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£112,000 insurance shock for West Yorkshire mum
QUOTE SHOCK: Sian Jones with her Vauxhall Vectra.
A shocked mum was quoted more than £100,000 to insure her five-year-old car.
Sian Jones’ insurance company worked out that her insurance premiums for a new policy would be a staggering £10,185 a month when they sent the quote to her home in Wakefield.
A stunned Miss Jones, 28, received a letter from Vauxhall Insurance to let her know her annual payment would be £100,034.
The mammoth bill represented quite a leap from the £700 it cost her to insure her car last year.
When she rang the company, to her horror she was told that was the best quote they could offer for her 2007 Vauxhall Vectra.
She told the YEP: “I just laughed in the end. How can they honestly expect me to pay £10,000 a month?”
And when Miss Jones didn’t take up their offer, the company sent her a reminder letter quoting the same amount.
The quote even added that the total insurance for the year would have been £112,038.08 if she had signed up to 11 monthly instalments.
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She said: “At first I thought it was a printing error but I rang them up and they just said it was the best quote they could give.
“They have done all the calculations for APR and legal protection.
“If they don’t want to insure me they should just say.”
Miss Jones has since signed up to another company for her car insurance, costing a far more reasonable £390.
Vauxhall Insurance said the amount had been quoted because of a one-off system error and not because of increased insurance premiums.
A spokesman said: “We apologise to Miss Jones for any inconvenience caused.”
Earlier this year a Government report to the House of Commons Transport Committee called for a higher threshold for the payment of compensation in whiplash claims in a bid to bring down rocketing premiums for people buying car insurance.
The latest British Insurance Premium Index (BIPI) published earlier this year said that the “average premium” for comprehensive cover is now £1,458.
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Gus'BergMacduff
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 09:20 AMeither way.... is this really news? At the end of the article it says that it was a systems error. Problem solved. The Eurozone is on the brink of collapse and we're here reading about somebody who got an expensive insurance quote. Try being young and getting quotes for performance cars and THEN write an article, they rip us off every day without having to blame system errors.
stepawa
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 04:43 PMFlash 1947...You probably never went to school either, judging by your spelling, moron!!!
flash1947
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 04:14 PMi road my moterbike 4 years without insurance saved me a fortune?
Jonny Greenwood
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 03:06 PMIf we can get as many people as possible to threaten to cancel their insurance on a pre arranged day then the insurance rip off will end as the government will have to step in. They can't take everyone to court.
Chris R
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 10:11 AM£390!! you still got it cheaper than i could find, i have been driving for 29 years, have a clean licence and have never made a claim, and i struggled to find insurance on a 1.5litre diesel renault megane, it doesnt even have a turbo, yet the cheapest qoute for me was an insulting £450.50 for comprehensive cover with no legal assistance,or breakdown cover!!! There are no excuses for insurance companies to continue punishing the hard working and careful drivers!!! Its just an excuse to grab as much money as possible, the Government also needs to do its bit and removed this where there's a blame there's a claim culture, again the solicitors are the one making a fortune and the insurance companies passing the charges on to good Honest drivers!!! motorists!!!!! It needs sorting out or next year i simply wont be able to afford to own a car!!!!
badman
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 09:58 AMfor that price you can have a chauffer in a Luxury Car to dirve you around it will still be cheaper!!!
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