First ireland car insurance

DaNiEl1994

was wondering could anyone help me?

i paid for insurance over the phone this morning and was told i would get some form of confirmation either with a phone call or temp cert in an email.

i wanted to be on the road this weekend but havent heard anything from them yet. i need the insurance for monday morning? what can i do?

they arent open until monday at 9, any way to contact them?

_Kaiser_

They're usually pretty quick.. did you check your spam folder in case it ended up there?

DaNiEl1994

no sign of it?

oldyouth

First Ireland are brokers rather than an Insurer, I wouldn't chance it without confirmation

Henry Ford III

I've a classic car with them for years. I find them very good to deal with.

p.s. Why didn't you call themback at 4.30pm OP?

DaNiEl1994

Was working and forgot all about it

Pedro K

What underwriter is the policy with?

Did they do a statement of fact over the phone with you?

DaNiEl1994

i got a quote letter from first ireland it said patrona underwriting ltd. if not them i think it could be kenco not too sure that was 9 days ago and paid it friday morning

Henry Ford III

DaNiEl1994 wrote: »

Was working and forgot all about it

That put paid to your chances I reckon.

Pedro K

DaNiEl1994 wrote: »

i got a quote letter from first ireland it said patrona underwriting ltd. if not them i think it could be kenco not too sure that was 9 days ago and paid it friday morning

If you did a statement of fact over the phone and they took payment there and then via card, you're insured.

oldyouth

I wouldnt trust it myself, as I said before, they are not an insurance company.

bazz26

You know what they say about assumptions especially when it comes to insurance!

kissmequick

May I ask what's the difference between a Broker and just a standard Insurance Company? I see that when getting quotes online some don't seem reluctant to deal with you if you've been with a Broker?

Henry Ford III

A broker is an intermediary who (subject to status) will be able to quote several insurance companies rates, and make a recommendation.

A direct writer is an insurer dealing directly with a member of the public.

You can go from Broker to direct writer or the other way around at any stage. Both channels are more than happy take on good business regardless of who handled it previously.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

kissmequick wrote: »

May I ask what's the difference between a Broker and just a standard Insurance Company? I see that when getting quotes online some don't seem reluctant to deal with you if you've been with a Broker?

Say what?

arleitiss

I am with First Ireland too, usually once I pay and ask question: "Am I insured now for [that] vehicle?" and they give solid answer of yes I just go on and drive, never had problems of Garda giving me fine for not showing insurance disc, at worst I've been given 2-3 weeks to bring insurance cert to garda station. But yeah as said above they are pretty quick with sending the certs.