Carlie Howden Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 9 hours ago, Davidbf1.com said: Well, a year has gone by and I’ve just renewed again with A-Plan. Managed to shave a little from the renewal figure, and a little lower than 2019’s premium A-Plan were very helpful and efficient, M*nn**gs still several hundred pounds more, and PCGB’ partner Locktons basically said no point the wasting my time going through all the info, they’d be many hundreds adrift of my renewal figure. didnt bother calling AS Flux, couldn’t be bothered with their approach - basically whatever they offer/ quit is there and them, to get you to go for it. Bit of a hard sell, which I don’t like. hoping A-Plan come in competitive on the macan insurance when that’s due in April. Thanks! Hopefully we do well on the 2nd vehicle too as we do multi discounts 😁 We can quote up to 30 days before it's due 👍 Carlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlie Howden Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Truth said: Had a cheaper quote from Churchills multi car in the end so went with them on the Boxster and the Dacia Duster. £470 , very happy with that. Will give A plan a call next year again 👍 We can't win them all 😉 but definitely try us next year! Carlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Posted February 23, 2020 Report Share Posted February 23, 2020 Will do Carlie ! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berni29 Posted May 22, 2020 Report Share Posted May 22, 2020 (edited) Hi Just had A-Plan insure my 993 and 986. They did a great job and liaised with the underwriters as my situation was not altogether straightforward. Something you cannot easily get with online or some other brokers. Really excellent rates also. Many thanks Berni Edited May 22, 2020 by Berni29 Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart21UK Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) @A-Plan Insurance My renewal is due in the next week, just tried to phone you but gave up after 5 mins holding. Can someone contact me? DM me and I'll provide a contact number Thanks EDIT - don't worry taken via Churchill, needed to get it done today due to other committments Edited July 5, 2021 by Stuart21UK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlie Howden Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 7/5/2021 at 12:08 PM, Stuart21UK said: @A-Plan Insurance My renewal is due in the next week, just tried to phone you but gave up after 5 mins holding. Can someone contact me? DM me and I'll provide a contact number Thanks EDIT - don't worry taken via Churchill, needed to get it done today due to other committments Sorry I missed your message, I was in hospital with my little one so wasn't online. I see you got it sorted with Churchill now, we've had higher than expected call times this week but our hold times haven't really gone over 10 minutes tops. Carlie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbob1 Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 In case anyone is interested I've just moved to A-Plan. I got a good deal from Gareth who beat the price compared with the renewal quoted by my current provider. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlie Howden Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 26 minutes ago, bbob1 said: In case anyone is interested I've just moved to A-Plan. I got a good deal from Gareth who beat the price compared with the renewal quoted by my current provider. Thanks. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 Was a bit surprised when the questions after reg number and “Porsche Boxster” went. “ how many doors?” “ how many seats” “petrol or diesel ?” didn’t feel that specialist to me. Quote was ok (10 quid more for essentially same as I have but I don’t currently have a mileage restriction ) but seemed to get complicated when I said “so if it needs a windscreen can I get a Porsche Oem one”. Took a good 10 minutes to explain I wasn’t asking where I got it fitted I was asking what would be offered after a check with the underwriters that came back as “ yeah they said yeah”, not exactly a firm contract then I said “ so if I hit a kerb and bent the suspension could I have genuine parts fitted”, “yeah they will be The right parts we will make a case for you” Not confidence inspiring so once again not this time, likely won’t ask again next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 I'd imagine its a legal requirement they have to ask how many doors , seats , petrol or diesel ..... even though they know ..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, Truth said: I'd imagine its a legal requirement they have to ask how many doors , seats , petrol or diesel ..... even though they know ..... Not a consistent thing I found over five insurance companies, the others managed to get all they needed from reg number. A plan were the only ones who asked those questions. Do they quote for many 5 door 7 seat boxster diesels or was it a test ? Others just said “uk car” ? A few reeled off the spec. even admiral were ok with the reg number and a confirmation that their lookup was the car I was talking about. Each to their own but other brokers were able to give specifics on repair and replacement cover as opposed to “yeah they said yeah” wouldn’t want to be having to remind the broker of what they committed the underwriter to in a phone call a good few months back if it mattered whilst i don’t equate cost to value also more mine than