Volvo car insurance

[Wiznae]

According to WHICH Volvo Car Insurance is rated very highly so has anyone had any experience with, used it and if so how does it compare with others


http://www.volvocars.com/uk/sales-se....cm=Google,PPC

[Ninja59]

Biggie for me from memory they only take 25+ screwed for some of us.

The car you’re insuring
is a car you wish to insure
is registered/owned by you or your partner
has not been modified
is kept at the home address overnight
is valued at less than £50,000
must have been bought for you or your partner's use
must be a UK model or if imported from the EU it must be equivalent to a model available in the UK
must have seven or less seats
must not be 'Q' plate
must not be over 16 years old
You and anyone who may drive the car you’re insuring
are 25 or over and under 70 years old
have a full UK or EU Licence that you’ve held for at least one year
have not been convicted of (or have any prosecutions pending for) fraud or dishonesty of any kind
have not been disqualified from driving in the last 5 years
have not been refused car insurance or had a policy cancelled or voided
are permanently resident in the UK
have not been asked to refer a medical condition to the DVLA
have not been advised by a doctor as unfit to drive
About your cover
the cover will be in your name
the No Claim Discount you are using for this policy must be in your name, be no more than 2 years old and cannot be used on more than 1 car.
the car will not be used for hire and reward, commercial travelling or in connection with the motor trade
(Driving convictions may be accommodated subject to the provision of full details being provided in the on-line question set)

[Wiznae]

Originally Posted by Ninja59

Biggie for me from memory they only take 25+ screwed for some of us.

Looks like you need to be squeaky clean, live like a Saint and bullet proof before they will consider cover

[steadvex]

I'd happily go with them if they offered me a sensible quote, was well over a grand last renewal for me, compared to admiral multicar which was a grand for me and my partner on both cars with euro cover, and full breakdown cover + euro breakdown cover on mine.

[Bill_56]

Extremely uncompetitive for me, IIRC nearly double what I eventually paid.

50-something old fogey, squeaky clean record (touches wood), rural home counties.

[TimS]

I was with Volvo insurance for a few years, but that was a while ago, so they may have changed - I moved when they started to get more expensive. I'm with LV Frizzell (& have been for most of the last 20 years). They get good reviews, and seem very competent when I've phoned them about queries.

I pay approx £145 FC (11 year-old V70/170 manual), max NCB, limited to 10k miles/year, policy covers commuting to work but not business use, self & misses both with clean licences, Suffolk. I don't take the legal cover since I have it from at least 3 other sources, & I don't take the courtesy-car option. I may also have to pay extra for European cover; can't remember without checking.

Automatics are more expensive to insure (I used to have a Merc with a manual gear lever but no clutch pedal, & that was classed as an auto for insurance purposes, adding £30 to the insurance IIRC).

Tim.

[Backhill1]

I checked about 3 months ago and they were comparable to Admiral but im presently getting ripped off as I have fallen into the regular renewal without fully checking trap.
Im about to renew so will let you know quote against others.
Cover appears very good but royal and sun alliance is the underwriter.

[60041]

I used them for about 8 years and found them very good to deal with; at the time, they were based in Halifax and the call centre staff were always pleasant and very efficient but I did notice a change when they moved to Birmingham; the tone of the renewal letters changed and the staff there were less friendly. The cover was good value though, there were no extras; continental cover with green card, hire car, cover for other cars driven by policyholder, legal cover etc. were all standard.
The only problem was that they started to get quite expensive; I did not mind paying £50 more because the cover was so good, but when it became more than £100 adrift, I started to shop around. Since I left Volvo, I have insured with a different insurer every year which is a bit of a pain, but it has saved a lot of money.
I did get a quote from Volvo last year and it was not too far out, so I will try them again this year. If they can get within £40 of the cheapest other quote, they will get my business.

[pagan8c]

I am with volvo and there price was comparable with most of the others.But then I am an old fogey with full no claims.I have just changed cars from an MY 2011 S60 D5 215 Es to aMY2012 V70 D5 215 se lux and there was no charge to change and cover remained the same so I am pleased.

[wimorrison]

I used to be with them but when they wouldn't match a quote from More Than I left them and went to Aviva who were a lot cheaper. Volvo Insurance went from being cheaper than the market to much more expensive over a period of about 7 years.

More Than and Volvo Insurance are both part of the same company - what we used to call Royal and Sun Alliance