highlander
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Thought I'd bumpty-bump this as my insurance has just come around. Currently with Privilege and paid about £600 last year. This year they've more than doubled the excess to £1750 and increased the price to <insert drumroll> £1600!!!
I asked for a justification for a thousand quid price hike and the chap was quite honest and said "its well above my pay grade to be told these things", but assumed it was down to the perceived risk. Fortunately Admiral are offering it up at slightly less than my current price, in the mid-£500's.
To start what others have, car insurance companies do seem to want to take the proverbial at times.
As a follow on, a friend of mine bought his son a Suzuki Alto to learn on. Insurance was around £500 through Adrian Flux and they specifically said, once he's passed his test get in touch as the premium will come down (amazing for a 17 yr old, but ok you accept what they say). So, he got in touch and the price was over £4000!!! Needless to say he went elsewhere. AF I had heard are meant to be decent, but this is disgustingly sharp practice.
smacks of "I don't want the business...." type quote to me.