Car insurance, changing address

malmon

Hi everyone

I have recently changed my address. I was paying £80 a month for my car insurance. I called "Quinn direct" to inform them about my change of address. They said I have to £50 more each month, totally £140 a month.

Just for changing address they are charging me £50 more each month, which is ridiculous.

I wonder if anyone can help me to reduce this amount.

I appreciate your help

Malmon

movilogo

Your postcode is a highly influencing factor in premium calculation. If you move to lower risk area, your premium will go down (and vice versa).

You must have moved to a very dodgy area.

lisyloo

Argh!!!
Please don't post twice.

davetrousers

malmon wrote: »

i was paying £80 a month for my car insurance. I called "quinn direct" to inform them about my change of address. They said i have to £50 more each month, totally £140 a month.

£80 + £50 = £130

dunstonh

Just for changing address they are charging me £50 more each month, which is ridiculous.

They are not charging you £50pm for just changing address. The admin charge is probably around £30 as a one off. The increase will mostly be because you have moved to a higher risk area and that increases the premium.

A move to a same risk postcode would see no change in premium. A move to a lower risk postcode would see a reduction. A move to a higher risk postcode sees an increase.

I wonder if anyone can help me to reduce this amount.

Move house to a lower risk area!

kingstreet

What's the first part of your old postcode? ie DG16

What's the first part of your new postcode? ie CW10

This will give us a good idea if you've moved from a fairly cheap area to a fairly expensive one.