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Title: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: bsa-bill on 06.07. 2021 17:22
Knowing I was going to sell one bike and the other would be shed bound for a while I elected to insure just the one bike last year, I got a good quote and went ahead, so renewal time is the end of this month and sure enough, the renewal letter came today, I expected it to go up as they do but from £52 to £83, something wrong here, closer examination revealed insurance premium £53 renewal charge £30 ---- no chance
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: Greybeard on 06.07. 2021 18:20
Knowing I was going to sell one bike and the other would be shed bound for a while I elected to insure just the one bike last year, I got a good quote and went ahead, so renewal time is the end of this month and sure enough, the renewal letter came today, I expected it to go up as they do but from £52 to £83, something wrong here, closer examination revealed insurance premium £53 renewal charge £30 ---- no chance
Dratsab's
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: RoyC on 06.07. 2021 19:13
Knowing I was going to sell one bike and the other would be shed bound for a while I elected to insure just the one bike last year, I got a good quote and went ahead, so renewal time is the end of this month and sure enough, the renewal letter came today, I expected it to go up as they do but from £52 to £83, something wrong here, closer examination revealed insurance premium £53 renewal charge £30 ---- no chance

What company is that ?
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: bsa-bill on 06.07. 2021 19:18
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What company is that ?

One Call - decent price initially and you would expect it to rise the next year, but it was the reason given for the rise that I thought so blatant
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: Minto on 06.07. 2021 19:48
Knowing I was going to sell one bike and the other would be shed bound for a while I elected to insure just the one bike last year, I got a good quote and went ahead, so renewal time is the end of this month and sure enough, the renewal letter came today, I expected it to go up as they do but from £52 to £83, something wrong here, closer examination revealed insurance premium £53 renewal charge £30 ---- no chance

What company is that ?

Pretty much any of the robbing B45742DS.
The law changes soon so that they can no longer do this, in reality it will just mean it gets dearer for everyone and there'll be no introductory offers.
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: Butch (cb) on 07.07. 2021 09:43
Most companies - insurers/brokers these days seem to follow a policy (pun) of hiking prices on existing customers. I guess as a business model they end up ahead financially, with enough of us just paying up. Unfortunately it does mean that you need to shop around every year at renewal time - all rather tedious if you are running a number of bikes.
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: Swarfcut on 07.07. 2021 11:39
 Something else to watch...Some Policies will auto renew "To ensure you are never uninsured". Read the small print and don't get caught. Remains to be seen how the UK market goes in the light of new legislation mentioned earlier.

 Swarfy.
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: Topdad on 07.07. 2021 11:48
Bill try Lynbrook , been with em for 10 yrs and i'm only paying about £8 more than last yr , good service ,I'm happy with 'em.
Auto renew isn't to bad really as you get 14 days to change your mind ,  so it doesn't worry me however the company who you pay mthy to can be a bloody nightmare ,now pay yrly.
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: Butch (cb) on 07.07. 2021 12:52
Ah - and another thing to check for; some policies exclude cover for pillions. Could you imagine taking a policy on a car that didn't allow for passengers?
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: Triton Thrasher on 07.07. 2021 14:54
Ah - and another thing to check for; some policies exclude cover for pillions. Could you imagine taking a policy on a car that didn't allow for passengers?

I think they can’t exclude personal injury to passengers.
Title: Re: Oh they do like a laugh
Post by: Minto on 07.07. 2021 15:37
Both of my bike policies exclude pillion cover, but that's ok as they both only have one seat.