance and coachbuilt with standard windscreens given the amount of windscreen cover a lot expect

 

[Roger S]

Last year we bought a new van and struggled a little to find an insurer for its value, in the end we went with Clubcare, I was dreading the renewal coming through and sure enough they have increased it by 100 pence in that year, I'm fuming, I've started writing a letter to the CEO !

 

[royandsharont]

Just renewed with Comfort AVIVA policy, it had only gone up £69 from last year and under £400 which was a bonus but the excess has gone up across the policy.

 

[nicholsong]

When I first insured in Poland 2 years ago the premium was coming out at £400ish - till they entered RHD, then it doubled.

Last Nov I renewed at a slight reduction, so compared with some of the quotes I see on this thread I am doing quite well, considering I have fully comp for all Balkans and Morocco and I think Turkey.

I hope I am not in for a shock this Nov, because I cannot shop around as I am with the only company that will quote for RHD.

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[gus-lopez]

considering I have fully comp for all Balkans and Morocco and I think Turkey.

Same here Geoff. Everything on the green card is covered full comp even Russia?

 

[pappajohn]

I appreciate cars are completely different to motorhomes but my premium has risen by £12.
Cant understand why motorhome premiums have risen so much.

 

[Gaston aires]

It’s not just motorhomes, my motorbike insurance renewal turned up today, an increase of 45% over last year. No claims no changes of circumstances. A phone call ensued but they refused to budge. I went on comparison sites and the quotes didn’t come close to my existing company. So I guess I’m stuck with it.
All the companies are at it.
Phil

 

[Folkranger]

I know some people are saying that LV have stopped doing new motorhomes but just try anyway. My LV premium for Hymer A Class went from £353 to £467 this year. I expected more as I'm 80 this year.

 

[Fragle]

We bought our brand new A-Class in July 2023 and got insurance via AIB through Aviva. The premium was £520 which we were happy with. I've called AIB, Safeguard & Comfort today and have been quoted a lowest premium of £1,175. Aviva apparently won't deal with me directly, only via a broker. That's a huge increase, especially as nothing has changed for us, no claims in more than 10 years, no points on either licence and the value probably hasn't changed either. We've done around 4,500 miles this year.

If anyone has any suggestions on where we might get a slightly better quote I'm all ears, but resigning myself to the fact that premiums are at least going to double this year!

Well it's going to be interesting at this years renewal at end of Aug.
Since we started we have always been with AIB. Though not always the cheapest. Darren has always been helpful and we also get full European breakdown with the cover.

We have been informed for at least the last 3 years at renewal that if we stay with them for 10 years we get a years free insurance. loyal customers and all that.

This will be 10 years

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