Has anyone else experienced a massive hike in car insurance costs this year? We are being asked to pay 50% more than last year which takes it to over £300 per annum.

Comprehensive Insurance with a full (protected) no claim bonus on a car that they now only value at a couple of thousand quid.

We are with LV but when we shop around there is nothing cheaper.

Randa

Roger, my yearly premium with Aviva jumped last Sept from £220 to £270 a year, fully comp, protected no claims £150 total x/s.
Last year I had made a no fault claim after somebody had reversed into me, so thought this to blame. I soon found this was not the case and I was lucky to get away with such a small increase. Like you I searched but could not find anything even close to my renewal request.
I've used GoCompare for Mrs eribaMotters car insurance on a 2014 VW Up. For this we pay about £140 per year with our farmer son included. GoCompare includes nearly every insurance provider with the exception of Direct Line and possibly Tesco.
I know we are "a few years younger" than you, but my 84 year old uncle has also used GoCompare and more recently Adrian Flux. He had used them for many years on his his toy, a Range Rover 4x4 on a limited mileage for off roading and winter use. He found them so competitive I believe he now uses them on his main vehicle.

Colin

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my car insurance with LV jumped from around £290 to £nearly £700. When I asked why they said it was aged related and that was the best they could do, I am just coming up to 75years old.

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Stroll on, just had AA Insurance renewal in for the VW UP and it's gone from £140 to £260.
A GoCompare search soon showed up a host of sensible alternatives including CoOp at £170 with a lower x/s.
As we've said in the past, always shop around.

Colin