by soontobe » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:09 pm
Similar to Richard-am in SW4 not 11 but last year my premium went up 50% (no claims made!) and when i shopped around very few would insure me other than at prices that were more than the worth of the bike! Spoke to a couple of insurers who said they were withdrawing from London market- particularly for people with CBT rather than full licence and scooters because of high rates of theft. There was an article in MCN i think saying that in 3 years there might be no insurers willing to cover in London. Add that to the ULEZ coming in and likely i will have to sell my bike soon as its just not as economical as it was, despite the convenience.
If its any use, i use CIA for mine and they have been fine despite the price hike. Buy something ugly, cheap and slow, insure it third party, chain it to a tree and hope....
Similar to Richard-am in SW4 not 11 but last year my premium went up 50% (no claims made!) and when i shopped around very few would insure me other than at prices that were more than the worth of the bike! Spoke to a couple of insurers who said they were withdrawing from London market- particularly for people with CBT rather than full licence and scooters because of high rates of theft. There was an article in MCN i think saying that in 3 years there might be no insurers willing to cover in London. Add that to the ULEZ coming in and likely i will have to sell my bike soon as its just not as economical as it was, despite the convenience.
If its any use, i use CIA for mine and they have been fine despite the price hike. Buy something ugly, cheap and slow, insure it third party, chain it to a tree and hope....