Insurance - Howden (A Plan) - anyone had experience of? :)

[Waysandmeans]

That old question - Insurance! Renewal gone up £300 this year despite no claims etc. Howden Insurance (formerly A Plan) gave a fairly competitive quote with Convex. Has anyone had any experience of dealing with them? Seems anything else quoting cheaper, then require a vetting, which would then equal the original quote! Agria looked ok but want a vetting if you request theft, plus the 25% on top of the excess makes it ouchy! Thanks

 

[webble]

I have been with them a couple of years but never had to claim so can't help there sorry

 

[Xmasha]

i use them. Had a claim a good few years ago and they where great. Really helpful, and the premium didnt go up too much either.

 

[meleeka]

We have them for our fleet insurance so not the same thing, but have always found them helpful. We’ve had a few claims too and apart from the initial call to them, we didn’t have to do anything.

 

[Tracking_up]

Use them at work, and have used them for 8+? Years. Were/are the brokers for the CLA insurance.

Do land/property/vehicles/fleet cover/hired-in plant etc, have taken over various smaller offices and hence also do some travel/single motor cover. V competitive in our sector

 

[Magnetic Sparrow]

I have used Howden/A-Plan for at least 20 years. However, I still use the office near the place where I used to live as I found it more helpful and efficient than the one closer to me now. Very good when I had a claim.

 

[Bobthecob15]

Would not use them for horsebox breakdown!! We had a terrible experience when ours broke down...they tried to say the policy didn't exist...was stranded for hours...eventually had to pay over £300 on the spot to get them to recover us and waited 8hrs for a tow. They then admitted it was their admin error and refunded us the money...but it was absolutely dreadful!

 

[QuantockHills]

That old question - Insurance! Renewal gone up £300 this year despite no claims etc. Howden Insurance (formerly A Plan) gave a fairly competitive quote with Convex. Has anyone had any experience of dealing with them? Seems anything else quoting cheaper, then require a vetting, which would then equal the original quote! Agria looked ok but want a vetting if you request theft, plus the 25% on top of the excess makes it ouchy! Thanks

I've been with them for 3 years. Always very helpful on the phone but never had to claim, so no experience there...