Have you tried Aviva. I find them good.I got my car insurance renewal the other day and surprise surprise, the premium increased from last year to €428.63/annum. This is with AXA via AIB as broker as it has been for two years, having cycled (geddit motor insurance, cycled!) through other insurers and brokers, FBD, 123.ie, DirectDevil, etc. before that. Zero points on my licence, 8,000KM/annum travel, no claims, no additional disabilities, no changes of car, address and annual mileage reduced drastically as with the majority of the general population. Status quo in other words.
I tried 123.ie to keep AXA/AIB honest and got an online quote of €355 for the same comprehensive cover. This quote only had a shelf-life of 24 hours according to their site, which is a new departure I think.
In any case, armed with this I rang my current insurers and with no fighting or arguing from me, I got an instant telephone quotation of €333, a bit lower than last year. What goes on with motor insurers? My contact told me he had a bit of discount available that he could apply. Why not apply it in the half-tonne of paper they'll now send me again? I renewed on the spot, €50 deposit by direct debit on renewal date and 9 equal monthly debits for the balance and no finance costs. Absolutely painless and very convenient, excepting the two telephone calls.
Motor insurance premiums are generally on the decrease here what with COVID for 2 years and fuel costs on the way up, mileages are way down.
Makes no sense to me to quote €95.63 over and above what they settled for. That'll buy a lot of dog-food for my companions over the winter.
I wonder will having the Irish insurance industry open their address-book to Johnny Foreigner lead to reductions and changes in behaviour?
Any other experiences?
On my list of "don't bother contacting them again, ever"Have you tried Aviva. I find them good.
Why would they try their standard over-charging ploy when their real price is lower? Further evidence of greed by a financial institution or large organisation perhaps?They are the same as utility companies.
They profit from customer inaction.
Why would they offer you a discount if you didn't ask for it?
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