Insurance companies, what snakes.

[Scrag Meister]

My son who is 19, had his insurance renewal through for £1600.

So being a chip of the old block he ran it through confused.com and similar and got a quote of £1200.

Then he rings his insurer up and says that he is going to stop his policy when it ends as he can get it cheaper by £400, and all of a sudden so can they!!!

Rip-Off Merchants.

[AtW]

Rip-Off Merchants.

They are good teachers actually.

Congratulations - your son is not a mug anymore...

[northernladuk]

Where I actually agree they are rip of merchants I can't believe people don't ring up any insurance or phone contract type thing and demand a better price or leave..... I thought everyone did it. It is common knowledge they will bend over backwards to keep business that doesn't actually cost them anything isn't it??

[NickFitz]

I got a quote last week that was less than half what my existing insurer wanted. Called them and they managed to lower their quote so it was only twice as much

[xoggoth]

THis seems to be the norm of commerce in the UK. New customers or those who complain get all the good deals, loyal customers just get ripped off. A few years ago I found my broadband suppliers had a much cheaper rate than I was getting, complained and got it reduced. Always make a fuss!

[Old Greg]

My current contract is coming to an end. When it was last being renewed I upped my rate by a third. I expected them to beat me down on price but they just coughed up.

[kingcook]

I was surprised recently when i got a quote for my girlfriend (she's just passed her test this year).

Cheapest quote from confused.com was £800. When i added myself as a named driver it went down to £700

[doomage]

I was surprised recently when i got a quote for my girlfriend.

Cheapest quote from confused.com was £800.

That's pretty cheap for a girlfriend. Mind you, the running costs can be exorbitant.

[mudskipper]

Prompted by this thread, I just saved £200 on my home insurance renewal.

[Pogle]

Oh my car insurance is up for renewal next week at over 1K!!
Thanks for the reminder - I shall go and see what I can save