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Insurance Renewal 35% Cheaper Than Year Before from Same Insurer (RAC)

sbradnam
sbradnam Posts: 57 Forumite
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Hi everyone,

  Just to pick up on MSE's assertion about car insurance coming down this year, my renewal offer from the RAC 3 weeks ago for our car was 35% cheaper than the year before, and I could not beat it on cost and features using comparison websites.  So we all should hopefully find cheaper insurance in the weeks and months ahead.

Best wishes, Stuart.

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  • alanjones60
    alanjones60 Posts: 546 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Same with me. Mine went from £320 last year to £249 this.

    Comparison sites didnt come close to my renewal
  • ROY47
    ROY47 Posts: 563 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
    My renewal frome churc...  Was £348   same company on compare the market for exactly same policy was £242 
    Rang them and they wouldn't match price    Thay did match the price  last year 

    Went with Rac via compare market £ 196 with exactly the same cover .... Oh and windscreen cover had less excess with rac 
  • MyRealNameToo
    MyRealNameToo Posts: 1,722 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    ROY47 said:
    My renewal frome churc...  Was £348   same company on compare the market for exactly same policy was £242 
    Rang them and they wouldn't match price    Thay did match the price  last year 
    So last year you bought over the phone which will be why on an aggregator there are lower prices. 
  • ROY47
    ROY47 Posts: 563 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver!
     I said 

    My renewal frome churc...  Was £348   same company on compare the market for exactly same policy was £242 
    Rang them and they wouldn't match price    They did match the price  last year 


    Bought last year on phone because they matched the compare market price , same company
    This year they wouldn't match compare market price , same company 

    You said 

    So last year you bought over the phone which will be why on an aggregator there are lower prices.  

    This year they Wouldn't match the price on the phone as shown on compare market  so swapped to RAC



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