Thank you Admiral Ins
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Multicar policy was due this month, my 2 cars and the daughter's car/family runaround. 3 cars in total.
Was dreading the premium due to the general feeling that premiums were going up from varying accounts, but more importantantly that last May I managed to bin my daughter's Aygo into the scenery, writing it off in the process (twisties, greasy road, lack of talent on my part, don't ask).
To my surprise, quotation comes through the letterbox today actually £200 less than last year with my daughter's car now being a mid-spec new Polo instead of her Aygo(which was Gp 1 ins) with me as named driver (still).
She has lost 2 years NCB due to my "youthful exuberance" last May, but I was really expecting to be raped come renewal time, so hats off to Admiral Ins.
BTW, Admiral were great when we claimed for the Aygo debacle, we had a settlement cheque for more than I could have hoped for within 9 days of the accident, so fair dues to them.
Hope the insurance renewal gods look on the rest of the PH collective as kindly this year.
Was dreading the premium due to the general feeling that premiums were going up from varying accounts, but more importantantly that last May I managed to bin my daughter's Aygo into the scenery, writing it off in the process (twisties, greasy road, lack of talent on my part, don't ask).
To my surprise, quotation comes through the letterbox today actually £200 less than last year with my daughter's car now being a mid-spec new Polo instead of her Aygo(which was Gp 1 ins) with me as named driver (still).
She has lost 2 years NCB due to my "youthful exuberance" last May, but I was really expecting to be raped come renewal time, so hats off to Admiral Ins.
BTW, Admiral were great when we claimed for the Aygo debacle, we had a settlement cheque for more than I could have hoped for within 9 days of the accident, so fair dues to them.
Hope the insurance renewal gods look on the rest of the PH collective as kindly this year.
I too had a positive experience with Admiral seeking a quote for a mooted purchase. An independent insurer not unassociated with Pistonheads kindly left me waiting on a call centre and later emailed me a frankly ridiculous quote extending to four figures while Admiral offered me a policy after a short conversation of less than £400.
jr502 said:
My insurance is up for renewal, and given that Admiral have quoted at half the price of Adrian Flux (and the poor service I received from Adrian Flux following a non-fault accident), this seems like a good idea.
Do double check the car model/spec they come up with when you enter your registration. I noticed my insurance was going to be half the existing till I clicked they had the wrong model spec against my reg. Looking for a new quote for my 9-5 Aero i found the Admiral quote wasn't too far off the top quotes on a comparison site i was using. A day later i got a call from a representative asking if i'd tried a multicar quote.
Basically it saved me a further £124 and got my wife's insurance quote down considerably too and despite trying a few other more "Specialist" companies, no one can get close.
Happy Days!
Basically it saved me a further £124 and got my wife's insurance quote down considerably too and despite trying a few other more "Specialist" companies, no one can get close.
Happy Days!
Sadly the insurance renewal gods do not seem to have looked kindly on me!
Insured with Swiftcover last year for £670, renewal came through a few days ago for £870. Not had any accidents/points/claims at all!
Now looking at approx £650 with Adrian Flux which isn't terrible but not a bargain either!
Insured with Swiftcover last year for £670, renewal came through a few days ago for £870. Not had any accidents/points/claims at all!
Now looking at approx £650 with Adrian Flux which isn't terrible but not a bargain either!
Output Flange said:
OP - have you tried a quote from Admiral's website as if you were a new customer?
I had my Multicar renewal docs through recently and the premium on there was significantly more than the website spat out - one phone call later and they'd matched it.
Hadn't thought of that, OF, good idea.I had my Multicar renewal docs through recently and the premium on there was significantly more than the website spat out - one phone call later and they'd matched it.
To be honest, I was so pleased as not getting shafted this renewal that I haven't even tried looking elsewhere yet due to me writing a car off.
I was ready to look around had the quote been ridiculous, but what they've quoted is decent given that they paid out >£5k last may.
I got a very cheap quote from Admiral but in spite of that I went with Saga for substantially more. I know Saga to be good and reliable whereas, in spite of the positive reports here, I can't help thinking Admiral is a bit like a rattlesnake. You never know if it'll bite you if you pick it up. 
SB10 said:
Do double check the car model/spec they come up with when you enter your registration. I noticed my insurance was going to be half the existing till I clicked they had the wrong model spec against my reg.
Yeah, this was my first thought, but it even seemed to pick up that it's an import. I will phone to confirm everything is correct.Allblackdup said:
Looking for a new quote for my 9-5 Aero i found the Admiral quote wasn't too far off the top quotes on a comparison site i was using. A day later i got a call from a representative asking if i'd tried a multicar quote.
Basically it saved me a further £124 and got my wife's insurance quote down considerably too and despite trying a few other more "Specialist" companies, no one can get close.
Happy Days!
If that was Confused, they're owned by the admiral group, along with Bell, Diamond, Elephant and a few others.Basically it saved me a further £124 and got my wife's insurance quote down considerably too and despite trying a few other more "Specialist" companies, no one can get close.
Happy Days!
My renewal from admiral was nearly half as much again as the best quote on Confused, from Bell, but they matched it as soon as i asked. Which does annoy me slightly as the renewal could be seen as an attempt to rip me off.
jr502 said:
My insurance is up for renewal, and given that Admiral have quoted at half the price of Adrian Flux (and the poor service I received from Adrian Flux following a non-fault accident), this seems like a good idea.
My experience of Adrian Flux has been that they are a bunch of piss takers when it comes to quotations. I don't even waste my time with them anymore
s wanted £200 more off me than the previous year, which was still £700 north of the cheapest place I could find, nice to see they're rewarding people who crash cars by taking the deficit from people who don't crash cars, wGassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff