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Massive increase in insurance because of UK license?!

  • 02-05-2016 1:13pm
    #1
    Experience_day
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 359 ✭✭


    Trying to get a quote for a friend.

    1300 euros with a Irish license
    2000 euros with a UK license.

    All other details the same. They've been driving in Ireland a couple years. Didn't believe it when they told me.

    Is this legal? Anyone know any sites to recommend to them?


Comments

  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    is this but with one company? any of the ones I've tried say irish/uk licence.

    try bank of ireland insurance.


  • #3
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,762 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Why not exchange it for an Irish licence? Main reason is points can't go on to a UK licence for offences committed in Ireland.


  • #4
    Experience_day
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 359 ✭✭Experience_day


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    is this but with one company? any of the ones I've tried say irish/uk licence.

    try bank of ireland insurance.

    123.ie for definite. FBD won't even quote for UK license.


  • #5
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Why not exchange it for an Irish licence? Main reason is points can't go on to a UK licence for offences committed in Ireland.

    Yeah, that's a lovely thing about insurance in Ireland, they just say and do whatever suits them. This year I got a complete bull**** from 123.ie

    Got qoute for 890eu online so I called them, when lad went to confirm it, it blew up to 1700eu.
    He looked in to it and said my license is am issue.

    I have eu license for 12 years. 5 years ago I swapped for Irish one as insurance companies forced us to do it. The whole cheaper insurance blablabla. So now they see me as having license for 5 years in total, not 12. It makes it even more retarded when I got 8 NCB.
    I asked your man to check how much insurance would be if I stayed with eu license and it went from 1700 to 1400. The point of insurance taking a piss just went through the roof.

    Ofcourse I got bull**** from them that's benefits me in the long run as I will have Irish license longer...


  • #6
    damo86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭damo86


    My missus has a UK licence and she got a quote of 1200 with only a years named driving on her history too.
    That was with liberty on a 07 Peugeot 407.


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