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NI Car Insurance

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gpduffy
gpduffy Posts: 118 Forumite
With Open & Direct merging with Abbey, Hughes no longer offering Liberty policies, has anyone noticed car insurance renewal prices have increased by 1/3 --- any ideas where local can provide competitive prices? Thanks
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  • glentoran99
    glentoran99 Posts: 5,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    http://www.compareni.com/


    yeah mine has gone up as well
  • getzls
    getzls Posts: 761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    I know Abbey tried to increase mine from £300 to £400 recently.
    Went online and got it for £264.
  • gpduffy
    gpduffy Posts: 118 Forumite
    thanks, mine is 345 with zenith (masterquote) online - id prefer to keep in NI though :(
  • Brokeattheminute
    Brokeattheminute Posts: 267 Forumite
    edited 22 June 2016 at 12:32PM
    Was with open+direct for my car and home ins My car ins was up
    last Nov and found open +direct very competitive.Got my home ins Quote last wk and it was up 100 pounds dearer from last yr now theyve been took over by abbey.Went with another insurer and got it 115 cheaper.So big difference and found Abbey in the past an awful lot dearer when it came to home or car insurance.
  • gpduffy
    gpduffy Posts: 118 Forumite
    has anyone for a car insurance broker based in NI that currently provides decent prices?
  • chunter
    chunter Posts: 2,015 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Try AA insurance. Price directly through their website.
    http://www.theaa.com/insurance/car-insurance.jsp
    I found it cheaper than going through the comparison websites - by 20%
  • Have a current car insurance policy with Open & Direct now Abbey Insurance since they got took over.

    Received a renewal letter from them the other day, but no renewal price, which i thought was rather odd.

    Is this the new way they now do business!

    Anyone else due for renewal get this type of letter?
  • I got nothing, they just renewed mine!!
  • I got the same letter with no quote. They tried to charge me £430 after only £320 last year. They stated they can't compete with online insurers as they have local branches. Well so do Axa who quoted me £290. So bye to O&D.
  • x12yhp
    x12yhp Posts: 801 Forumite
    Mine went up dramatically. Unfortunately so had the online options.
    Always overestimating...
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