I had a go at writing my autobiography yesterday. It didn’t start off like that, but an hour later that was the result.
After receiving a quote from my car insurance provider, a number which I initially mistook for the National Debt of a medium-sized member of the UN, I decided it was time to take action. At over £800 it means I’m working for the best part of a month to cover the insurance, and that’s before tyres, fuel, car tax, MOT, servicing and all the other pleasures of car ownership.
To get a new quote I had to fill in a long and intrusive form about myself, followed by another for Julia. I noticed that not only do they seem to want more detail, but they seem to provide things as extras that used to be standard. It used to be enough, as I recall, to say you’d had a full license for 40 years – you didn’t have to search out the exact date.
It would have been quicker but I managed to wipe the form after doing three quarters of it and had to start again.
I managed to secure better cover and save nearly £400.
The moral of today’s post is that loyalty to an insurer does not pay.
It may be irritating to fill out the forms but it was worth it. I may worry a bit that the insurer is not as good as my previous one (as I did when changing breakdown cover) but insurers, when left to do their own thing, are generally not to be trusted with your money.
I used a picture of a Magpie because I was writing about insurance companies and couldn’t find a picture of a vulture.
I will have to engage in the same exercise when my car insurance runs out next year. It is far too high already and doubtless will rise further.
It seems to have been worthwhile. Everything seems to be so expensive since the demise of the shilling.
£800 is a shocking amount!!!
It certainly shocked me. 🙂
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That is a beautiful magpie, Quercus!
Insurance often seems to work that way. Premiums go up as coverage goes down, a sort of perverse inverse proportionality. 🙂
And they wonder why nobody likes insurance companies…
Good grief – that was worth doing. An excellent magpie pic.
Thank you. I like magpies.