Anyone know if any car insurance companies account for UK no claims or do you have to start from scratch
Cheers
Greggsy

I can only speak about coming back this way (Oz to UK).

We found a couple who would take a letter from our Australian Insurance company and they took the 5 years (which I think is the max in Oz). Funnily enough I am on confused.com getting a quote for my car in the UK!

Maybe email some companies direct for their advice?

www. nrma.com.au
www.aami.com.au
www.allianz.com.au
www.gio.com.au

Best of luck
Merlot

Yes they do take UK claims into account - bring a no-claims letter with you or an insurance renewal showing your no claims

we didnt need proof for our no claims.......they just asked how much hubby had and I said FULL so thats what we got

Same here, didnt need proof just told insurance company I had full (which I did!) and thats all they needed. Shop around like in UK quotes can vary by quite a lot

Amber N

Like the UK, insurance companys don't always ask for proof when they take your money. They are a lot more likely to ask when you when they have to pay up, so make sure you bring proof from the UK "just in case".

For the record RACQ did ask to see proof of our UK no claims when we got their insurance.

Cheers

Z

Its also worth noting that our insurance was $100 dearer untill i took my test and came down about $85 when i paid off my finance.

Hevs, Which insurance company was that with ?

I don't actually recall ever being asked on insurance if I had an Australian Licence (mind you, my memory isn't that great now )

I agree that the insurer is likely to ask for the proof of No Claims when you make a claim, unless you provide it at the beginning.

RACV and Aimee

Thanks all great help

Just be prepared for the shock - car insurance is much dearer than the UK!

Not in my experience, its probably about half the price here in OZ compared to the UK.
You might want to shop a round a bit

Did that! Did you include the CTP in the total?

Mine for Fully Comp, $400 excess on 3 litre car is $412.00 per year.

But on top of that, is the Compulsory Third Party Cover, included in the registration costs, which was $539 combined registration and CTP cover.

So, the total of registration and insurance is $951 per year

The UK comparison would be
Road Tax £170 plus Comp Insurance £411.60 = £581.60 or about $1360


UK cost is about 43% higher than Australia.

Sure did, cant remember the exact numbers and breakdown but over here I pay about $850 total for a new $32K car, when I left the UK I was paying about 750GBP for a 2yr old vehicle worth about 14KGBP.
The UK car did have bigger engine, but given its age and the values being fairly similar it was still a lot more expensive.
Steve