How much is your job title costing you?

[New POD]

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/car-ins...

If I call myself a Managing Director and Not a Chartered Engineer it costs me £36.

If my wife says she's an receptionist or administration assistant and not a housewife she saves £12

If my son were a Lab technician and not a Chemistry student he'd save £600. (Not that either is affordable so he can use pubic transport until he's graduated)

Anyone got a bigger saving ?

AND : Why are students and job seekers a statistically bigger risk?

[Knackered dad]

By trade I'm an Engraver but these days I'm really an Illustrator which makes for a saving of £5!

[hairykrishna]

If I call myself 'Nuclear Scientist' rather than 'Research Scientist' it saves me 10 pence...

[CBR JGWRR]

New POD said:

AND : Why are students and job seekers a statistically bigger risk?

Students get drunk, and are generally young inexperienced drivers.

Job seeker is at home usually, and is more likely to have time for driving around?

ETA - Student = 780

baptist minister = 617.

160 quid.

Edited by CBR JGWRR on Monday 28th May 22:19

[LeeMad]

Wonder what the cheapest Job title is out of all of them

[Otispunkmeyer]

If I say I am just an Engineer and not a Mechanical Engineer I save about 30 quid. If I say I am a research scientist (which I also am technically) I can save nearly 40 quid.

[HeatonNorris]

New POD said:

AND : Why are students and job seekers a statistically bigger risk?

Short of cash and more likely to be creative with their claims...

[Kenty]

I recently retired (I'm 59) from being an engineer and it cost me £15 more!
I don't travel to work anymore , so about 10k miles a year less.
Did find I can improve quote by adding my wife......

[SlimRick]

Kenty said:

Did find I can improve quote by adding my wife......

But think of how much money you'd save by getting rid of her altogether

[davepoth]

At the moment, If I say "unemployed", rather than "Self-employed Musical Instrument Technician (resting)" it costs me £1000...

[Matt..]

I didn't think job title did that much on car insurance applications, obviously i was very wrong! Though it seems 'computer programmer' is one of the better options and i can't get it much cheaper.

[ludicrous speed]

New POD said:

AND : Why are students and job seekers a statistically bigger risk?

Students drive around stoned all the time and jobseekers can't afford to buy new tyres.

[skinley]

Changing mine from Research Technician to Laboratory Technician saves me £22.30.

Does anyone know how to find out what affect your post-code has on car insurance?

EDIT

Just found this, in case anyone is interested.

http://www.motorcarinsuranceuk.co.uk/post-code-rat...

Edited by skinley on Monday 28th May 23:13

[Fer]

SlimRick said:

Kenty said:

Did find I can improve quote by adding my wife......

But think of how much money you'd save by getting rid of her altogether

But it could cost him 5k in used £50s.

[Steamer]

LeeMad said:

Wonder what the cheapest Job title is out of all of them

DONT try Insurance broker! It'll crash the internet!!

[chris.mapey]

If I say Public House Manager, it would load my premium by £56...

I'm a ltd co Managing Director "normally", so if I change to "Company Chairman" I'd save another £27...

[stevenr]

Plant operator £120

Plant driver £119.70

I can't see an option for plain old digger driver

[Colonial]

How the hell is painter and decorator in the same category as town planner?

[antspants]

Bugger, came in here thinking I could vent all my frustrations on being overworked, underpaid and stressed, all for the sake of a new job title. But I just find another thinly veiled "I'm being charged too much for my insurance" thread

Ignore me, I did say I'm stressed

[funkyrobot]

Apparently, a job title change could save me £19.20.