[Josh_PoloGTi]

I called Greenlight for a quote today and before I could get anywhere with the quote I was told that their insurers would not insure anyone from my post code??? WTF?

I was insured with them the year before last and I thought they were great (although they did take ages to send me my documents).

I live in a sleepy village in the middle of nowhere! I can't see why they wouldn't insure me because of that. Nowhere else has mentioned anything!

Anyone else had this? [!]

 

[MkIV Turbo]

I know, they're just not the same anymore, have totally gone down the chute; their customer service is completely appalling these days also.

 

[Wilko]

Josh. They've found out that you live in your postcode!

 

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Hahahahah

Punk! []

 

[EddyH]

I got a good quote on the Golf and was intending going with them at renewal but they said my Octavia didn't meet their criterea for a modified car! Eh?

 

[MikeP]

Yup, they wanted more money for the A3 AND they wanted a tracker installing... after figuring out what money I would get back (which I've heard nothing about yet!) I realised it was cheaper to get a whole new policy!!

It's only a few tenners more to insure the 3.2 than it is a modified TDI! Go figure...!

 

[Saul]

same here from greenlight, ?200 more than i was paying last year due to my postcode

went with first alternative in the end

try www.moneysupermarket.com and click on car insurance

 

[smithjoe]

They said the same to me, wont insure me because of my postcode.

 

[ianhg]

despite being a year older and another no claim bonus year green light will not quote me cheaper this year. and they will not give me a quote for an R32 anni or S3 until my current policy runs out!!! wtf, neil 20v sort it out please or you'll lose us all.

 

[MikeP]

Well, managed to get a letter of proof of no claims today... still no money tho!

 

[NikB]

It seems they now just make up any old excuse not to insure people or charge ridiculous quotes. Most likely they are losing money and aren't taking many chances on modded cars anymore.

 

[Mo]

Got my renewal through the other day and it was ?190 cheaper than last year including mods or lowered suspension and 18" alloys.

Have added Arbs, Strut braces and Exhaust at no extra cost.

extra ?70 charge when i get chipped.

 

[[email protected]]

We track our cliam payouts by postcode and if a postcode costs more in claims than the premiums we take in from clients then we simply increase the prices or if the postcode has lost us tons of money we will refuse to cover it at all.

If you live in a postcode where the underwriters are making a profit then your insurance will come down just like MO said his did.

Postcodes are tracked down to the district, meaning its based on the first section ie CM14 ***

Sorry if you guys feel our customer service has gone down hill but we cannot continue to place business with an underwriter at a loss otherwise our scheme will be withdrawn by the insurer and won't be able to write any members.

Another point mentioned was that we were not competetive at the time of a change of vehicle. Well we purely specialise in modified and performance vehicles, if you take out a policy on a modified or performance car and then want to change mid policy to a standard car, although we may of been the most competetive for the car the policy was started on it may not be the same case if you swap to a standard car.

We have had 3 R32's written off this year alone and one of these claims came to over ?80000.

Ian HG sorry mate we could not cover an R32 for your age mainly due to our terrible figures on claims (see above). Your insurance would of come down but don't forget you added a load of mods mid year and paid extra to cover them....I have spoken to the underwriters and managed to negotiate a reduction (PM sent with details)

Eddy H: It may of been that you were quoted on a performance car only policy with a specialist underwriter and we couldn't get the them to put your Skoda Estate onto that scheme. (see above explaination)

Our claim figures on modified Mk4's especilly 1.8t's are still very good so our underwriters are still offering concessions on these models.

If anyone would like to discuss this matter any further or has any questions regarding our criteria please do not hesitate to contact me on 01277 263030

Regards

Neil

Greenlight Insurance

 

[EddyH]

I haven't changed to a standard car though, it's a modified 1.8T and on the same rolling road made only 1bhp less than my Golf.

I'll still consider you for a quote next year though just incase the criterea of what is classed as a modified car has changed.

 

[ANDTURBO]

Have always dealt with Brentacre Ins. myself, Can always get through and talk to real vdub enthusiasts. Chap I deal with is called John White, he has a G60 16v rallye and is spot on. I am not connected in any way with this company.....just thought I would pass along the info in case it helps any of you!!

 

[Milkfloat]

Thanks for you input Neil. It is nice to get it from the horses mouth. Sometimes I wish you would go down to the full post code or at least one sector lower, but I guess that is down the the underwriters not you.

 

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Quote: posted by EddyH on 11/11/2004 14:55:42

I haven't changed to a standard car though, it's a modified 1.8T and on the same rolling road made only 1bhp less than my Golf.

I'll still consider you for a quote next year though just incase the criterea of what is classed as a modified car has changed.

Sorry mate i didn't realise the Skoda was modified, I was just trying to think of the most likely reason, I couldn't give a definate answer why we could not quote without looking at your case history and i'd need further details from you to do this.

 

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Quote: posted by Milkfloat on 11/11/2004 15:04:18

Thanks for you input Neil. It is nice to get it from the horses mouth. Sometimes I wish you would go down to the full post code or at least one sector lower, but I guess that is down the the underwriters not you.

No problem, Yes mate it would be better if we could search down the 2nd part of the postcode afterall you quite often get really nice areas a couple of roads down from some real crime ridden parts.

The final decision does come from the underwriter but basically our specialist schemes live and die by the profit figures, the more profit we make the less restrictive the scheme becomes but if you loose money for 2 continuous years on a certain postcode, a certain car or maybe even a certain age driver then the underwirters would ask us to stop placing that kind of business or at a minimum increase the rates.

Regards

Neil

 

[EddyH]

Quote: posted by Neil20v on 11/11/2004 15:18:06

Quote: posted by EddyH on 11/11/2004 14:55:42

I haven't changed to a standard car though, it's a modified 1.8T and on the same rolling road made only 1bhp less than my Golf.

I'll still consider you for a quote next year though just incase the criterea of what is classed as a modified car has changed.

Sorry mate i didn't realise the Skoda was modified, I was just trying to think of the most likely reason, I couldn't give a definate answer why we could not quote without looking at your case history and i'd need further details from you to do this.

No worries, no point looking into it now as I'm insured elsewhere, but as I said I'll give you a try for a quote next year.