insurance

[phantom309]

well bennetts after a few years being with them have out shone there stupidity... firstly told me me i had to find someone else as they don't have the new burger on the system...even though they have just insured one at the same bike shop as mine. an now they have sent me a message saying they will for £385...when iv'e already found motorcycle direct for £271.for the 400 burger.....the NC 750 is only £218... WTF

[horobags]

nothing suprises me with these' rip off' company's any more. They have zero customer service and are all the same imo.

[kishan]

i was with them they are crap and rip off, MCE has been far the best insurance company ive ever been with.

[phantom309]

just had e,ail saying they will insure it now. quote came through saying bike :- unknown, £385....i'm only paying £218 for the NC750x now????? WTF

[smeghead]

It's embarrassing, especially as Bennetts are a bike insurance specialist.

[marval]

I don't think I have ever been with the same insurer on consecutive years. Best price one year then try it on with a stupid price year 2, in the hope you forget auto renew. They are all about the same but for me Swinton are the Anti Christ!!!

[StephenC]

I've had this happen to me twice. First time was on a Satelis 250 ("no such bike listed but we do have the 125 and the 600") and then on the Xmax 300. I struggled with getting cover on both for quite a while.

But it's partly the fault of the importer. A new model has to be assessed by the industry to rate it and so they need access to the machine and the tech behind it (security stuff) before any insurance broker can insure it properly. Before that happens the broker may take a punt on rating it based on a similar machine but inevitably the result will be a lot higher premium than it really should be. If they are willing to cover it all, that is.

Lesson learned is: don't be an early adopter unless you are willing to have this aggro.

BTW - my solution with the Xmax was to pay the outrageous premium (based on a guess of it's likely rating) and then a month or two later cancelled the policy and bought a much cheaper one once it was properly assessed. I came out ahead on the deal

[MrGrumpy]

Yeah , but these days everything is these modern high tech computer systems where all info on anything is held on mega databases instantly available at the touch of a mouse, so why does it take info so long to reach insurance companies?? If someone had to send paper updates around the country, yes, it might take a while.

[StephenC]

Yeah , but these days everything is these modern high tech computer systems where all info on anything is held on mega databases instantly available at the touch of a mouse, so why does it take info so long to reach insurance companies?? If someone had to send paper updates around the country, yes, it might take a while.

Oh, I'm not saying it's an excuse, just that is the way it is.

[2wheelover51]

Aye, insurance companies turn the word loyalty into a joke. Their interpretation: MUG!