AIB Insurance

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I am currently looking for insurance quotes for my 570S Spider. So far, I have been given a figure of around £800 from Admiral, but was wondering if anyone is using, or has used, AIB, and if so, are they any good? Would also be interested to hear about other companies that people have experience of. Thanks in advance!

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andrew said:

aib are a sponsor here, so any posts criticising them are simply removed
pm me for my experience

ps : if they were any good, then I would happily have said so here

PM sent.

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So, I'm still looking at insurance, but need to get something in place for the weekend as I will be collecting my new car! As I mentioned, I already have a quote from Admiral. However, after talking to the guys at AIB I am now wondering if Admiral is the way to go for a car of such a high value and speciality. Does anyone have any experience of actually making a claim with them (Admiral)? Things like being able to use a McLaren approved repairer come to mind, and also the use of new genuine McLaren parts. AIB have given me a quote which is considerable more than Admiral (this partly due to the fact that I have never owned a car of similar performance). However, this policy offers an agreed value, guaranteed use of approved McLaren repair facility etc.

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davek_964 said:

I was insured with a high net worth policy via AIB which gave lots of benefits (agreed value, fully comp on other cars etc.). But because I can't garage the McLaren, they couldn't offer similar - and Admiral were clear winners price wise.

I've seen mixed reviews regarding Admiral claims - but I can confirm that plenty of people on the Owners group are insured with them.

My view is that - however much they argue - they simply wouldn't be able to repair the car at anywhere other than an official approved bodyshop, because nobody else could even obtain the paint codes. And it's not like they'd be able to find pattern parts to fit.

So far, I've been impressed with them anyway. I expected to be ripped off for an admin fee when I fitted a private registration but they did it for free.

Thanks for the feedback. I have a garage, but I couldn't guarantee that the car will always be put away overnight due to there being a race car in there that might be in a million bits! I would imagine this is another factor that is pushing the price up. I'll wait to see if AIB can come back with a better quote. By the way, when you arranged your insurance with Admiral was it all done on-line? So far, I have a quote sitting there that was all done by several mouse clicks!

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Thanks for the comments everyone. I am now sorted with a policy via AIB.