Richie
Established Member
It always to shop around for all Insurances, something most seem to do now but not for bank accounts it seems?I had a similar problem when trying to insure our ZS EV.
I rang my insurance company about mid December 2019, ready for collection on the 6th Jan 2020.
They did not have the car even showing on the data base so was unable to quote on the car !.
The advisor explained that there data base was only updated with the new car models and premium rates about every 30 days.
It was likely if I ran back in a couple of weeks, it would be showing on the system.
I could not take that chance and found that LV had already loaded the car to there systems and cars I insured with them.
I was happy with the price I paid at the time, but when the renewal notice came through this year, they increased the cost by £85.
By now the other companies had caught up and there where a lot more quotes available this year.
I switched company and saved the increase for the same level cover.
Having to switch each year has become a regular feature now with insurance companies.
They tend to quote cheap for the first year and then automatically renew your policy and hope you miss the increase in price !.
MG's insurance quote was horrendous and LV is very popular. Still my JLR quote for land Rover was very high and found the Meerkats cheaper.