has something changed with insurance?

I just did a quote on my bike insurance out of curiosity and each offer is actually more than what I'm paying right now even tho I am assuming by then to have 1 year no claims!!! What is going on???????

[Ch00]

The EU has decided that men and woman should pay the same and no longer get the cheaper rates base on gender.

I heard of that but to this extent??? That's a MASSIVE INCREASE!!! My jaw just dropped to the floor!!!

[Wideboy]

Welcome to the real world ladies

I will actually be paying more than I am right now!

Yup, same thing happened to me in September even though my no-claims increased to 3 years. Insurance went up by more than £150 !

So what I did was I rang my insurer (Swinton) and asked about how much renewing the policy would cost. After they gave me the price I told them I would shop around and ring back.

I "shopped around" for a few days then when they rang me back, I said that I found a really cheap quote (Cheaper than my previous year) from a compare website. They asked for the quote reference number but I said I didn't have it.

The salesman put me on hold while he spoke to his manager and when he came back, he beat the fake quote I gave them! (Y)

Dude, it's almost £700 per year for an SV! I'm hardly riding an R1!!!!

[Wideboy]

You'd think by increasing female premiums the hikes would level out across the industry but all my premiums have gone up more than what I paid the year previous

This is daylight robbery!!! I know you can get some kind of boxes to track your safety in cars and work out insurance this way. Can you get that for bikes?

P.S that's £700 a year 3RD PARTY FIRE AND THEFT only!!!!!!