Insurance Quotes

[Peat]

One of the fictions about becoming an advanced driver seems to be that you'll get a better quote for your insurance.

I've compared online, and telephone quotes with companies that supposedly offer a discount if you're an IAM member. The online quote that's available to everyone beats any telephone quote for IAM members.

For example, Norwich Union offers a discount to IAM members. However when I called them and asked them to do a quote it was still around 20% more than the online quote that I was given.

To my great surprise, the IAM Select Insurance that is advertised in the IAM Magazine was almost 80% more than my lowest online quote.

I often try to recruit people to Advanced driving. Unfortunately, I'll now have to stop using lower insurance as an additional reason to join.

[Darren]

No insurance company will ever be really good for everyone. The process at http://www.advanced-driving.co.uk/car-insurance/ will usually get you a cheaper quote also.

Darren

[rodericksdad]

Unfortunatley you are right i was told you would get better insurance through the IAM select insurance people,to my misfortune i shall never use them again,firstly they lost all the documents that i had sent them and then threatened to cancell my insurance after they admitted that they had lost them, and then to add insult to injury i found that they were one of the most expensive quotes on the market when i could get the same cover including all the extras forfor half the cost,so i then shopped around online and swapped,as nice as it would be to be able to say yes i am insured thru the IAM my pockets will not stand the cost,this in no way though reflects the good work that they do as a whole and i am proud to have been able to take and pass the test and i am indebted to the people that helped me get there and because of that it has certainly made me a better driver albeit far from perfect,but i feel that it has also helped me in my line of work also,just a pity about the insurance side of it,
best regards,Clive.