new con from car insurers

[dotty.]

probably because they've hiked their prices by 100% and then offer either a month free or even 12 weeks free, rip off merchants

[redcrx]

no different to many "sale" offers nowadays, not really a con

[dotty.]

if your insurance quote goes up by 100% but you have had yet another year of not making a claim then after negotiation they knock almost all the increase off then it has to have been an artificial increase to start with

[society]

Businesses will go to any lengths to entice customers.

[factor-fiction]

It's not really a con- it's a competitive market so if the price doubles it's time to shop around, but yes they do rely on inertia from customers at renewal time

[WhiteBears]

my insurance is due for a renewal and its gone up by £50 .. quite suprised tbh i thought it was going to b alot more!! despite ive had no accidents or claims..

[boxtops]

All the car insurance rates have gone up this year - it really does pay to shop around.

[dotty.]

whitebears tell em you ain;t paying it and you want your no claims notice, see what they do

[seadogg]

We use a local insurance broker and find they are well worth the modest admin charge as they cut though the nonsense and get us the best terms going. It also keeps a team of local staff in work.

[dotty.]

I use the local swintons and they know full well that I take no messing about, if they offer me free weeks I just tell them to reduce the soddin quote instead

[ummmm]

Mine went up by £50...I didn't think that was too bad...especially as I changed cars.

[ummmm]

Oh...and I filled out a quote form with the same company before they sent me the renewal and it came back a few hundred more.

[cazzz1975]

I would shop around, I tend to these days because they are hiking rates for existing customers

[the-lodger]

more than 20 years without a claim of any sort and my renewal from my insurance company has increased £150

bye bye

why do they do it?
20+ years no claim why alienate me ?

surely it would make sense to get rid of the crap drivers, like old men boy racers, old women, women ......

[boxtops]

Lodger.... women have better rates than men for insurance, I thought everyone knew that!

[starone]

This is for house and contents insurance, not car. When I received my renewal notice it was for nearly £400 although I have not made a claim for at least three years. I rang my insurers and they said that was their best price. I went to Go Compare and found one which gave me everything the other one did plus a few extras for half the price. From now on I shall shop around, not take the first offer. In the past I have been apathetic about changing (couldn't be bothered) but I must have paid out much more than I needed to.

[girly30]

the-lodger. ''Cr4p drivers'', eh? I see you cover all age groups apart from presumably your own. Rather a scathing comment about other drivers. With less than a week's 'lodging' here on Answerbank, proceeding carefully to avoid eviction might be a good insurance.

[wendilla]

Been with same insurance company few years locally and each year it goes up about £70 so I tell them I can get better rate on the Internet.That does it I am back to paying just a few pounds more.
Girly 30 nice one could not have put that better myself.

[sir.prize]

Wow lodger. 20+ years. So I presume you were a crap boy racer at one time. Interesting eh

[BertiWooster]

''...either a month free or even 12 weeks free,...//

eg Direct Line - and Norwich Union ( or whatever they are called now )

You should know that nothing is free .
The price they quote for '' 12 months for the price of 10 '' - is the price they really want for covering you for the year .

It's just another marketing technique