Apparently the B8 has been reclassified - insurance

[kmpowell]

Had my renewal though from Lloyds Bank insurance, which had jumped from £440 to a staggering £1950!

I rang this morning to find out why, and they informed me that out of the panel of their underwriters all had reviewed the B8 for 2016, and now exclude it citing "security reasons". This left them with one choice at the above price.

I've plumbed all my details into the usual comparison engines, and lots of the usual suspects no longer seem to be quoting. The lowest 'recognised' appears to be Admiral at £600 (once legal cover is added on)...

Has anybody had any large jumps, or can recommend any unlisted companies?

Cheers

[MikeFish]

That means the RS6 will be going up loads too!

[boff]

Bugger. That'll be the Birmingham Effect

[Silverfox42]

LV always provided the best overall for me on all my RS's, as long as you have an active tracker fitted.

[kmpowell]

LV always provided the best overall for me on all my RS's

Not for me sadly...

[boff]

Wow

That has gone up massively!!! I just did a confused.com and I paid circa £600 last year, NOW £1050.00

OK so now I'm gonna do the RS6, heart attack coming right up.

[Brooner]

That's a huge leap i just did a quote on compare and im still around the same £300-350 so these hikes must be for certain post codes
one of the advantages in living in Jocklandshire

[boff]

OK SO RS6 PE £98000 (I'm putting the ceramics on it if I can spec amend) is £100 per year cheaper with Admiral and no tracker....

[Brooner]

That's one of the reasons i when with them no requirement for a tracker quite a few insures insist on them

[doodlebug]

Aye, but don't forget admiral make you declare all factory options and that ups the price.

[boff]

It is certainly not a disaster tho. (For anyone reading this thread these are quotes for my RS6 Performance Edition, to compare with my current B8 Ltd)

[Brooner]

Especialy for the Big smoke

[boff]

Yeah - not garaged either

[doodlebug]

Did it actually have the PE edition? I can't imagine many if any have been insured yet, so not many underwriters will have actually reviewed.

[MikeFish]

Ok, so according to go compare the 6PE insurance has dropped slightly to £404.

But as soon as I modify it it shoots up to 2500.