I received my car insurance renewal notice this week, but having recently moved regional it hadn't been swapped to my new address yet. Just called up and updated the address. Ended up $931.06
cheaper than the renewal I just received for my previous address (same cover, excesses, etc... except for changing from estimated driving of 3rd the premium for the previous address.
But here's where it gets really weird. Because my old house was still under settlement while I took up a 'licensing agreement' on my new place (like renting, but I'm financially responsible for the condition of the new place), I have for a few weeks had two home insurance policies running simultaneously. I had already paid the new policy for a full year, expecting to cancel the old policy on my previous house once it had sold & settled (which it now has). I rang the insurer, and they advised it would be better to update the old policy of my previous house with my new address and cancel the new policy - as the old policy on the previous house has "capped" policy price increases due to me "being a long-term policy holder" (only ~6 years) on that policy. So by the time my address was updated on the old policy, the long-term customer discount adjustment applied, the additional home insurance policy cancelled, and car insurance paid - I just renewed my car insurance and
received $776 dollars from the insurer!
Kind of scared to leave the house today now to be honest, feel like I'm going to be struck by a meteorite or something!
In the meantime though - Viva la' regional life!