*Sigh* Insurance.

[Willson]

Am I alone in thinking that it's all a massive f*cking con?

I phone up my insurance company about the price hike of moving to a nicer area (quieter, less crime, etc), only to find out that they charged me for the privilige of moving house: A so called administration fee or something or other else. Because it obviously costs lots and lots to tell the underwriters and modify a couple of lines of information...

Moan over.

Any thoughts/experiences?

Willson

[Kickstart]

Hi

It is a con, but seems to be an industry wide accepted con. To be honest a small fee is probably reasonable, but the fees charged are often far from small.

All the best

Keith
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[Willson]

It would appear that I'm not alone in thinking this
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[Ste]

How much are they asking for?

Insurance brokers can offer cheap annual premiums if they charge excessive admin fees for simple tasks. There are insurers and/or broker who are reasonable with their admin fees (ie, they don't charge for simple changes to the policy) but you've got to ask about admin fees when phoning around for quotes.

[Willson]

All in all there was about another £50 added to my policy which I've now had removed, and I've decided to not add someone as a named rider on my policy as they'll probably whack more fees on top of (understandably) increasing my premium for adding on a beginner.

But such is life I suppose. Getting the fees removed was a rather painless process this time around (just lots of "please stay on hold"). So all I can do is be a good boy, otherwise they'll probably add on a £75 fee in the event of processing a claim...
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Me: Pig on bread = The way forward.
Riding: '00 Suzuki SV650S. Previous: '99 Kawasaki ER5 - sold, '02 Suzuki GZ125 Marauder - sold

[Nicky-Jano]

When I passed my motorbike test they charged me for telling them!!
They didn't even give me money back which they should have as my insurance premium had come down due to the full licence, I'd only had policy out a month too!

[RussG]

So many peopl driving uninsured nowadays they have to try and recoup costs somehow. Unfortunatly that's passed down to us guys.
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[Polarbear]

[Ste]

[Kickstart]

[RussG]