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Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Wed May 18, 2011 2:51 pm
by belfastman
I am with Quinn for a few yrs now,went up £100 last yr,so i'm dreading if it will go up another £100 this july.............Tried quotes for my baby,and quinn is far and away the cheapest still to insure.

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:27 pm
by Bartpabicz
Hi CJ. I was wondering if you could update the list of insurance companies offering FTO policies to new business (the first post). I tried all of them listed there and I ended up with getting four quotes altogether:

XS Insurance (phone: 0818 222888 - they will insure anything, but excess is 4000. My quote: 650)
AXA (my quote: 1400 comprehensive, 1300 TPFT)
Quinn Direct (1890 89 1890, my quote: 890 TPTF)
Arachas (021 427 0505, cheapest so far - insured me with Allianz with open driving licence for 780 fully comprehensive with all extras/covers etc.)


All other insurance brokers listed on the first post refused to even quote me - but that's maybe only with me. Others might be more lucky.

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:04 pm
by optical illusion
CJ, please add Arachas Cork ;)

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 5:59 pm
by Kace
FYI - O'Malley Griffin no longer quote FTOs as new business, so don't bother calling them. She said that the decision was made recently by the company.
Arachas are still quoting although the lady told me that only 1 out of 24 companies (AXA) returned a quote for me when I phoned for new business. Incidentally the quote was about 3 times the price of my current Liberty Insurance policy so no change for me right now.

Price from Arachas (via AXA) for myself and wife was the bones of €1100 TPFT. Not competitive at all given my credentials (old, massive driving experience and NCB, no points, claims etc. etc.)

I guess I can't complain at €380 from Liberty anyhow so I'll shut up now.

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:49 pm
by Sebastian
Kace wrote:380 from Liberty .


OH MY !!!

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 12:17 pm
by Mooki
well done..380 .... :nwor,was happy about my 580, but now..:D..

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 9:03 pm
by Gerry
460 Liberty, cant complain.

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 9:20 pm
by optical illusion
Kace wrote:FYI - O'Malley Griffin no longer quote FTOs as new business, so don't bother calling them. She said that the decision was made recently by the company.
Arachas are still quoting although the lady told me that only 1 out of 24 companies (AXA) returned a quote for me when I phoned for new business. Incidentally the quote was about 3 times the price of my current Liberty Insurance policy so no change for me right now.

Price from Arachas (via AXA) for myself and wife was the bones of €1100 TPFT. Not competitive at all given my credentials (old, massive driving experience and NCB, no points, claims etc. etc.)

I guess I can't complain at €380 from Liberty anyhow so I'll shut up now.


I've much lesser credentials that you and was well below 850 fully comp with Arachas. Odd...

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 9:29 pm
by colm_mcm
I think maybe cos you're a girl OI?

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 9:34 pm
by goz_83
Plus there is nothing odd about massively different quotes even when people have almost identical credentials. Its Irish motor insurance. The jokes on us.

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:02 pm
by optical illusion
colm_mcm wrote:I think maybe cos you're a girl OI?


I dunno, I got some stupid quotes elsewhere, I think the whole you're a girl thing has gone out the window...

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:28 pm
by goz_83
optical illusion wrote:
colm_mcm wrote:I think maybe cos you're a girl OI?


I dunno, I got some stupid quotes elsewhere, I think the whole you're a girl thing has gone out the window...


How about 4, or 5k? Unless you've grown a pair of balls and you are developing a bald spot, you can rely on your p....womb for cheaper insurance.

I'm a year older than my wife. No accidents, or points. I got my license at least 2 years before her, maybe 3. Her first insurance premium was cheaper than my insurance was at the time and I was in my third, perhaps fourth year being insured. My car was an opel astra club, hers was a punto, so very little difference. Oh, and my insurance came down when she was put on my policy, even though she had zero driving experience.

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:29 pm
by colm_mcm
Nah optical, I'm old and have loads of NBC, if I was insuring Jenns car i would pay more than her, even though shes on a provisional

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2012 12:05 pm
by optical illusion
Wasnt a law brought in recently though stating that companies can't discriminate based on gender no?

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:02 pm
by goz_83
If only all laws were followed. They still discrimate. Axa still lady star don't they?

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:55 pm
by optical illusion
Dunno, I'm normal star :)

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:27 am
by colm_mcm
optical illusion wrote:Wasnt a law brought in recently though stating that companies can't discriminate based on gender no?

Apparently it's to be brought into law in December 2012

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:26 am
by goz_83
colm_mcm wrote:
optical illusion wrote:Wasnt a law brought in recently though stating that companies can't discriminate based on gender no?

Apparently it's to be brought into law in December 2012



Ah sure isn't the world supposed to explode in December 2012? And they don't pay out for those things either.

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:22 pm
by optical illusion
Lol!!!

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:46 pm
by Kace
Mooki wrote:well done..380 .... :nwor,was happy about my 580, but now..:D..


Just to piss ye off even more - I heard the guy on the phone wrong and saw the bill today - it was €318 :smt001

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:12 am
by fastmangpx
The (cheapest) quote ive gotten so far for a 96 gpx mivec is 920euro tpft,dearest was 1500euro with fbd haha,they are literally having a laugh,10years ncb and full irish licence over 10years,more shopping around and hagling to be done

Re: Insurance companies - new business

PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:36 pm
by optical illusion
Good luck, I gave up last year and will be insuring as a classic in future. Just keeps going up for no reason or no one will quote. Cheapest I've ever got in 5 years was 760.