Insurance for young'uns

[XG332]

As you all will have heard, Quin have gone into liquidation, i was insured with them. I am covered up until May 1st and will need to renew elsewere.

I am a 18yo male, 1ncb; who would the PH knowledge base recommend?

Oli

[Arese]

[Zeemax_Mini]

Bell.co.uk!

[sebhaque]

Auto Trader insurance if you've got something relatively fast. Oh - and add a parent as a *named driver* as it'll knock premiums down as a bit. Doing it the other way round (i.e. you as a named driver) is insurance fraud and it's naughty.

Just use moneysupermarket, gocompare, and all the other comparison companies. Bit of a faff but hey. Best of luck chap.

[carmadgaz]

Arese said:

Has it in one

My company pretty good with youngsters (though apparently the UK arm in admin so no good).

What I did last time was go through a couple of comparison sites, there will be a couple consistantly cheaper, go directly to them (my original last year was £1197, ended up at £688 )

[Dale19]

What do you drive?

Bell were cheapest for me this year.

[NORTS]

Try Admiral.

[JB!]

try brokers too, HIC & Brentacre

[XG332]

a boring 1.2 corsa

[Jayyy]

Another vote for Bell, just switched my run around to them as they were 3/4 the price of anybody else. They do seem friendly towards younger drivers (i'm 22 but with full ncb).

Not sure what they're like if you need to claim though, just hoping i don't need to find out..

[HereBeMonsters]

XG332 said:

a boring 1.2 corsa

One of the hardest cars to insure for a young'un. Every 18 year old has one=every 18 year old crashes one.

Get something left-field and surprise yourself. When I was 17-19 all my mates were in Fiestas, Corsas and Saxos. I was able to insure a Nissan Bluebird Turbo for less than most of them were paying.

[XG332]

hmmm, i have fancied a defender or a spitfire for a while as a resto project.

[anonymous-user]

I used to suggest Egg, but bizarrely this year they seem to think my premium should be £550 higher

[MondeoMan1981]

HereBeMonsters said:

XG332 said:

a boring 1.2 corsa

One of the hardest cars to insure for a young'un. Every 18 year old has one=every 18 year old crashes one.

Get something left-field and surprise yourself. When I was 17-19 all my mates were in Fiestas, Corsas and Saxos. I was able to insure a Nissan Bluebird Turbo for less than most of them were paying.

Spot on. When I was 18/19 and was changing from a 1.0 Micra, the best quotes I got were for a 306 Sedan 1.6 and a Volvo 440 1.7 , ended up with the 306 , cheap as chips insurance considering my age etc (£750ish)

[tws1]

Def go for Bell.co.uk. Been with them for 4 years, 10month accelerated policy, had a claim and they were awesome. Im now 22. Cheapest every year. I can also vouch for the buying an abnormal car, I had a Mondeo- that counts right?

[EliseMatty]

I'm also with Quinn until May 1st. I managed to get a good price of £1054 from More Than. :O

Same situation as you, 18 with 1yrs NCB.

[SXi Lad]

Its not actually in liquadation yet. Its in administration, so there may be a chance that some one will save it....fingers crossed.

[Animal]

SXi Lad said:

Its not actually in liquadation yet. Its in administration, so there may be a chance that some one will save it....fingers crossed.

Doesn't matter as Quinn are not currently renewing UK business. However, rates are going up by quite a lot this year (think 10-20%) so we're all going to have to dig deeper!