Emira insurance
Emira insurance
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croyde

Original Poster:

25,438 posts

252 months

Friday 26th December 2025
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Toying with buying one but I'm getting silly quotes for insurance.

My current company, Aviva, was £400 fully comp for my Alpine but they won't quote on the Lotus.

Cheapest never heard of company on Meerkats want £600 and it swiftly goes up to the first company that I have heard of, at £1200.

63, driving since 18, full no claims, no convictions, Twickenham, parked outside, no commuting, £1000 excess, 6000 miles a year, just like my Alpine.

This was on a SH V6 manual £65,000.

Is this to be expected smile

coolchris

1,008 posts

224 months

Friday 26th December 2025
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I pay over £700 on a v6 first edition im 45 I have 12 years no claims.Theres no consistency with car insurance as have a 2.5 Noble and only pay £215 fc with that car

Beachbum

2,589 posts

253 months

Friday 26th December 2025
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I use Admiral. Cannot remmeber how much, but it was the cheapest quote I had at the time.

Rick101

7,139 posts

172 months

Friday 26th December 2025
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Manning for me.

Similar details though oop North and a chunk younger. Was about £490 last year iirc.

Colin P

569 posts

165 months

Friday 26th December 2025
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Admiral multicar for me. Not sure exact premium but well under £300 inc business use. Was slightly cheaper than my Alpine. Surprised at the variance to the Alpine if all other things equal.

Frimley111R

18,242 posts

256 months

Thursday 8th January
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Colin P said:
Admiral multicar for me. Not sure exact premium but well under £300 inc business use. Was slightly cheaper than my Alpine. Surprised at the variance to the Alpine if all other things equal.
Same but mine was nearer £500+. Partly as I live close to a town centre but given that my Evora S was £330 full comp about 10 years ago, it's not to bad.

Spindoctor

844 posts

222 months

Thursday 8th January
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Should be possible to get a competitive Admiral quote. For context, my Exige is £370 on multicar. The Noble is only £160.

Rick101

7,139 posts

172 months

Friday 9th January
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Each to their own, lots seem to go with Admiral for the cheapest price, worth considering lots also wouldn't go near them.
They do seem to have an extraordinary amount of bad reports about them compared to the other insurers, although that may be in part due to the volume of business they are doing. Either way for me, when wanting surety, I wouldn't take that risk with any of that insurance group.

NDA

24,527 posts

247 months

Friday 9th January
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Admiral are £400 for my 911. I garage mine but otherwise an almost identical profile to the OP.

Colin P

569 posts

165 months

Friday 9th January
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Rick101 said:
Each to their own, lots seem to go with Admiral for the cheapest price, worth considering lots also wouldn't go near them.
They do seem to have an extraordinary amount of bad reports about them compared to the other insurers, although that may be in part due to the volume of business they are doing. Either way for me, when wanting surety, I wouldn't take that risk with any of that insurance group.
Admiral are rarely the cheapest, but tend to be price proximate, especially when you have a number of cars/house combined.

I work in the business (not for Admiral) and would advocate buying based on product and cover (and specifically not the cheapest price*). Always found them good and accommodating, including a non fault claim and my desire for a main dealer repair, not one of the approved body shops. Also excellent for my 3 kids, none of which ever had to have a black box, despite the eldest moving into a modified MCS at 19.

The only "complaint" I'd have is that their preferred claim process (at least for non fault) is to push you straight to a claims management company which drives up the costs for the other insurer and which I declined.

  • Being in the industry it does rather annoy me that (generally the same people) post trying to knock a £few off their premium to get the absolute cheapest, talk about non declaration of modifications and then complain when they get an issue with the insurer, poor service and/or low settlement figures. As with most other things in life do you research (and actually read your policy!!) and buy the policy that fits your needs. The general concept of "you get what you pay for" applies to insurance as well.