House insurance in NI

alan_ni

For each of the last 2 years, our house insurance has doubled in price despite no claims. I do price around but not really getting anything much cheaper.  Just wondering if others are seeing similar increases (just over £500 last year to over £1000 this year) in house insurance prices? Is it something that is happening across Northern Ireland?

Mnoee

It's not something I've experienced. No claims either, mine has remained about the same over the past five years - down slightly from year 1 even, with the same cover. 

spo2

Ours has doubled as well with no claims, most people's are. It's apparently due to higher labour and materials costs - https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/house-insurance-costs-almost-double-for-ni-homeowners/a949999424.html

We've managed to bring ours down a bit by shopping around and removing accidental damage, which I don't think is something I would ever claim for.

ballyblack

saved quite a bit shopping around. Went with Tesco with NO contents