Thread: Renew Insurance

Just had a call from the Insurance Co to say the insurance has to be paid now, one month before it expires, because it's the last year for the car on finance.
Anyone else had this happen?

Is it the same insurance company that is currently insuring your car? I have had competing insurance companies call me about a month before the insurance is due trying to fool me that it was time to renew and thereby changing companies without knowing it.

Originally Posted by BC819

Just had a call from the Insurance Co to say the insurance has to be paid now, one month before it expires, because it's the last year for the car on finance.
Anyone else had this happen?

Nope, bought all vehicles with cash. Finance is crap.

Pay it, one month before expected, so what.


^ Never had that.

I'm with Direct Asia for cars and Tokio Marine for bikes. DA are good. The excess is about 50% or so. Which is really quite good. Give 'em a shout OP.

Nothing wrong with finance, makes the world go round, pay 1 month before expiry is quite normal, so the documents arrive before due date, 50% excess you must be crazy, my excess is nil.

Originally Posted by mykthemin

50% excess you must be crazy, my excess is nil.

So you pay 100% of the premium?

With 50% excess I only pay 50%

Until I need to make a claim, and then have to pay the other 50%.

Ain't been required yet.

Originally Posted by Barty

Is it the same insurance company that is currently insuring your car? I have had competing insurance companies call me about a month before the insurance is due trying to fool me that it was time to renew and thereby changing companies without knowing it.

Same company. Last year I just got reminders etc on date to pay.

We get the same problem every year. Well my wife does as she deals with it. Its a 'come on' to get your money before you've had a chance to shop around. She just tells them okay and leaves it until the day before it's due. She says it happens every year. Being on finance I don't think it matters.

They always contact me about one month before. I pay 1 or 2 days before it is due. Same company for 12 years. Always give me a discount of some sort every year.

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by Luigi

So you pay 100% of the premium?

With 50% excess I only pay 50%

Until I need to make a claim, and then have to pay the other 50%.

Ain't been required yet.

So you pay 50% and when a scooter runs into ya you pay 50%... and then another scooter bumps into another 50% ??????????

Nope.

If a scooter runs into me they pay.


In 5 years I've made zero claims. And have only paid 50% of the premium each year. (Direct Asia)

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by Luigi

So you pay 100% of the premium?

With 50% excess I only pay 50%

Until I need to make a claim, and then have to pay the other 50%.

Ain't been required yet.

So you pay 50% and when a scooter runs into ya you pay 50%... and then another scooter bumps into another 50% ??????????

Nope.

If a scooter runs into me they pay.


In 5 years I've made zero claims. And have only paid 50% of the premium each year. (Direct Asia)

Ha Ha how many scooters have NO insurance, over half at least, who pays then, and 50% of premium in my case would be 7000 and that will pay for didly squat in the body shop.

^ Best you pay 14k then, instead of 7k.

Makes sense, eh.

But you'd probably be better off getting proper insurance. 14k for fully comp 1st class insurance? What are you insuring, a lawnmower?

No a 4x4 pickup 3 years old and my 1 year old Pajero is 18000 all with Tesco Lotus, I suggest you shop around. both no excess.

Ripped off, you should be paying 7k + 9k bud. Get onto them and demand that 50% excess. They're havin' you over.

what complete load of bollocks you spout.

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by Luigi

So you pay 100% of the premium?

With 50% excess I only pay 50%

Until I need to make a claim, and then have to pay the other 50%.

Ain't been required yet.

So you pay 50% and when a scooter runs into ya you pay 50%... and then another scooter bumps into another 50% ??????????

Nope.

If a scooter runs into me they pay.


In 5 years I've made zero claims. And have only paid 50% of the premium each year. (Direct Asia)

Haha, good luck getting money out of a scooter rider.

Me iam happy to pull full premium and no excess these days.

Coupla years back in My Colorado I went for tehcheaper premium and pay excess route (I think it was 12k for 1st class with a 4k excess) and in that first year I had 2 windscreen replacements an repair from a scooter running into me, woulda been cheaper to pay full premium than 3 lots of excess on top of the cheaper price.

I have 30% excess and in eight years have never needed it. So it's saved me heaps.

Well, 30% of my policy for eight years.

Through Kasikorn bank.

Originally Posted by Auroria

I have 30% excess and in eight years have never needed it. So it's saved me heaps.

Well, 30% of my policy for eight years.

Through Kasikorn bank.

I battle peak hour Sukuhmvit traffic between Pattaya and Laem Chabang twice daily, Not 6 months goes by without an insurance claim !!


Edit to add. saw the bill for my Mazda 3. 1 headlight is Bt45,000.......ouch.

Originally Posted by Fondles

saw the bill for my Mazda 3. 1 headlight is Bt45,000.......ouch.

So you went into the back of someone.

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by Fondles

saw the bill for my Mazda 3. 1 headlight is Bt45,000.......ouch.

So you went into the back of someone.

low speed head on with a Fortuna.

I swerved to go around a car parked half in my lane and Fortuna coming up the road just drove straight into me, normally an oncoming car will make room (and the Tuna had plenty) but not this time !!

lol

Driving Whilst Being Thai.

It's when their pigheaded stubborness really shines through.