Sky insurance - no good for me

[sidibear]

08 plate S-Line A4 Avant. 44yr old 10yrs n/c. £2200.00 if I can park it off the road, but then said they couldn't offer me cover.

Perhaps it should be the first question they ask?

It would save 10 minutes of your life going through all the questions.

 

[Cockney Boy]

£2200.00 if you live in a war zone !!!!!!!! have you got any cheaper quotes?

 

[jojo]

08 plate S-Line A4 Avant. 44yr old 10yrs n/c. £2200.00 if I can park it off the road, but then said they couldn't offer me cover.

Perhaps it should be the first question they ask?

It would save 10 minutes of your life going through all the questions.

£2200? Jesus Sidi, That's more than how much I pay on insurance for 4 separate cars!

On a separate note, I've heard about insurance being cheaper parked on the street in some scenarios, there's no difference in quote when parked in the garage or out on the drive neither, so I just put 'on the drive', just incase I can't park it in the garage at 4am in the morning.

Car insurance is getting waaay too complicated!

 

[Ash B]

08 plate S-Line A4 Avant. 44yr old 10yrs n/c. £2200.00 if I can park it off the road, but then said they couldn't offer me cover.

Perhaps it should be the first question they ask?

It would save 10 minutes of your life going through all the questions.

Agree with the last bit wasted my time to be told they can't insurer me. Won't call for a quote again. That price is stupid, admiral quoted me £2k on a B5 RS4 (look at random quotes when bored in work). I'm 20 years old with 1ncb. Admiral for me seem to be far cheaper than any one else for nearly 2years. Good luck with your quote may be worth trying direct line, greenlight, admiral, churchill, NFU or Tesco. Wouldn't recommend aviva or Quinn direct
Good luck

 

[sidibear]

Oh, forgot to mention. I also didn't qualify for the 20% discount. It doesn't say in their ad that there are terms and conditions.
Maybe they will read this and offer a comment on why I was quoted so ridiculously high, and what are the terms and conditions of the 20% discount. They also need to amend their limitation section to include no parking on the street, and remove the bit about being competitve for older drivers as its obviously not true.

How many people on here have had a quote, and how many actually took out insurance with Sky?
From the other comments in this section it doesn't seem like they are offering much value or service for the advertising they are getting.

44yrs old. Married, full time employment, full license since 1987,11yrs N/C protected 1 no fault claim and 1 windscreen claim. B7 A4 Avant S-Line 2.0tdi. Car fitted with tracker and parked in street. Approx 10k business miles, 15k personal.

 

[sidibear]

£2200.00 if you live in a war zone !!!!!!!! have you got any cheaper quotes?

Yep, around a grand cheaper. There is nothing to justify the cost they are asking.

 

[skyinsurance]

Agree with the last bit wasted my time to be told they can't insurer me. Won't call for a quote again. That price is stupid, admiral quoted me £2k on a B5 RS4 (look at random quotes when bored in work). I'm 20 years old with 1ncb. Admiral for me seem to be far cheaper than any one else for nearly 2years. Good luck with your quote may be worth trying direct line, greenlight, admiral, churchill, NFU or Tesco. Wouldn't recommend aviva or Quinn direct
Good luck

With respect, a 20 year old on an RS4 is about as high risk as it gets, this is not the sort of car we would insure for someone your age. How many other insurers refused you? I'd say that 95% of Uk insurers wouldn't touch you on that car, again, with respect, I dont blame them.

EDIT, actually it's more like 99% of companies would not provide a competitive quotation based on this insurance risk.

 

[skyinsurance]

Oh, forgot to mention. I also didn't qualify for the 20% discount. It doesn't say in their ad that there are terms and conditions.
Maybe they will read this and offer a comment on why I was quoted so ridiculously high, and what are the terms and conditions of the 20% discount. They also need to amend their limitation section to include no parking on the street, and remove the bit about being competitve for older drivers as its obviously not true.

The trouble is, as you have pointed out, you did not meet the criteria to be insured via our car club scheme, without meeting this criteria, usually we would not be competitive.

For a small amount of postcodes in the UK (higher risk areas) we have extra criteria to be met, eg the car must be kept in off road or garage parking. This is all about claims/loss ratios from these postcodes from cars kept parked on the street. Once bitten, twice shy. We insure many customers who can only keep their cars parked on a public road when over night, it is only a very small minority of postcodes effected.

We have never said that we would be competitive for every audi-sport member and it is unreasonable to expect that we can.

Our criteria is very complex, it varies on different cars, postcodes, driving experience, if I expanded on our basic criteria, it would cause more confusion than it would solve, hence why we keep it simple.