current insurer others are happy with what they got Great Just not for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truth Posted July 30, 2021 Report Share Posted July 30, 2021 I weren't 'defending' them in any way , shape or form , I just thought it may be a legal requirement. Obviously not from what you're saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlie Howden Posted July 31, 2021 Report Share Posted July 31, 2021 It is for compliance reasons and being regulated by the fca. We do have to ask them, seats for example some people do remove seats, we aren't allowed to presume or lead your answers. I'm actually a little surprised you weren't asked them elsewhere. Perhaps as we are an advised service and many are non advised. Our insurers use genuine parts in their repairs, if you could pm me your postcode I will check who you spoke to. Did you definitely call Thatcham or was it a local branch? Carlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 20 hours ago, A-Plan Insurance said: It is for compliance reasons and being regulated by the fca. We do have to ask them, seats for example some people do remove seats, we aren't allowed to presume or lead your answers. I'm actually a little surprised you weren't asked them elsewhere. Perhaps as we are an advised service and many are non advised. Our insurers use genuine parts in their repairs, if you could pm me your postcode I will check who you spoke to. Did you definitely call Thatcham or was it a local branch? Carlie You really have to ask if a boxster is diesel ? Honestly - not had that from any other broker or insurance company, yes, some do say "2 door, 3.4ltr, uk car" ? but nobidy has ever asked the specific questions - OK, doesn't matter - it's just process, but it was a surprise. Yes - I called Thatcham. As to genuine parts - conversation went like this "If it needs a windscreen, will genuine porsche part be used" "The insurers say which places you can go" "Yes - they have approved fitters, but what part will be used" "We can ask them if you want to use somewhere else" "Don't care so much about who, it's what, say for example I have an accident and damage the suspension, do I get pressured into having "what Eurocarparts" have on the shelf, or do I get genuine parts" "I will ask the car parts people and phone you back" .... "I spoke to them and they said "yeah" That's the bit that didn't inspire confidence - I would expect that type of info to be essentially the value add of specialist insurance. So, if I was to take out insurance I would want that defined clearly, as part of the schedule of insurance exactly what the policy was on parts and which repairers, because honestly, there is no real point to specialist insurance if you don't get clarity on that kind of thing. For what it's worth - the wording in the quote I received specific to windscreens says Windscreen/Glass –unlimited cover provided our approved glass supplier is used and is subject to a standard compulsory windscreen excess That doesn't say "we will cover fitting a genuine manufacturer screen, that says "we will pay to put in what we think is fine" But - the quote was competitive, but not special, I am not confident in what the value add of the policy would be based on the above. Not a problem, but not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMA Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, Paul P said: You really have to ask if a boxster is diesel ? They are specialist insurers, many car owners will have fitted different engines to their cars, upped the capacity, popped in a V8, maybe someone popped in a diesel at some point. They will have a generic question list that covers everything from your bog standard customer with a Mondeo or the home built kit car running a chip fat running diesel engine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 2 hours ago, CMA said: They are specialist insurers, many car owners will have fitted different engines to their cars, upped the capacity, popped in a V8, maybe someone popped in a diesel at some point. They will have a generic question list that covers everything from your bog standard customer with a Mondeo or the home built kit car running a chip fat running diesel engine Yeah. Ok. Many owners won’t. So ask “any modifications” then drill in. same as all the other the specialist insurers do. someone on this thread was rejected because they had spacers - which could even be a factory option. but that’s not rally the point. Still don’t know if I can have a Porsche windscreen let alone cover my nitrous supercharged cigarette lighter and the person I spoke to didn’t know either. I am not confortable with a broker who doesn’t understand the product they are selling if it works for anyone else great. it didn’t for me, and I won’t ask them again for slightly more money for slightly more restrictive conditions for potentially no better cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlie Howden Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 As a broker we use 40+ insurers and their approved repairers, their terms etc all vary slightly as do their repairers - as I say, if you pm me your postcode (as I don't want you posting personal information publicly) I can find out who did the call, and listen to it if needed. All feedback is welcomed, as if the call wasn't satisfactory then we can highlight any areas for further training also. We do usually say, for example with kit cars, I know some of these questions may