Car insurance for the mature person

[lottie dolly]

As titlle says,i have been with age concern car insurance,had other half knocked off,and came in at 345.73,fully comp with the usual extras,am well pleased,rang sain bugs yesterday as per recomendations,and coughed,5??.?? for the same cover,so i strongly recomend age to those that come under the wings,plus,if needed,you have the option to pay monthly at no extra charge,only if you want to.it's a good saving

[greenishfing]

Try LV or Saga. They tend to be cheapest for us.

[Guest]

It is sometimes worth playing about with named drivers as some can actually bring your premium down. Just in case this helps anyone. Was told this a long time ago by a lady doing a quote who purposely put her Dad on hers but who never drove her car.

[Berr]

I've been using Money Saving Expert's guide since the world was young. I'm prepared to spend a day on it, not because of any racial stereotypicality but because I fervently want to avoid paying one penny more than I absolutely have to to the thieving magpies that they are (feeling better already). I go through the steps recommended in the guide, then compare each price short-listed company's package. Finally, I contact them by phone and try to talk to a human being. If this is possible, I haggle like fury. This year we're using Admiral Multi-car. But no matter what you do it's a huge rip-off, I do believe.

[Bigmallly]

I use comparethemarket every year plus you get a free meerkat which this year I donated to my friend back in Leeds as he is a big star wars fan...............

[Alison]

I was looking for my mum who is in her early 80s the other week and strangely found that the specific older people ones were coming in higher then the more general ones. Mind you they all cost a fortune per mile as she hardly drives really.

[burnie]

I follow the dog and he's cheaper than age or saga for me

[veggiechicken]

When I've been shopping around for insurance,and tried to reduce the quote by lowering the number of miles I do a year, I was told that low mileage drivers are assessed as a greater risk than those who do more miles a year. The quote for 7000 miles was the same as for 4000.
I'm with the bulldog.

Snap Burnie

[burnie]

I'm doing 15k a year at the moment, so quite high mileage these days.

[Scarlet]

This year we're using Admiral Multi-car. But no matter what you do it's a huge rip-off, I do believe.

I'm also with Admiral multi car....I was getting quotes of more than £4000 to put my teenage sons (twins) on my husbands car....trying to insure new drivers on a car older than 5years is a definate no no (apparently, they won't care about it if it's old!) I eventually had to insure them on my car with them as named drivers and also insure my husbands car with them at the same time. I wasn't scuppered on the mileage amount and I didn't have to have a black box fitted. .....why I spent so my time on it I don't know, I rarely get to drive it these days!

[ESBkevin]

Your location (Postcode), annual mileage, Named Drivers, where you store the car (private drive/on street/locked garage), Amount of voluntery excess above the insured minimum etc. all play a part in the cost of insurance. Remember that cheap insurance is cheap for a reason, once you need a hire car or make a claim that cheapness might prove very expensive. That said I recommend shopping about every year because there is no loyalty from insurance companies. This year I didn't pick the cheapest but I knew why it wasn't the cheapest. Depending on your circumstances the NFU might suit. They are the underwriters and insurers all rolled into one and tend to get good reviews on claims.

[4Shoes]

I take the view. buy a banger. Insure 3rd party fire and theft. If they don't have a prang, after 2,3 years upgrade to fully comp. If they do crash, they saved a fortune on not having posh car to start with.

I mean an Escort or a Golf or something, not a rust bucket. Not a micra or a 123.

For some of the quotes, you can go down sales room and buy a banger and insure

[Martin H]

When my son got a car, I told him to insure third party only to save money. Guess what? The cheapest third party insurance quote was actually more expensive than fully comp. Go figure.

So make sure you shop around and ask all the questions when getting insurance. They just want as much of your money as they can get.