Home insurance - 'renewal setup fee'
My home insurance for the current year, is quoting £6 more than this
time last year - OK not too big a jump, but they are adding on an extra WHAT? They are also suggesting they will auto-renew, unless I stop them by ringing to stop them. Anyone ever heard of a 'Renewal setup fee'? |
Home insurance - 'renewal setup fee'
On 02/11/2020 19:11, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
My home insurance for the current year, is quoting £6 more than this time last year - OK not too big a jump, but they are adding on an extra WHAT? They are also suggesting they will auto-renew, unless I stop them by ringing to stop them. Anyone ever heard of a 'Renewal setup fee'? Yep, especially when dealing with Swinton - which are just brokers selling other company insurance. The auto renewal is often in the very small print which most people don't read The premium may only have risen by £5 but carefully check that there have been no changes in excess amounts. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
Home insurance - 'renewal setup fee'
alan_m wrote:
On 02/11/2020 19:11, Harry Bloomfield wrote: My home insurance for the current year, is quoting £6 more than this time last year - OK not too big a jump, but they are adding on an extra WHAT? They are also suggesting they will auto-renew, unless I stop them by ringing to stop them. Anyone ever heard of a 'Renewal setup fee'? Yep, especially when dealing with Swinton - which are just brokers selling other company insurance. The auto renewal is often in the very small print which most people don't read The premium may only have risen by £5 but carefully check that there have been no changes in excess amounts. I was told by Direct Line a few years ago that if I paid using American Express, they dont auto renew. Dunno if this is still true though. Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
Home insurance - 'renewal setup fee'
On 02/11/2020 19:11, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
My home insurance for the current year, is quoting £6 more than this time last year - OK not too big a jump, but they are adding on an extra WHAT? They are also suggesting they will auto-renew, unless I stop them by ringing to stop them. Anyone ever heard of a 'Renewal setup fee'? Perhaps insurance "renewal" or "set up" fees are a way of keeping the quotes down as these fees do not attract insurance premium tax? Mike |
Home insurance - 'renewal setup fee'
Muddymike wrote:
On 02/11/2020 19:11, Harry Bloomfield wrote: My home insurance for the current year, is quoting £6 more than this time last year - OK not too big a jump, but they are adding on an extra WHAT? They are also suggesting they will auto-renew, unless I stop them by ringing to stop them. Anyone ever heard of a 'Renewal setup fee'? Perhaps insurance "renewal" or "set up" fees are a way of keeping the quotes down as these fees do not attract insurance premium tax? I think the trick is that you don't get those fees back if you cancel within the cooling off period. So if you book some insurance, let it run for a day, and then cancel, you lose 1/365 of the premium (which might be less than a pound) but also the setup fee. The fee compensates for the work the insurance company has to do in setting up and then cancelling the policy (posting you the paperwork, you calling them to cancel etc). The regulator has jumped on various attempts to increase these fees so they're kept at a 'justifiable' level. I can't really see a justification for a 'renewal setup fee', but maybe the same cooling off applies to a renewal. Or perhaps this is just a new wheeze the regulator hasn't ruled against yet. Theo |
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