A pleasant Insurance renewal surprise

[Welly]

The Volvo of doom's insurance was due at the end of Nov but because I went to that Germany and was busy with work I missed the chance to get some comparative quotes so my existing policy rolled-on under automatic renewal....Damn thought I....it has increased by £7.00 per month.

£7.00 aint the end of the world but I'd rather spend £84.00 a year on something tangible.

Anyhoo, just called them up 3 days late and all apologetic and sorry that I'd not called before the renewal.......they gave me a discount of £5.00 per month. Result!

Faith in large organisations re-aligned.

"modified" Volvo of doom all legal and ready for battle.

[Doggy]

Just checking I've got this straight.....
You're celebrating a £2/month increase?
(If I'd let mine renew it was going to rush me £33/month, so I switched/paid in one lump, £240 for 20k miles/year).

[Welly]

Yes kinda, well, celebrating a 'lesser' increase then.

£2.00 a month isn't going to warrant a second thought but £7.00 grrrrrrrr NOBODY....NOBODY gets £7.00 out of me without a fight

[Captain Jack]

Am I the only one whose insurance premium went down this year by £20 even without phoning them and haggling as I usually do?!

[steve_earwig]

That's quite unusual really, I'd worry about them discovering their "error" down the line, when it's way too late to do anything about it.

[highlander]

I've stuck with Admiral for several years in a row, because my renewal price with them has been lower than the best quote received via the Meerkat or the StupidDamnedOperaSinger.com

Golden rule: if your insurer puts your premium up, despite no at-fault crashes or new points on your license since last renewal, you MUST change insurer, even if they lower it a bit when you call them.

It's called "Loyalty to customers". Remember: you owe them no favours. If they want to retain your business, they have to not be arseholes about it.

[rwb]

Crooks the lot of them

[Welly]

On a similar note I cancelled my AA membership of some 22 years recently. Every year I have a battle with them: price goes up....phone...haggle...price comes down but this year they were having none of it so I told them to politely FRO and went with Green Flag.

To be honest I was really pissed off that they let me go like that, and surprised. 22 years and only 3 call outs I would'a thought I'd be a model customer.