Amendments to insurance group ratings

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Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby bas saph on Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:13 pm

If your vehicle was registered in 1994 or after you insurance group will have changed. Ie a group 3 may well now be a group 9 with a prefix letter etc. This is because there are now 50 insurance groups rather than 20. this came into force on the 01st Jan 2010 and is based on information collected since 1994. It has taken 3 years to study and set up. How this will effect premuims I do not know yet :rolleyes:
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby Dave G fsi on Thu Feb 11, 2010 8:55 pm

What happens if your car is pre 1994 then? Is it still 20 groups for them?
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby jayrs on Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:14 pm

first ive heard of it, would be interesting to see how it effect things.

why change it though, its been running fine for years as it was, now some desk jockie things it can be improved, c0cks
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby bas saph on Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:32 pm

Dave G fsi :What happens if your car is pre 1994 then? Is it still 20 groups for them?

As far as Im aware it remains the the same :)
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby bas saph on Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:34 pm

jayrs :first ive heard of it, would be interesting to see how it effect things.

why change it though, its been running fine for years as it was, now some desk jockie things it can be improved, c0cks


I received an email about it today :P
http://www.parkers.co.uk/News/News/New- ... explained/

http://www.thatcham.org/abigrouprating/ ... chtype=car
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby jayrs on Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:19 pm

hmmm, might explain why the fully comp price was cheaper this year than last, by a lot!
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby dontpannic on Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:21 pm

jayrs :hmmm, might explain why the fully comp price was cheaper this year than last, by a lot!


That appears to be the trend at the moment. I can't see how, but fully comp for me on a Satria GTi works out at £1200, whereas TFTP comes to £1700....!
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby jayrs on Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:14 pm

jesus thats a fair difference :lol:
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby wriggley_xr2i on Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:35 pm

fully comp insurance on the integra tpft was 1200 were as fully comp it was 770 and the bike has canged as well dropped from 500 to 300 for the year
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby muz on Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:42 pm

I've just looked and its £200 CHEAPER to insure the XR3 fully comp than TPFT. WTF? :-?
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby bas saph on Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:39 pm

muz :I've just looked and its £200 CHEAPER to insure the XR3 fully comp than TPFT. WTF? :-?

Ive found on occassions FC to be cheaper but not oftern last qoute mine was £197 FPFT add glass cover it went to £241. FC was £243 so went for that.
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Re: Amendments to insurance group ratings

Postby dangerousdave on Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:27 pm

mines always been a few quid cheeper to insure fc but check the excess its nothing on tpft but if your under 25 or havent had x amount of exp driving theres a compulsary excess then theres a voluntary one too

saying that i just payed £511 for 10 months cover on a 1.8 focus and have a 150 quid excess ( payed more to reduce it! :) ) not bad considering im 25 and have 0years ncb!
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