Why do you say that we are not competitive to older drivers? Sure, we couldn't help you.. that is because you didn't meet our criteria unfortunately... for people that do, older drivers included then we usually are.

How many people on here have had a quote, and how many actually took out insurance with Sky?
From the other comments in this section it doesn't seem like they are offering much value or service for the advertising they are getting.

Have you read this thread? - just below your thread?

http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/insurance-sponsored-sky-insurance/106092-saved-sky.html

Personally speaking, if I find one company who cannot quote me or are uncompetitive, rather than dwell on it and waste energy expressing my disappointment, I move on and try and find an insurer who is competitive.

I hope you do not take my comments to heart, but all I say above did need to be pointed out to you.

Regards

Ollie
Sky Insurance

 

[skyinsurance]

There is nothing to justify the cost they are asking.

Sorry, one more thing.

It is a doubled edge sword for us, if we decline to quote we pick up negative feedback, if we quote a screen rate which is uncompetitve, we pick up negative feedback. In this situation we cannot win.

 

[sidibear]

Ollie,
Thank you for taking the time to reply.
What is the criteria to be insured under the car club scheme?

Regarding postcodes, I have had a car parked on my road for 18 years and only had one incident earlier this year. No other company I have had a quote from has insisted that it was parked off road, they must use the same Postcode index as you.
Once Bitten twice shy? So instead of assessing individual requirements regarding quotations you are generalising?

Unlike other players in the insurance market, Sky Insurance do care about our customers, and will do our utmost to find the most suitable and best policy for each individual, at a competitive price.

One quick look at a comparison website found 17 quotes below £2k.

Saved with Sky thread. One example? Have you read some of the other threads on here? I think you need to state more limitations, especially regarding cars parked in the street.

We believe that anyone who puts the time and effort into looking after and modifying their ‘pride and joy’ is a lower risk than your average driver.

So why is my quote so high? I am 44 and have had one claim in 11 yrs. The risk doen't get much lower than that.

 

[skyinsurance]

What is the criteria to be insured under the car club scheme?

As I have mentioned, our criteria is very complex, it varies and is dependant on the risk presented.. minimum criteria is to be aged 19 and over with a full 2 years driving experience.

Regarding postcodes, I have had a car parked on my road for 18 years and only had one incident earlier this year. No other company I have had a quote from has insisted that it was parked off road, they must use the same Postcode index as you.

Different insurers will have their own claims statistics, therefore different ratings for areas. We can only go by our underwriters' criteria for our car club scheme.

One quick look at a comparison website found 17 quotes below £2k.

As stated, unfortunately it appears you have not met our criteria for our car club scheme, therefore we have been unable to quote applying our usual discounts

Saved with Sky thread. One example? Have you read some of the other threads on here? I think you need to state more limitations, especially regarding cars parked in the street.

It is only a small minority of postcodes effected. Again, if I explained our criteria it would cause a lot more confusion than it would solve.

So why is my quote so high?

Because unfortunately it appears you do not meet the criteria to be insured via our car club scheme, on the basis that you are not able to keep the car on a driveway or in a garage when parked over night at the home address. This is not the case for every customer.

If you wish to PM me your details I can investigate a little further. If not I can only thank you for trying us and apoplogise we were unable to find a competitive quotation for you.

Ollie
Sky Insurance

 

[sidibear]

Thank you once again for your response, I do appreciate it although it may seem I am on the attack, I'm not. Its the first opportunity I have ever had to hold a discussion with an insurance company.

Do you offer vehicle insurance other than the car club scheme?

 

[skyinsurance]

Thank you once again for your response, I do appreciate it although it may seem I am on the attack, I'm not. Its the first opportunity I have ever had to hold a discussion with an insurance company.

Do you offer vehicle insurance other than the car club scheme?

Hi,

it is not a problem, I am employed by Sky Insurance to look after our very successful car club affiliation scheme, so I spend a lot of time responding to customer feedback, answering customer questions as well as general insurance related queries. This is fairly unique in the insurance world.

Yes we do offer vehicle insurance outside of our car club scheme but our best rates are offered to customers (who meet our criteria) who have modified or imported cars, these are the main areas we specialise in. Whilst quite often we can be competitivce using our 'screen rates', we cannot be each and every time unfortunately.

Again, if you wish to PM me your details I am happy to check if we have done everything correctly and have provided our best rate.

Olie
Sky Insurance

 

[Ash B]

Oh, forgot to mention. I also didn't qualify for the 20% discount. It doesn't say in their ad that there are terms and conditions.
Maybe they will read this and offer a comment on why I was quoted so ridiculously high, and what are the terms and conditions of the 20% discount. They also need to amend their limitation section to include no parking on the street, and remove the bit about being competitve for older drivers as its obviously not true.

