My insurance is due for renewal on Jan 1st '24. I'm with Hastings Direct and have a full comprehensive policy with max' no claims discount and key protection. The price I paid for this years insurance was £286:43. I've just had an email from them stating that the new price will be £550:50. I've just contacted them and the guy I spoke to agreed that the quote was very high, however he can get that reduced, and then quoted £480:60! He did suggest that I look online to see if I can get like for like insurance cheaper. Time to check out the comparison websites, as I did for my current insurance. 

My corsa was £135 last year, due for renewal next week, the cheapest we could get was £235. not looking forward to the trike renewal in January.

I think across the board the rise is approx 60% and some vehicles are 100%..

I got £70 off my renewal price by sitting with go compare open on the laptop when i phoned them and reminded them i had the house and  contents  and recovery insured with them , They are saying prices are going up due to costs and parts are more expencive but it appeares theres no loyalty bonus any more 

We are all paying extra premiums to cover the uninsured drivers, which now number in the thousands and of course the extra costs to cover the electric cars even though we don't  drive them. I don't  even park near them anymore. If the uninsured driver gets caught he will more than likely  only get fined a tenner. Who is the mug.

From Auntie.

Look, we who pay our insurance have got to pay more for those that don't, this seems pretty fair to me in our do less get more country, God help us next year after watching folk in the snow. 

Just wait till you get old. Last year £640 this year £980.  Looked at 16 other insurers, some refused altogether but between them all similar prices, some really silly£16/1800.

My Disco last year £850 this year £1980 with 40% no claim bonus. Legalised Blackmail !!!!!

UPDATE:

I've just taken out an insurance policy with Swinton (essentials) which is indentical to the one I have now, and the price was £297:06. I contacted Hastings Direct again to ensure that they do not automatically renew my policy when it expires (as stated on their website) and a stroppy bitch tried all ways to keep me with them, despite me telling her that I have already paid another company. Also, by going through Go Compare, I get £250 towards any excess that I may have to pay if I have a bump etc.

 

Edited December 4, 20231 yr by steve_b_wales

i just got done for speeding,befor that my renewal was £227, with the speeding its now £218. work that out.

All of our cars have gone up £100 or so. 
the different companies I spoke to said they have never seen such a big rise. 

 

Mine went from £550 to over £1100.

 

That’d with 1 accident that was non fault and totally paid by the other party. 
 

Shopped around on all the comparison sites as well as 7-8 companies not on them and it was £1400+. 
 

All whilst providing absolutely awful service when needed. 

Try the Post Office saved me £100 on what I had been paying on a Berlingo van

Insurance is going up because of the 'electric car effect '

Even a very minor knock to an electric car will write it off because the batteries cannot be repaired.

Although you are not driving an electric car the insurance companies are predicting the possible risk that you might hit one in the coming year.

So everybody's insurance is going up and will continue to go up year on year.

17 hours ago, Ratlegs said:

Try the Post Office saved me £100 on what I had been paying on a Berlingo van

 I'm with them now very competitive price with a few extras such as breakdown cover.

I took my son of insurance it went UP £100 I soon put him back on it

My vans gone from £600-980 this month . Most are £1300+

Just had mine through, gone up @50% from last year, and that's still the cheapest after looking around.