CIS insurance problem beware

Apparently some glitch in automatic renewals via credit/ debit cards means
2000 are not insured since July; Radio 4 Sunday night
The aotomatic issue of insurance has not taken place. CIS have said they
will honour any claims, but when renewing now it is treated as a new quote
and is a little more than normal premium.

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On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:32:07 GMT, Hirsty's wrote:

> Apparently some glitch in automatic renewals via credit/ debit cards
> means 2000 are not insured since July;

Nasty.

> CIS have said they will honour any claims,

I should damn well think so, though I expect that is only offered if you
renew...

> when renewing now it is treated as a new quote and is a little more
> than normal premium.

That is unusual these days renewals normaly cost more than new customers,
insurance is so competitive they reduce new customers premiums to attract
peopel in the hope that they'll just blindly renew in 12 months. New
custom via the web can be cheaper than new custom via the phone.

Don't just accept renewal quotes, at the very least get a "new customer"
quote from the same company, for the same cover. Doing that saved me
quite a bit last time.

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I've changed companies yearly for the past 7 years. I get the feeling that
when you have 3years to max no-claims the companies aren't interested and
want more moey from newer drivers. I got a renewal last year which was more
than double the previous years fee. Had i paid with CC etc and let it run to
renewal, i would have been out of pocket big style. In all honesty, I can't
see how people would miss the fact that a few hundred quid or more was idly
sitting around in their bank account when it should have went to CIS.
Imagine if you were stopped for driving with no insurance (new police camera
traps), then you would be up the creek! no excuses. Anyone renewing their
tax would also find they weren't insured!

Wolfie

<Anyone renewing their
> tax would also find they weren't insured!
>
> Wolfie

No because they were sent Certificates. The system didnt update hence they
effectively were not covered.