How many people on here have had a quote, and how many actually took out insurance with Sky?
From the other comments in this section it doesn't seem like they are offering much value or service for the advertising they are getting

To be fair i have seen a few threads regarding members getting cover and good discount but also seen a few where they wont cover them at all.

With respect, a 20 year old on an RS4 is about as high risk as it gets, this is not the sort of car we would insure for someone your age. How many other insurers refused you? I'd say that 95% of Uk insurers wouldn't touch you on that car, again, with respect, I dont blame them.

EDIT, actually it's more like 99% of companies would not provide a competitive quotation based on this insurance risk.

Hi Ollie

Agree 20 year old on any sort of vehicle 2.0 and above is high risk. But i dont own or drive an B5 RS4 i just got a quote as i was bored in work (as stated in my comment). Direct line quoted me £3,000 on an B5 RS4 both fully comp. Didnt try any others as it said i would have to call them and i dont intend on buying an B5 RS4 any time soon. You wouldnt cover me on my current car which is an A3.

Cheers

Sorry, one more thing.

It is a doubled edge sword for us, if we decline to quote we pick up negative feedback, if we quote a screen rate which is uncompetitve, we pick up negative feedback. In this situation we cannot win.

Agree with what you said above. Must be difficult...But maybe if you put the criteria down people on here wouldnt have members phone wasting their time and yours. As you said on your first thread your quotes are alot better for older drivers with experience (but must meet criteria). Rather than an 19year old with 0ncb. I know you said it will confuse people but may stop the negative feedback?

 

[beanoir]

I cannot understand how anybody gets a quote like that, on that sort of a car, for a driver of that age, it's ridiculous!!

I'm more than 10 years your junior, have a year more NCB and drive a brand new S3, my insurance is £360 fully comp.

 

[skyinsurance]

Agree with what you said above. Must be difficult...But maybe if you put the criteria down people on here wouldnt have members phone wasting their time and yours. As you said on your first thread your quotes are alot better for older drivers with experience (but must meet criteria). Rather than an 19year old with 0ncb. I know you said it will confuse people but may stop the negative feedback?

Thank you for your courteous reply.

I know you guys want the full criteria, or even some more details but it really isn't as simple as you think to post this up.. it would be a 7+ page document, also, it is not something we would ever post on a public forum for a number of reasons. My company have some of the best claims statistics in the (specialist) insurance market, we do not want to give away our secrets, which we would do if this was posted up. You could say that we pick and choose our customers, if this causes more bad feeling then we will live with it, if we took on all risks presented, our claims/loss ratios would go through the roof, we would quickly have our schemes pulled by our underwriters and that would not help anyone, by having criteria we keep our claims stats low and pass some significant savins on to customer who do meet our criteria.

As a resolution, and this is not something new, any member is very welcome to PM me at any time via the forum with some basis details and I wil be able to let them know if we should be able to quote them, rough details would be age, NCB level, postcode, date when passed driving test and any modifications on the vehicle. Please do not Pm your details and expect a price, we must speak to you on the phone.

That is the best I can do, unless you would like the moon on a stick (joke!)

Ollie
Sky Insurance

 

[skyinsurance]

I cannot understand how anybody gets a quote like that, on that sort of a car, for a driver of that age, it's ridiculous!!

I'm more than 10 years your junior, have a year more NCB and drive a brand new S3, my insurance is £360 fully comp.

I've seen a lot worse quotes.. some of the feedback on see on our other affiliated car clubs sites, for example, someone being quoted £100,000 to insure a Honda Civic with mild cosmetic modifications.

It is all well and good saying you pay £360.. but you are not the same people, you do not present the same insurance risk, you do live in the same postcode or drive the same car, almost every question you get asked at the quotation stage can and will effect the price you pay.

 

[beanoir]

I've seen a lot worse quotes.. some of the feedback on see on our other affiliated car clubs sites, for example, someone being quoted £100,000 to insure a Honda Civic with mild cosmetic modifications.

It is all well and good saying you pay £360.. but you are not the same people, you do not present the same insurance risk, you do live in the same postcode or drive the same car, almost every question you get asked at the quotation stage can and will effect the price you pay.

Fair play, but it must be down to post codes, as I dont see how the A4 avant can be more of a risky car to insure, and the guy has many more years driving experience than me. Assuming he has no endorsements or accidents, and deosn't drive a million miles a year, is the post code risk really worth more than £1500 on the premium? I'm intrigued, I honestly never realised premiums varied that mush between different parts of te country.

