Insurance no claims (legal?) conundrum

Insurance no claims (legal?) conundrum

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bartelbe

92 posts

79 months

Monday 13th January 2020
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Slow said:
Ive had 2 insurance companies never ask me for proof of no claims so you could get lucky with that.

One even gave me a second set of no claims bonuses 2 years later despite my policy being not renewed and the car sold on. Had 5 and 4 years no claims after driving for 5 years.
You may find they are in fact different brands being underwritten by the same company. So they already have your no claims details.

Rick101

6,959 posts

149 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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I'm not convinced the system is that capable.

Find the right company that does not ask at inception and as long as you have no claims during the policy you can easily gain more years than you're due.

It's a problem of their own making.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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You might well be better sticking with coop. When you fill in any other insurance application , after you have filled in your 3 year NCB, another box will ask if you've had any claims in the last X years, which will have the biggest impact on your policy.

I'm finding being 50, NCB seems to barely make any difference.

LeoSayer

7,299 posts

243 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Is there a material difference in policy cost between 3 and 8 years NCB?

Sheepshanks

32,519 posts

118 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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eshroom said:
Yep, I get that, proving it is a separate thing altogether. Just interested to know whether I'd be breaking their terms by saying I had 8 years NCD, if under their terms my 10 years minus 2 for the accident leaves me with 8.
Got the renewal the other day for wife's car with LV= and they do NCB up to 9 yrs. If you've got 9+yrs then an accident drops the NCD at renewal to 4yrs. If you've got 5 to 8yrs then it drops to 3yrs.

I have to say I've never thought about the percentages before - the renewal doc has a table of "average" NCD which has surprising (to me) figures:


eshroom

Original Poster:

35 posts

75 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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LeoSayer said:
Is there a material difference in policy cost between 3 and 8 years NCB?
For me about 25%.

RogerDodger said:
You might well be better sticking with coop.
I tried, I accepted their renewal, then they sent a letter on 27th of December asking for me to verify my license (photo and DVLA authorisation), I didn't receive this as was on holiday so they cancelled the policy on 6th January. Livid. I sent this into them yesterday but they said they would have to requote rather than offer the renewal price, and will take 3-5 working days to do so. Lucky car is off the road, and I guess I'll be using the bus for a few days.

Edited by eshroom on Tuesday 14th January 11:36

Dog Star

16,079 posts

167 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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eshroom said:
Yep, I get that, proving it is a separate thing altogether. Just interested to know whether I'd be breaking their terms by saying I had 8 years NCD, if under their terms my 10 years minus 2 for the accident leaves me with 8.
Doesn't work like that.

I got my motorbike stolen in 2014 - 22 years documented no claims (it was actually 29 but I never got it documented more than 5 originally). It gets knocked back to 3.

I wouldn't worry about protected no claims - it only applies to your existing insurer and they will still load the premium that you are having the NCD applied to anyway.

dibblecorse

6,872 posts

191 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Dog Star said:
I wouldn't worry about protected no claims - it only applies to your existing insurer and they will still load the premium that you are having the NCD applied to anyway.
No it doesn't, your NCD is protected, so if you leave company A you had the claim with and go to Company B, you can present Company B your full NCD as you have had it protected by Company A, thats the whole point, anything other than that would be anti-competitive and go against regs.

TwigtheWonderkid

43,246 posts

149 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Dog Star said:
I wouldn't worry about protected no claims - it only applies to your existing insurer and they will still load the premium that you are having the NCD applied to anyway.
They don't load it any extra because you have protected ncb. So protected ncb will still mean you'll be paying less following a claim.


Edited by TwigtheWonderkid on Tuesday 14th January 16:33

stevensdrs

3,208 posts

199 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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eshroom said:
LeoSayer said:
Is there a material difference in policy cost between 3 and 8 years NCB?
For me about 25%.

RogerDodger said:
You might well be better sticking with coop.
I tried, I accepted their renewal, then they sent a letter on 27th of December asking for me to verify my license (photo and DVLA authorisation), I didn't receive this as was on holiday so they cancelled the policy on 6th January. Livid. I sent this into them yesterday but they said they would have to requote rather than offer the renewal price, and will take 3-5 working days to do so. Lucky car is off the road, and I guess I'll be using the bus for a few days.

Edited by eshroom on Tuesday 14th January 11:36
NCB is the least of your problems if this is true. You now have to declare that you have had a policy cancelled.

Rick101

6,959 posts

149 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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laugh

I wonder if all these folk who quickly post this valuable info would be so keen to declare themselves.
I'd be interested to see industry figures on how many policyholders are running with that box ticked. I can't imagine it's a great figure.

Don't hate the player. Hate the game laugh

stevensdrs

3,208 posts

199 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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I would be interested to see the industry figures for refused claims due to not being truthful in your application.

twocolours

150 posts

146 months

Tuesday 14th January 2020
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Rick101 said:
10 yrs NCB minus two = 3 yrs NCB.
The insurance industry... the only place where that maths makes sense!

I've never really thought about it but if you have 8 years NCB and take out a policy with an insurer that only recognises five, then move provider at the end of your policy (without making any claims), will they only give you proof of 5 years NCB? Thus loosing you 3 years NCB for no reason, surely not?

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 15th January 2020
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stevensdrs said:
NCB is the least of your problems if this is true. You now have to declare that you have had a policy cancelled.
He had his renewal offer withdrawn and his insurance expired. Panic less.

gazza285

9,779 posts

207 months

Wednesday 15th January 2020
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Sheepshanks said:
I have to say I've never thought about the percentages before - the renewal doc has a table of "average" NCD which has surprising (to me) figures:

Has anyone ever found these discounts to reflect reality?

I have a shed V70. With nine plus years no claims it was £270 to insure.
When I purchased a replacement vehicle I kept the V70 and started a new policy for it with zero no claims, it now costs £320.

thecremeegg

1,952 posts

202 months

Wednesday 15th January 2020
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gazza285 said:
Has anyone ever found these discounts to reflect reality?

I have a shed V70. With nine plus years no claims it was £270 to insure.
When I purchased a replacement vehicle I kept the V70 and started a new policy for it with zero no claims, it now costs £320.
No they're utter bks, just like the entire insurance industry.

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 15th January 2020
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And you can confirm this by insuring a second car with no NCB , shop around, and you'll get the same discount as if you did have NCB.

I used to make effort to keep my 20+ years of NCB documented, but now, with 9 year caps etc I just don't sweat it. Clearly I'm low risk and get insurance quotes accordingly.

Sheepshanks

32,519 posts

118 months

Wednesday 15th January 2020
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gazza285 said:
Has anyone ever found these discounts to reflect reality?
They would mean the base premium on wife’s Tiguan was £2K, which I hope is unlikely.

dibblecorse

6,872 posts

191 months

Wednesday 15th January 2020
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Sheepshanks said:
gazza285 said:
Has anyone ever found these discounts to reflect reality?
They would mean the base premium on wife’s Tiguan was £2K, which I hope is unlikely.
More likely than you think, I used to work for one of the big providers and you'd be amazed what the base premiums are for at times so fairly standard cars, in many ways the car itself is a very small proportion of the quoting calculation.

Sheepshanks

32,519 posts

118 months

Wednesday 15th January 2020
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dibblecorse said:
More likely than you think, I used to work for one of the big providers and you'd be amazed what the base premiums are for at times so fairly standard cars, in many ways the car itself is a very small proportion of the quoting calculation.
Sure, but I meant the base premium for my wife, our address etc etc - simply with no NCD applied.