Import Car insurance

[kit80]

I am sure there has been a topic on this before but I can't find it. My Celica ssii car insurance is up for renewal and the prices are driving me crazy! And I can only think its the import issue as I never had this issue before. I have had £10k brand new cars at £400 fully comp, I can't even seem to get that on 3rd party on a £1k car. Most dealers quote me unhappy at £1.5k. I am 32 FFS, 6 years no claims, no convictions etc and that is more than the value of the car.

Does anyone have any suggestions for Jap imports specialist that I can try?

Thanks in advance.

PS Flux is my current one and still too high IMO.

[samoht]

All the below gave me a descending series of renewal quotes for my import '96 RX-7 this month:

Sky
Mark Richard
Keith Michaels
A-Plan

£619 was the final score, not too bad.

Good luck, ring all the above (online quotes were useless for me) and you should get somewhere.

[furrywoolyhatuk]

My skyline is with Keith michales and has been for 5 or so years.

[omgus]

A-plan Thatcham insured me on my imported and slightly modded Scoob for 2/3 (£800) of what anyone else could manage when i was 26.

They also beat everyone else for my current car, although only by about £15, at my last renewal.

[FD3Si]

I have used the following for various imports:

REIS
Flux
Sky
A-Plan

All have been fine and I just play them off against each other.
REIS are my current choice, insurance is under £400 on a 3k limited mileage policy for a highly modified RX7. I'm 31 with 10 years no claims and access to another car, rural Warwickshire.

[kit80]

Thanks guys will give them all a ring I do wonder if its the fact it is my only car doesn't help.

[Riknos]

kit80 said:

Thanks guys will give them all a ring I do wonder if its the fact it is my only car doesn't help.

I doubt it. Flux only seem to do you a good deal if you go to them with a rival company's best quote, and Flux will match it. You'll get shafted over a barrel by mainstream insurers, but the specialists listed on this thread will be your best bet.

[The Flying Ox]

Tried Adrian Flux, REIS, Peter Best, etc. for the RX7, but the best was Competition Car Insurance at a snip over £1k per year with 5 days free trackday insurance thrown in.

[kit80]

Thanks again for help. Ended up with Sky Insurance £389 for third party, wouldn’t quote me fully comp due to value of the car but they were lowest quote. Amazed how much they varied.

[addzGU]

I had my import covered by Sky the broker who had me insured with QBE. For the few years everything was dandy, i was paying a lot, but in comparison to other companies, I was happy with Skys price.

I was then less fortunate to get hit. The claim process and the amount of numpties they put me through was dismal. They must have put me through 5 companies. First sky, then QBE, underwriters..memory serves but a couple others I can't recall. The claim process took ages, the insurance company didn't work very well with their corresponding parties. Had an absolute nightmare and never did I insure with them again. I guess when you pay less, sometimes there's headache behind it