Having said that, Halifax re-fused to insure me on my XR2 last year, that made me giggle! but like you say, once bitten twice shy probably.

 

[Ash B]

I cannot understand how anybody gets a quote like that, on that sort of a car, for a driver of that age, it's ridiculous!!

I'm more than 10 years your junior, have a year more NCB and drive a brand new S3, my insurance is £360 fully comp.

Wish my insurance was that much lol
Suppose i will have to wait till im a bit older & have more NCB or moan at my work.

 

[skyinsurance]

Fair play, but it must be down to post codes, as I dont see how the A4 avant can be more of a risky car to insure, and the guy has many more years driving experience than me. Assuming he has no endorsements or accidents, and deosn't drive a million miles a year, is the post code risk really worth more than £1500 on the premium? I'm intrigued, I honestly never realised premiums varied that mush between different parts of te country.

Unfortunately I am a little restricted by what I can say for the reason I cannot disclose this customer's risk details on a public forum.

All I can say is that there were another couple reasons as well as the non driveway/garage parking which looks like we would struggle to place this on our car club scheme.

To clarify one thing, Sky Insurance specialise in modified and import car insurance, whilst we can quote on standard UK cars and are quite often competitive, this is not our 'bread and butter'.

A few examples of cars we like to insure

Road going track days cars on limited mileage schemes
modified cars
second cars (weekend toys)
import cars , including modifications
engine swapped cars
retro cars , modified or unmodified


An example of the business we do not specialise in:

A standard UK car used for business use. - Standard UK car insurance is a cut thoat industry and very heavily populated.

Sky Insurance like to pick up business which these standard car insurers have not got a clue about.

 

[skyinsurance]

I honestly never realised premiums varied that mush between different parts of te country.

Example one:

25 year old, 3 years NCB, living in inner Manchester driving a Honda Civic Type R - Pays £1300

Example two

25 year old, 3 years NCB living in Cornwall driving the same Honda Civic Type R - Pays £550

Postcodes make a huge difference.

 

[b1gdave83]

All insurance companies are out there to make profit nothing more and nothing less,
that's if they ever do payout! (eventuality..... after robbing all your interest for a few of months) Fobbing you off with stupidly low offers, which aren't even the market value. (quite frankly taking the *I**)

That brings me on the next thing, why ask what's the value of your car? Base the quote on it, then offer you as little as they can get away with.

So the once bitten, once shy comment is bit rich coming from an insurance company, surely the whole point of insurance is that you win some you loose some? Hench Why I pay more half the vaule of my car a year. With amount I've been paying over the years I could have bought 5 of my cars!

And You do pick and choose clients to maximise your profits! Or you wouldn't refuse to insure them.

It's all a big joke anyway.....I've been left with a £10,000 loss before because the insurance company wouldn't pay out. All because I left the car somewhere other than my driveway and it was written off by someone else. What takes the **** was that I stayed at my mums for one night!

Anyway I thought offering services and touting on this forum wasn't permitted!

 

[voorhees]

Anyway I thought offering services and touting on this forum wasn't permitted!

It isn't allowed,why whos doing it ?

 

[sidibear]

Title edited by?

 

[beanoir]

Example one:

25 year old, 3 years NCB, living in inner Manchester driving a Honda Civic Type R - Pays £1300

Example two

25 year old, 3 years NCB living in Cornwall driving the same Honda Civic Type R - Pays £550

Postcodes make a huge difference.

It's quotes like that make me realise why people drive around without insurance, that's nearly 20% of the value of the car, why would you?!?

 

[skyinsurance]

All insurance companies are out there to make profit nothing more and nothing less,
that's if they ever do payout! (eventuality..... after robbing all your interest for a few of months) Fobbing you off with stupidly low offers, which aren't even the market value. (quite frankly taking the *I**)

That brings me on the next thing, why ask what's the value of your car? Base the quote on it, then offer you as little as they can get away with.

So the once bitten, once shy comment is bit rich coming from an insurance company, surely the whole point of insurance is that you win some you loose some? Hench Why I pay more half the vaule of my car a year. With amount I've been paying over the years I could have bought 5 of my cars!

And You do pick and choose clients to maximise your profits! Or you wouldn't refuse to insure them.

It's all a big joke anyway.....I've been left with a £10,000 loss before because the insurance company wouldn't pay out. All because I left the car somewhere other than my driveway and it was written off by someone else. What takes the **** was that I stayed at my mums for one night!

Anyway I thought offering services and touting on this forum wasn't permitted!

I think you need to start your own thread, all of what you say above is a general insurance industry gripe and is not connected to my company in any way other than the fact that we are an insurance broker. My job is not to answer general insurance moans.. nobody likes insurance, we accept that.