Direct Line Insurance Share Discussion Threads

[ignoble] 16/5/2019 06:46

So did I having earned 1 years NCB ..
Made very little difference.

Not impressed ...

[essentialinvestor] 15/5/2019 23:22

Would expect a considerably cheaper quote in 12 months time!.

[wllmherk] 15/5/2019 23:13

Admiral insured my 19yr old son for £699 after VW cancelled his 1 years free insurance, after 10months, for speeding, 32mph in a 20mph zone. DLG wouldn't even quote. VW insurance was awful, tried multiple times to phone them to discuss his policy but, could never get through even after waiting for over an hour on the phone.
Admiral gave us a good deal on both my and my wife's car insurance :)

wllm


PS-Excess £1000 on son's new policy.

[ignoble] 15/5/2019 22:49

My son is 20 ....ouch
Direct Line will lose £1600 of premium.
Maybe it means little to them in the big scheme of things ...

[ignoble] 15/5/2019 22:45

Thanks Sundial ...glad it was not just my experience.

[97peter] 15/5/2019 19:20

This will get back to 350 region as this is a well organised company and board.

[deadly] 15/5/2019 18:13

You mighty clever

[deadly] 15/5/2019 18:13

You mighty clever

[sundial1] 15/5/2019 17:49

Me the same ignoble cheap not any more ,went to Aviva.

[ignoble] 15/5/2019 17:35

Could not sing the praises enough last year when insuring son's first car.
So now , years NcB , and the price is unchanged virtually and we have halved the mileage.
Not quite so impressed this time as they are rather take it or leave it at the moment.
Their choice , I guess.
Still , all an insurance company is, is a bookmaker working the odds on any particular incident. Too much exposure to the younger driver and want us to go elsewhere.

[97peter] 14/5/2019 18:49

Once Blackrock decide on what they want and direction with their 17% ownership, large stakeholder?

[lord gnome] 11/5/2019 16:27

Once more in English please sundial.

[sundial1] 10/5/2019 22:57

just checked on my portfolio. noticed DLG bought couple of years ago.Down 20%.What a w!£k share,People are convinced big dividends ooooh yes.you look after signed even more down.when div payed this year alone.You better off in another insurance company like L.GEN.or ADRIMAL. you get caught in negative equity.Just saying.What i got not worth selling.Got out other year.As majority.Just warning new holders.better off investing in banks, shares will move more.i not but if you want to be in that field,

[gswredland] 09/5/2019 12:01

Chart doesn’t look too good here

[wllmherk] 09/5/2019 08:32

I have some chunky dividends to come this month and will reinvest here if DLG stays this low. Not a share I worry about.

wllm

[joshuam] 09/5/2019 06:01

A lot of buyers yesterday, hope it continues today

[jrphoenixw2] 08/5/2019 08:29

A summary:
hxxps://www.sharecast.com/news/news-and-announcements/direct-line-gross-written-premiums-dip-but-combined-ratio-guidance-reaffirmed--3889980.html
'Direct Line gross written premiums dip but combined ratio guidance reaffirmed'

[saltaire111] 08/5/2019 07:37

Much better than I expected. In force policies down by less than 1% is very good news. I expected it to be much worse than this.

[fenners66] 08/5/2019 07:27

update does not inspire

[shauney2] 07/5/2019 15:23

Porsche,got stopped out here but thanks for your interest.
Trading update tomorrow.

[97peter] 03/5/2019 19:38

Anyone heard how the Blackrock investment and bulk buys of DLG have gone? Plus why the drop over last 3 days?

[jrphoenixw2] 03/5/2019 16:49

Re: Background to UBS downgrade... [12.49hrs today]
'UBS cut its rating on Admiral to 'sell' and its recommendation on Direct Line to 'neutral''.
hxxps://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/219667/admiral-and-direct-line-shares-hit-by-ubs-downgrade-219667.html

ps. If necessary, manually replace the 'xx' near the start of the URL with 'tt'

[porsche1945] 03/5/2019 12:38

Shaun, how you gettin on with these?

[lord gnome] 03/5/2019 12:25

UBS has cut from Buy to Neutral. Can't see how that has caused the fall today, but probably added a bit to downward momentum.?