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I have searched on this topic and there are many posts, but hear me out. I wonder if anyone out there has a similar profile to me and could recommend an insurer based on recent experience.
Car is a new 4 GTS, will be used as a daily driver, including to and from work (so limited mileage policies out). I do a lot of travelling in Europe so I need an extended green card (not the usual 30 day one). I'm not that desperate fro track day cover so a standard need apart from the extra euro travel. Any suggestions?
Thanks, CMD
Car is a new 4 GTS, will be used as a daily driver, including to and from work (so limited mileage policies out). I do a lot of travelling in Europe so I need an extended green card (not the usual 30 day one). I'm not that desperate fro track day cover so a standard need apart from the extra euro travel. Any suggestions?
Thanks, CMD
I'll echo Marcus's recommendation for Chubb. They're brilliant to deal with, and if you want a recommendation for a broker then try Symmetry Private Insurance on +44 1252 560550 (Chris Tully or Sarah-Jayne Cooper).
No affiliations, just a happy customer. They also weren't all that much dearer for me either, p'raps 5%. You get far better terms for any extra money; I'd have paid a good deal more than that, in fact. They were markedly cheaper for a friend of mine, too, so not guaranteed they'll be dearer.
Good luck, and congrats on the car!
No affiliations, just a happy customer. They also weren't all that much dearer for me either, p'raps 5%. You get far better terms for any extra money; I'd have paid a good deal more than that, in fact. They were markedly cheaper for a friend of mine, too, so not guaranteed they'll be dearer.
Good luck, and congrats on the car!
all2ofme said:
I'll echo Marcus's recommendation for Chubb. They're brilliant to deal with, and if you want a recommendation for a broker then try Symmetry Private Insurance on +44 1252 560550 (Chris Tully or Sarah-Jayne Cooper).
No affiliations, just a happy customer. They also weren't all that much dearer for me either, p'raps 5%. You get far better terms for any extra money; I'd have paid a good deal more than that, in fact. They were markedly cheaper for a friend of mine, too, so not guaranteed they'll be dearer.
Good luck, and congrats on the car!
I tried Symmetry Private Insurance for a quote for my 964T and 993 C2 after the recommendation from here. I spoke to Chris initially who was very pleasant to deal with and helpful also. He said he would go back to the underwriters and get back to me. After about a week of waiting I emailed him to see how he was getting on and got a very apologetic reply saying that he had been very busy and would get on to it that afternoon. Another week passed with no contact from him so I sent another email to which I have had no reply to this date (about 2 weeks ago now).No affiliations, just a happy customer. They also weren't all that much dearer for me either, p'raps 5%. You get far better terms for any extra money; I'd have paid a good deal more than that, in fact. They were markedly cheaper for a friend of mine, too, so not guaranteed they'll be dearer.
Good luck, and congrats on the car!
Just thought I'd share my experience too - might be worth trying other brokers first as I got the impression that Symmetry are very much geared towards high value home insurance rather than cars.
Cheers,
Bryn.
That's a bit crap, Bryn - sorry to hear that your experience hasn't been as good as mine (and my friends'). Chase them one last time, as if the quote's good in the end it'd be a pity to have given up. Which would probably be what I'd have done in your case!
Make them work for it, but give them another go just in case! For what it's worth I got contents cover with them AFTER I'd had the car on there for a while, but it was only on the strength of what I'd seen on the motor policy that I did so.
Make them work for it, but give them another go just in case! For what it's worth I got contents cover with them AFTER I'd had the car on there for a while, but it was only on the strength of what I'd seen on the motor policy that I did so.
bryn_p said:
<less complimentary stuff about Symmetry than I'd written>
all2ofme said:
That's a bit crap, Bryn - sorry to hear that your experience hasn't been as good as mine (and my friends'). Chase them one last time, as if the quote's good in the end it'd be a pity to have given up. Which would probably be what I'd have done in your case!
Make them work for it, but give them another go just in case! For what it's worth I got contents cover with them AFTER I'd had the car on there for a while, but it was only on the strength of what I'd seen on the motor policy that I did so.
Yeah I was actually quite disappointed as my initial discussion with Chris was great and I really wanted to give him my business.Make them work for it, but give them another go just in case! For what it's worth I got contents cover with them AFTER I'd had the car on there for a while, but it was only on the strength of what I'd seen on the motor policy that I did so.
bryn_p said:
<less complimentary stuff about Symmetry than I'd written>
Perhaps coincidentally, I've just had a voicemail from Sarah-Jane there though
Cheers,
Bryn.
err, other than echoing what people have said here, www.firstpointinsurance.co.uk
As the OP, thanks for the suggestions.
I ended up taking out a Chubb policy via Symmetry. They (Symmetry) were great; very professional, responsive, offered flexibility and were competively priced. Sarah-Jane Cooper is the main contact at symmetry for car cover and well worth contacting is you need good comprehensive cover.
R, CMD
I ended up taking out a Chubb policy via Symmetry. They (Symmetry) were great; very professional, responsive, offered flexibility and were competively priced. Sarah-Jane Cooper is the main contact at symmetry for car cover and well worth contacting is you need good comprehensive cover.
R, CMD
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