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I never said I couldn't afford it. For people who cannot it will be the only option for them. For some people it will mean public transport only, which in this country is dreadful.If you really, really cannot afford the insurance, what else can you sensibly do?!
If you think that by ranting and raving on an online forum and preaching insurrection, urging people not to insure/use their cars that things are going to change, you are impressively deluded!
How many of us get the phishing phone calls asking if we've been injured in a car accident? And would it surprise people to know that a main source of the phone number details is the insurance companies themselves? It is merely one factor but creating claims for personal injury is a major peeve of mine and these claims get paid for by all motorists in the form of higher insurance premiums. Yet another insidious spill-over from the litigious USA!I never said I couldn't afford it. For people who cannot it will be the only option for them. For some people it will mean public transport only, which in this country is dreadful.
People are being priced off the roads, not for real good reasons, but for greed, which is my point.
My other point, which was not a rant was that this is a legalised racket. All it would take is someone with the right backing to set up insurance competition and force all others to bring prices down. Whoever did it would have a very successful business.
This goes on in lots of different areas of life. It wasn't long ago supermarket's were accused of price fixing to benefit them all. Kicking up a stink brings attention to it.
You're "I'm alright jack, I can afford it" comment is quite frankly, proper tory behavior.
not getting those... and when I used to get - I didn't even have a car or insurance taken in UK yet - already got calls.. it's randomised.How many of us get the phishing phone calls asking if we've been injured in a car accident? And would it surprise people to know that a main source of the phone number details is the insurance companies themselves? It is merely one factor but creating claims for personal injury is a major peeve of mine and these claims get paid for by all motorists in the form of higher insurance premiums. Yet another insidious spill-over from the litigious USA!
So if it really is as easy as you say for someone to disrupt the motor insurance world and have themselves a successful, profitable business, why has no one done this I wonder?I never said I couldn't afford it. For people who cannot it will be the only option for them. For some people it will mean public transport only, which in this country is dreadful.
People are being priced off the roads, not for real good reasons, but for greed, which is my point.
My other point, which was not a rant was that this is a legalised racket. All it would take is someone with the right backing to set up insurance competition and force all others to bring prices down. Whoever did it would have a very successful business.
This goes on in lots of different areas of life. It wasn't long ago supermarket's were accused of price fixing to benefit them all. Kicking up a stink brings attention to it.
You're "I'm alright jack, I can afford it" comment is quite frankly, proper tory behavior.
So if it really is as easy as you say for someone to disrupt the motor insurance world and have themselves a successful, profitable business, why has no one done this I wonder?
The big IT companies have tried and failed.
Off the top of my head:
Amazon looked at doing car insurance - but then downgraded it to a comparison option instead, though they now do home insurance compare only.
Facebook also dabbled in the market a few years back, but never went any further than some "quick quote" engine in which they offered to share certain data with insurance companies from your profile to generate a quote. ....
Could you clarify the insurers greed comment?I never said I couldn't afford it. For people who cannot it will be the only option for them. For some people it will mean public transport only, which in this country is dreadful.
People are being priced off the roads, not for real good reasons, but for greed, which is my point.
My other point, which was not a rant was that this is a legalised racket. All it would take is someone with the right backing to set up insurance competition and force all others to bring prices down. Whoever did it would have a very successful business.
This goes on in lots of different areas of life. It wasn't long ago supermarket's were accused of price fixing to benefit them all. Kicking up a stink brings attention to it.
You're "I'm alright jack, I can afford it" comment is quite frankly, proper tory behavior.
Just got my renewal through with Admiral and its significantly less than the joke quotes I was getting via CPTM and MSE. MSE wanted 950 with a black box or 1200 without! What a relief.
From Citizens Advice: “You may want to cancel an insurance policy if you have just bought it and have changed your mind. By law, you have a minimum 14-day cooling-off period during which you can cancel the policy for any reason.” - though that doesn't stop being charged a ‘small admin fee’ sadly.
Also puzzled, renewal letters/emails normally arrive 21 days before renewal. The optimal time frame for quotes is 23 +/- 3 days (or in my case 19/18 days). No need to accept a quote early as most come with 30 days to accept.