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by cla5h » Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:47 pm
Been with Elephant before, but when I got the Elise (and E-sure couldn't cover me any more) I got a cheaper quote from Adrian Flux.
Just been on the Elephant website - it's good as you can skip back and alter details to see how it affects the price.
Anyway, 31yo male, licence 10 yrs, SP50 and 1 no-fault claim (made against the other driver's insurance) living G41, car parked on street: £995.40
Remove the conviction, and price drops by £116.55; remove the claim, and it drops by £141.75; remove them both and it drops by £264.60 - slightly more than the sum of the parts.
Add the wife, 32 yo, licence 5yrs (but hardly ever driven) and the base price comes down to £840.
Removing the conviction knocks off £58.80, removing the claim knocks off £80, and removing them both knocks off £196.35 - again more than the sum of the parts.
So ranging from £643.65 up to £995.40 depending on whether you have a wife, a claim or a conviction.
What puzzles me, is why adding my wife, a very inexperienced driver should reduce the price - not that I'd complain.
What I do complain about is the fact that the no fault accident (which was dealt with through Elephant on my last car, who assured me "don't worry, it clearly wasn't your fault, so it won't cost you anything") is having such a big impact on the price. If I'd known that at the time, I'd have told the other driver to forget it, and fixed my car myself (it was only a bumper respray.)
Why should I be penalised with higher premiums?