not be fully relevant but we do have to ask them such as "how many doors" - now most kits have no doors, but occasionally people do fit doors. When asking if there's any mods a few do get missed off the list occasionally and the individual questions often prompt their memory. As an example, I've spoken to someone recently who forgot about the gearbox change and it was when I asked auto/manual they said, "oh auto, but it used to be manual, sorry can you add that to the mods list" - that's quite a big one to miss off. It just allows us to ensure that the cover we are offering is the right one for you and your car, and nothing is missed off for the insurers to query in a claim. Essentially, we are making sure that if something were to happen then we have the confidence that the information is fully correct. The registration doesn't always pull through the correct information in terms of engine size for example, and a soon as people hear the make and model they often just say "yep" before we've said the other details - this makes sure what we have on your policy documents is accurate. We've actually had NCB proof sent to us from other brokers/insurers which shows the vehicle details incorrect - so we've called the client to check it and it would turn out they've been insured with incorrect models, incorrect vehicle registration year and all sorts for years because they never took a thorough look at the documents (it happens). Depending on the insurers quoted with, the windscreen approved repairer is likely to be either through National Windscreens who most insurers use or Auto Windscreens who some insurers use. A handful use other repairers such as Autoglass, but majority use National Windscreens. Carlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Loon Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 it is also to check the info held on the vehicle is correct. Had this with my Alfa where the first insurance company I got a quote with had it on their system as a auto gearbox when it is a manual. There was a big conversation with them where they asked if it had been converted to being a manual. I told them that it had not and on the HPI check it said it was a manual and even had to forward them the HPI check before they agreed their info was wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 I get that the vehicle spec should be fact checked. A plan seem to do it differently to anyone else. ok. Point taken. As to the cyclic windscreen question once again the response has been WHO not WHAT but since i am not taking up the cover it’s no longer relevant to me I am sure A Plan provide a fantastic value for money service and deal with only the best insurers out there and their procedures are totally appropriate and for those that choose to take up the cover the exact terms of their insurance cover is clear to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Didn't even know this was a thing until a few mins ago... https://www.insurewithporsche.co.uk/car-insurance/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart21UK Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 4 hours ago, iborguk said: Didn't even know this was a thing until a few mins ago... https://www.insurewithporsche.co.uk/car-insurance/ Had both my 987 and 981 insured through Porsche aka Aviva aka Marsh until this year as they split policy book between another part of Marsh and the one mentioned (Carbon) I think....anyway Marsh Commercial (or whatever part mine went to) quoted £600 pa with silly excesses and I could get cover at £300 via Churchill with lower excesses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Stuart21UK said: Had both my 987 and 981 insured through Porsche aka Aviva aka Marsh until this year as they split policy book between another part of Marsh and the one mentioned (Carbon) I think....anyway Marsh Commercial (or whatever part mine went to) quoted £600 pa with silly excesses and I could get cover at £300 via Churchill with lower excesses... Interesting to hear. Reading the wording, feels like some potential agg-reduction re usage of OE parts. I'm also currently with Churchill but might explore this option come renewal time just to benchmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo_UK Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 8/2/2021 at 5:46 PM, iborguk said: Didn't even know this was a thing until a few mins ago... https://www.insurewithporsche.co.uk/car-insurance/ Me neither. Just ran a quote for my CGTS, 6000 miles a year. I’m a good boy,no points and just a windscreen claim in 2018. Came in at the bargain price of £1800 😂😂😂. Let’s just round it up to £2k shall we? 😀 Jokers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 43 minutes ago, Simo_UK said: Me neither. Just ran a quote for my CGTS, 6000 miles a year. I’m a good boy,no points and just a windscreen claim in 2018. Came in at the bargain price of £1800 😂😂😂. Let’s just round it up to £2k shall we? 😀 Jokers Ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlie Howden Posted October 13, 2021 Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 46 minutes ago, Simo_UK said: Me neither. Just ran a quote for my CGTS, 6000 miles a year. I’m a good boy,no points and just a windscreen claim in 2018. Came in at the bargain price of £1800 😂😂😂. Let’s just round it up to £2k shall we? 😀 Jokers Would you like us to take a look for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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