No blame accident: £800 premium increase.

Ayresome1

In June I was driving down the road next to my children's school when I heard a clunk, a scrape, and saw the windscreen mirror thud onto the winscreen before skidding down the road. It came out of nowhere. 

I looked behind me and a child had opened the passenger door of their parent's parked car onto my mine. I'd already partly passed them so when they opened the door it was onto the wing mirror and it had scrapped all down the driver's door, the rear door, and the rear wing. 

The parent and I exchanged details, and their insurance company got into touch with me to say they would sort everything as it was the liability of their customer. The car was taken away for repair (and door replacement) and came back last week. Peace of mind at last.

This week I had an email from my insurer saying that because of this accident, they were putting my premium up by an additional £800 a year. Despite the fact I didn't have to make a claim on my own insurance and the other person (and their insurance) admitted full liability.

Has anyone had this or got any advice as to what I can do. It wasn't my fault, I didn't claim on my insurance, and now I am facing a £800 increase. 

Thank you for your help. 

flaneurs_lobster

Is that £800 increase on your £200 premium for a Nissan Micra or £5000 Bentley Turbo? 

Not really much you can do, haggle, increase your excesses or go looking on the comparison sites for cheaper cover elsewhere. 

You've admitted to being a participant in one of the riskiest driving activities known - the school run.

Ayresome1

Haha It was a 64 Vauxhall Astra but it was the week I was getting rid of it to get a 59 Citroen Picasso. That's the (now second) most annoying thing: it was 1:30pm - right in the middle of nobody around time.

dunstonh

If you dont like the price then go elsewhere.   It really is as simple as that.

daveyjp

You aren't duty bound to stay with the same company.  Find another insurance company, it may be cheaper than you paid before the claim, that's the benefit of such an open market for insurance.

ThorOdinson

It you didn't immediately think of going somewhere else, then using a comparison site (not money super market) will probably save you a lot of money. 

You can also add the increase to your claim against the TP, but they probably won't give you £800. They will say look for alternatives.

luci

ThorOdinson said:

It you didn't immediately think of going somewhere else, then using a comparison site (not money super market) 

Why do you suggest not using Money Supermarket? I've only recently been using them after using Confused.com since they were the only mainstream comparison site available. Thanks.

Tony5896

£800 increase after been involved in an accident is better than my?increase of touch over £1200 increase with no accident or conviction (yes I went elsewhere)

cw8825

Ayresome1 said:

Haha It was a 64 Vauxhall Astra but it was the week I was getting rid of it to get a 59 Citroen Picasso. That's the (now second) most annoying thing: it was 1:30pm - right in the middle of nobody around time.

Part of it will be the accident but also that you have a different vehicle. 
Do some online comparison to see if this is in the right ballpark 

luci

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Ayresome1 said:

Haha It was a 64 Vauxhall Astra but it was the week I was getting rid of it to get a 59 Citroen Picasso. That's the (now second) most annoying thing: it was 1:30pm - right in the middle of nobody around time.

Part of it will be the accident but also that you have a different vehicle. 
Do some online comparison to see if this is in the right ballpark 

Agree. I bought my 5 week old Kia to replace a 9 year old Focus one month after renewing my insurance. There was no additional premium to pay. However, when I renewed the policy 11 months later it was a good bit more expensive.

MyRealNameToo

luci said:

ThorOdinson said:

It you didn't immediately think of going somewhere else, then using a comparison site (not money super market) 

Why do you suggest not using Money Supermarket? I've only recently been using them after using Confused.com since they were the only mainstream comparison site available. Thanks.

Also seems odd to say it on a MSM owned website. 

Any reason you are discrediting Compare The Market and Go Compare?