All,

I have my cars insured through admiral, which is fine, intact I can add the 458 for around £800, so not so bad. But I'm looking to get s Desmosedici and the insurance seems crazy (I have had various performance bikes in the past).

I assume its worth putting all the vehicles on a specialist policy, but I'm not having much joy, I did google, but couldn't really find anyone.

Can anyone recommend who I can talk to about such insurance, 5 cars in total and the bike. I know a lot of you have some impressive fleets and wondered where to you guys go.

Promise not to mention insurance again! Thanks

991Fan

you insure a 458 with admiral? what body shops do they use for repairs?

I use Chubb Insurance via Willis Brokers of Ipswich. Bullet proof cover and excellent service. Perhaps not the cheapest but one of the very best. Complete peace of mind.

Only if they 're admiral approved though. To be fair I'm about to renew with Admiral, they have knocked £700 off my premium with their renewal price.

I use Admiral.

the bodyshop I would always trust locally with all my cars are approved by them so its no dramas.

Any insurance company is always going to be a pain in the arse, we buy it not expecting to need to claim. When Admiral is £1000 cheaper than the next guy (even specialist brokers) this is a no brainer decision!

Couldn't disagree more. Chubb is anything but a pain in the arse. They've been beyond brilliant.

As for Admiral, I used them for my kids car. They were awful on a small claim. Wouldn't budge until I threatened them with publicity. So depends what you call a no brainer. Just make sure you never have to claim big. Insurance for me means peace of mind on treasured things. Not a cheap deal and massive hassle later. Certainly not on an expensive machine and/or home.

There's a contintental (life and contents)insurance player who my business pitched to. Had to meet their procurement people. They said they wanted a deal like their legal deal. I asked what that was. They said they pay their law firms based on how many claims they get out of. Nice. Needless to say I moved my pension immediately out of this company. Pays your money........

Primo brokers in Southend do specialist multicar - never been that competitive for me but my cars are fairly run of the mill

Insurers recruit new customers through direct marketing using various channels. They are psychotic when it comes to the cost per sale and lifetime value of each punter. They want the lowest CPS and the highest lifetime value. The volume insurers business model is therefore extremely sensitive. Which is why the volume players generally are looking for any opportunity not to pay.

And so they should if we continue to shop based purely on price rather than value.

However with social media as it is today the saving for them (by being dheads over a legit claim) versus lost lifetime revenue against acquisition cost plus a heavy stream of poor reviews makes can make for an interesting conversation. Clearly this assumes the punter has a legit claim and not as in most cases a half legit claim, meaning a try-on.

Admiral multicar +1

You are saying that you had to claim and had no issue? Or just no issues overall?

I have read through the policy booklet once and it was pretty scary if covering a 100k+ car... for instance ability to use non-new parts for repair, non agreed price valuation with no specification if price was trade-in or replacement....