Bas1ard Insurance componies!!

[Turiko]

I don't think my insurance company wants me anymore, I was paying less than R200 a month on the tazz's insurance. They quoted ~R1500 for a golf, R1600+ if I got another tazz and even more if I went for a corrolla.

Hopefully the special golf insurance from forbes/vw will give a better deal.

Outsurance were taken to court for this behaviour. Oh and trust me you want nothing to do with Alexander Forbes....

 

[kevinswan007]

Just watch out for first for women, my fiance was with them and the charged R600 +- for her citi golf for the first year. After that they put up her premium to something over R900 even though she didn't claim at anytime. Their excuse being that the panel beaters prices have gone up considerably and they were cheaper than anyone else and had to move inline with other insurance comapnies.

I hope this makes sense.

this happened to me. From R400 to R800 after one year on my citi 1.4i. claim free. their excuse was also some lame comment about the parts being more expensive etc. what cr@p!
I obviously cancelled and with another insurance company asap.

I think what happens is they re-evaluate risks then change policies accordingly. And since most insurance companies work off these statistics, they know they can push up the prices.

 

[Turiko]

this happened to me. From R400 to R800 after one year on my citi 1.4i. claim free. their excuse was also some lame comment about the parts being more expensive etc. what cr@p!
I obviously cancelled and with another insurance company asap.

This is the oldest trick in the book. Hollard did this to me back in the day. The parts prices is an obvious lie as I have seen the downward trend in parts prices for cars like Golfs. More like the shareholders want more pocket lining

 

[essop1@gp]

I don't think my insurance company wants me anymore, I was paying less than R200 a month on the tazz's insurance. They quoted ~R1500 for a golf, R1600+ if I got another tazz and even more if I went for a corrolla.

Hopefully the special golf insurance from forbes/vw will give a better deal.

They basically telling you to take your risk elsewhere, that is ridiculous to pay that for insurance, thats your car installments per month. Get a quote from a broker and compare the prices. They have the power to negotiate premiums.

 

[metalcore]

Is she under 25 because this makes the premuims high. Also the insurance companies use profiling systems that take all the little details (even the colour) into account to determine you "risk". Chances are that she is a higher risk based upon her scenario.

The golden rule with insurance is to shop around all the time. She should have done that in the beginning and then maybe she could have avoided this. Also look at the make and model of the car, it might be a little Hyundai but a lot of the parts need to be shipped in.