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Viva Aviva

Post by smee » Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:38 pm

After suddenly realising my Competition Car Insurance had expired with no warning or communication from CCI and being under 30 I had to look for an alternative.
A price comparison with moneysupermarket and compare the meerkat etc was averaging out about 300-400 with Adrian Flux being the only recognisable name.
I then did a direct quote with Aviva through the quidco cashback website.

The quote including modifications and £150 excess with 7 years NCB was £170.
When you deduct the £80 cashback through quidco that equates to £90!!!, quidco have paid out in the past for home insurance and Rachelle's car.

I must admit the price took me by suprise, we got additional discount for having the house and Rachelle's insurance with Aviva.
What's even more confusing is that I thought Aviva were underwriters for CCI?
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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by IanD » Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:27 pm

Snap CCI to Aviva with quidco discount. In theory transferring the main car over on a multi car last month would save another £70 but I still got a cheaper net figure elsewhere on the main car.

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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by woody » Sun Oct 27, 2013 11:41 pm

:shock:

You're 'under 30'?


Price is a shocker too. Think I paid £400 with one answer this year.

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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by Rag_It » Mon Oct 28, 2013 2:38 pm

smee wrote:being under 30 I had to look for an alternative.
Aye, good one mate... I thought it was only women & DDtB who lie about their age!

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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by smee » Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:54 pm

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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by Rag_It » Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:22 pm

Holy moly, you're not lying either!! :P

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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by KennyT » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:51 pm

Another thumbs up for Aviva here.

I've just bought my wife a TT 225 for the winter and tried my usual elephant and direct line with quotes of about £500 looking acceptable for both of us aged 26 and 27.
I saw this thread and got a quote from Aviva, came out at £260! Happy days :thumbsup

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Good price and good service, surely can't be talking about a car insurance company :|
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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by fd » Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:26 pm

Seems the specialist insurers are wanting shot of business. I was previously insured with CCI for many years for my S1 but it's been sorned and under junk in the garage for 4 years or so, was going to sell it but, well, why should I, cool cars are fun ;-) . . . so CCI and Reis were insanely costly, "well you don't have any NCB and you haven't been driving a fast car" . . . apart from the fricking single seater I told you about . . . "hmmm . . .", anyway, Admiral wouldn't insure the Elise (it's modified) but Aviva ponied up and insured the Audi and Elise with everything declared, no limitations, small excesses, fully comp, yada, yada matching NCB on both cars etc for 160 quid for the Audi and 180 on the Elise . . . sure they may want the business, but who cares . . . the specialist insurers seem to be living in another world . . . and will be the last place I look for insurance next time . . .

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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by DJ » Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:09 am

My experience with Aviva at renewal time was as per usual for mainstream companies. Great quote for standard car but hopeless as soon as you start adding mods. Requested measurements of ride heights before and after suspension change and evidence of what, if any bhp gain from the tubular. I don't know how some of you get sensible quotes or replies with mods. I stopped asking standard insurers a while ago but thought I would try again this year after reading this thread.
Been with CCI for 7 years now and think I'll just give up on trying others as long as annual increase remains reasonable.
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Post by Dominic » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:33 pm

DJ wrote:My experience with Aviva at renewal time was as per usual for mainstream companies. Great quote for standard car but hopeless as soon as you start adding mods. Requested measurements of ride heights before and after suspension change and evidence of what, if any bhp gain from the tubular. I don't know how some of you get sensible quotes or replies with mods. I stopped asking standard insurers a while ago but thought I would try again this year after reading this thread.
Been with CCI for 7 years now and think I'll just give up on trying others as long as annual increase remains reasonable.
In contrast to my renewal with them a few weeks ago; declared mods on the elise including lower non standard suspension, and other stuff, and they were cool with it. Insured all three cars on a multicar policy which worked out well for us. :thumbsup
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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by ClarkyBoy » Fri Feb 06, 2015 1:52 pm

woody wrote::shock:

You're 'under 30'?


Price is a shocker too. Think I paid £400 with one answer this year.
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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by Mikie711 » Fri Feb 06, 2015 2:58 pm

Had a similar experience with the R8, specialists want £1500+ Admiral took the RRS and the R8 on a multicar policy halving what we had been paying for the RRS and the R8 at £490. Just shows the importance of shopping around really. there is no loyalty bonus with insurance companies, someone who is cheap on year will not necessarily be the cheapest the next and a lot of them do new customer discount to get your business which you don't get in year 2. It is a PITA having to shop around each year but the potential savings can be huge.
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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by campbell » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:01 pm

Yup. Important to keep the market honest.
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Re: Viva Aviva

Post by mwmackenzie » Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:14 am

£448 for me with protected no claims and legal cover :shock:
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Post by Dominic » Thu Oct 06, 2016 10:26 am

mwmackenzie wrote:£448 for me with protected no claims and legal cover :shock:
Premiums seem to be on the up - a couple of years ago Aviva were just over £600 for three cars for us.... now creeping up, although our fleet has evolved a bit I s'pose.
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