Redid the wifes car insurance a couple of weeks back. Had made a claim for a windscreen replacement, despite no claims insurance, that increased the premium, f*ckers. Completely forgot about a claim 3 years ago where a woman hit me in a carpark while I was sat in the car then proceeded to drive off. Jumped out and stopped her and her insurance paid out.
New insurance company got in touch to say that hadn’t been declared and that’s another £50 thank you very much, what???
Sounds to me more like insurance companied defrauding drivers…
statistically, no more so than any other driver. In fact I’d hazard a guess that if you’ve an unblemished record and been at the mercy of another there’s less likelihood that it’ll happen to you again than another random - lies, lies and statistics
I found Carol Nash to be the worst at that, for bikes.
175% increase, no claims or change in circs.
Been with Devitt since who consistently give a reasonable balance between cost and cover.
Not defending the whole industry - it has its faults no question, but the principle is risk are pooled so the aspect of personalised risk assessment is slight. At the moment claims have gone through the roof for reasons of increased car parts costs, severity (smart cars more likely to be total write offs) and labour costs. All very well you might say, but there is no ‘greedflation’ evidence in that most car insurers are making significant underwriting losses. This compares well to banks who are slow to raise savings rates when the base rate rises and don’t get me started on supermarkets.
Isn’t it as simple as insurance company pays out for legitimate claim and then spends the next 3 yrs trying to claw back what it’s shelled out regardless of your previous premiums and lack of claims?
Sure it is a business, but it is not like the driving public have a choice about whether they have insurance so it is a captive market,
It seems that the cheapest just screw you a little bit less.
Then there is the fear that the cheapest would do everything they can to not pay/reduce a claim so even though we moan about costs we don’t go for the cheapest so tacitly accept higher prices.
Sort of shooting ourselves in the foot really.
The thing that always seems odd about the insurance industry is the way it doesn’t reward loyalty. A customer might take out insurance initially as a result of some kind of promotion/advertising campaign and may stay loyal to their insurer for years and their premium increases a bit each year. However, once the customer decides to shop around, the original insurer rarely if ever responds by offering a new, more competitive deal and often the customer switches and moves their business elsewhere. So, having spent money attracting the customer initially, they aren’t prepared to work to actually keep that customer. It’s an unusual business model.
