Insurance renewal. Recommendations?

I with performance direct approx £200 ish I seem to remember

Seems like insurance has become a whole lot more expensive this year. Funny thing though, an 850CSi is 25% cheaper to insure than an 840ci wih my insurers, esure.

Mine is due the end of April so I hope not

Chaucer Direct have been brill with me.

Less than £300 pa with excess of £150.

However I am an oldie with full NCD.

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I am considering retiring my 840Ci to high days and holiday duty having now aquired a 4.6is X5, and with that in mind got a quote this week from Footman James for £301.00 with only £100.00 excess, 56 days European cover including breakdown, hire car, this is a "classic policy" for 3000 miles pa so no claims does not come into it! I thought that was reasonable, but you need to do some phoning around, the prices varied massively. The classic people who insure my mega rare Racing dynamics K38 for a very reasonable £234.00 wanted over £700.00 for the 840 which I really don't understand.

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Weird. Just tried them and it came back at £575.00! Massive variations this year

Yes, a friend of mine had the same quote from them for an 840 in December, last year. My renewal was also similar, but without mileage limit, although no agreed value.

Try Peter Best, I've just renewed with them after failing to find anything close, although next time I'll keep in mind some of those names mentioned previously here.

Hagerty tell me they no longer accept the 8 Series, but that as an existing customer they will continue to insure my car.
Premium has gone up by another £40 this year to £250.
Sounds good, but only allows 3000 miles and I am 54.

The real bonus of this kind of classic policy is that based on the pictures of my car and other details I have sent them they have set an agreed value of £10K and first refusal for salvage.
Unless you only have one car (and need to keep your NCB on it) or have to do the miles, it looks as though these classic policies are hard to beat.

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Really dont know what I've done wrong! Live in a low crime postcode area, 52 years old, max 5000 miles pa, put wifey on as he said it would be cheaper. Value £7000.00. Licence since 1976. One SP30 four years ago...

All the above and was quoted £535.00!
Can I ask Herminator. What did you pay?

I pay about £650, but I'm 28 and have two SP30's from last year which add about £70-80, it was going to be another £60-70 but I increased the excess since I'd not bother claiming for a few hundred quid anyway, it would only sting me come the next insurance renewal.
Agreed value of £7500, 5000 miles pa, only car, geordie land.

My younger flatmate who's insured with the same company has a couple of Saab 99's that he's insured for less than £180 each Neither of them could pull the skin off a rice pudding though.

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Used to be with Hagerty but they ditched me a couple of years ago!

Sorry to hear that Hagerty ditched you - they let me renew in January, but can't say I'm confident they'll continue to offer cover next year.......

Hmm strange they let me renew a few months back - no issues, perhaps I was one of the last?

mmmh, I've got this upcoming in July. without wishing to insult anyone, Saga has been good in the past, but also Performance Direct. Given our age and experience, surely they must appreciate that we cherish these cars and are not going to thrash them around country lanes at break neck speed or park them overnight in some dodgy inner-city neighbourhood. But I guess the cost of repairs is what scares them.