I have tried a few - Allianz quoted me 1200.
The car is a Toyota Corolla 1.6.
Still not nearly enough info to give any real feedback on.
First time driver....
Any named experience? Prov or full licence? (1st time driver (new to the road) or first time insurance (new to own policy) - some people do pass on lessons)
Level of insurance (TP, TP F&T, Fully Comp, Fully Comp with benefits)?
Year of car? Value of car? Hatch/Saloon? etc.
Even the location can make a large difference...
(recently had a reduction by moving my insured address [where the car will spend the majority of its time] from Cork [where I could (but didn't) leave it unlocked happily in a secure area] back to Dublin [where a friend had a car stolen from pretty much the same parking spot] (I never said it made sense!, probably to do with more Dub drivers using PT???)).
Different options then come into the choice. Each insurer will have an excess you must pay in the event of an accident. The higher the excess, the less lightly you are to claim, the lower the insurance. etc...
Each policy has to be compared on a like for like basis, or at least by you deciding how much you'd be willing to pay for additional/extra cover.
If you're on a provisional, with no NCB or named driver experience, on a 1.6l car... I'd suggest that you'd do well to get anything below that quote.
Bit hazy on the exact figures, but I think I was €1800 (possibly a little more) on a 1.4l Astra, 22, 1 year named driving experience (no claims), fully comp (with extra benefits cover), prov licence and a reduction for parent being with insurer.
Quickly fell below €1000 with changes from Prov to Full, increase in age, both parents were with insurer so seeked additional drop (though I did recieve a reduction not sure how much any individual one of these had anything to do with it) and more NCB (did have a change in car but as the age and value changed, along with the engine size up to a 1.6l, this had the net effect of +€50 with no change in the insurance "group" between the two cars).
[when originally searching I had quotes range from €1200 to ~€3000 but with huge differences to the Terms & Conditions on the cover being provided. Went for the cover I wanted not the lowest price]
Not too sure how big an issue the 1.6l vs. 1.4l engine is, but if you went any larger it would be a huge deal. I seeked a quote on a 1.8l when changing cars and was told they wouldn't, at first, then they would but it'd be over €3000 so I wouldn't take them up on it... they were right!