tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post3152681849305991383..comments2024-03-28T10:02:52.822+04:00Comments on [MM] Muscat Mutterings: A tale of woe about Al Ahlia InsuranceSythehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864800112417099664noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-7211082025419765512014-05-04T21:45:55.179+04:002014-05-04T21:45:55.179+04:00Read some of these posts and can only say it sums ...Read some of these posts and can only say it sums up this country,, you get what you pay for!!<br />For example insurance is just like buying a new car, you can have the basic policy which is as it says basic, or pay the extra premium for agency repair which can be for 4 years plus (do you own research ) and you will also receive a courtesy car whilst the vehicle is in for repairs. <br /><br />Simple pay and have your vehicle repaired by an agent with new parts covered by warranty or go cheap and have your vehicle repaired in a back street workshop with second hand or fake parts. <br /><br />Regards,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-85227067379526544802014-05-02T17:00:27.750+04:002014-05-02T17:00:27.750+04:00Thanks for sharing this post about UAE Cars, i rea...Thanks for sharing this post about UAE Cars, i really like this post because this post is very informative, <br />Nice post and Keep shaingrent a car in uaehttp://www.myk.ae/faqsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-3063930215570050482014-04-17T10:46:49.485+04:002014-04-17T10:46:49.485+04:00Agree with the fact the intl.brands are just using...Agree with the fact the intl.brands are just using it's brand name,the management is local,customer service is local and the quality is local too.No matter it's an insurance company,bank or something else.<br />This article reminded me something what happened the other blogger with AXA.<br />http://andyinoman.com/2014/03/17/axa-insurance-towell-co-incompetence-and-run-around/www.muscatinoman.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-64814436847995558732014-04-17T07:15:30.393+04:002014-04-17T07:15:30.393+04:00I too don't get if you buy premium insurance w...I too don't get if you buy premium insurance why they don't provide a rental if it wasn't your fault?<br /><br />And the cheating---even if your car is brand new, unless it is under warranty still from the manufacturer, they won't give you new parts.<br /><br />WTH is that?<br /><br />Ruwi isn't as bad as driving to Barka. Some guy hit us, and his insurance was Dhofar something or other?<br /><br />Hell. Pure and simple.<br /><br />My bro-in-law insures his car in UAE lol, for Oman, and has it towed there to repair it. Cheaper, better parts, faster. But of course, the hastle of the tow truck and a day at the border.Omani Princess (not Omani...yet)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11738377563210269837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-82390467291798361502014-04-15T15:33:44.356+04:002014-04-15T15:33:44.356+04:00The problem about insurance is, unless your car is...The problem about insurance is, unless your car is out of warranty, you're paying a stupidly high amount on insurance for someone else. That's the way I see it because you're never using your own insurance unless you're at fault or need to fix severe damages caused by your own negligence.<br /><br />So I go for the cheapest available insurance. You don't get jack from the bigger companies that charge double the insurance rate. They're just international names, the people working in them are just as useless as the next one.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476309329214857158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-91817005996727025082014-04-15T08:47:30.488+04:002014-04-15T08:47:30.488+04:00I had someone stop in the middle of a main road, a...I had someone stop in the middle of a main road, and then reverse into me because he had seen his mate on the other side of the road, and wanted to go back and talk to him. I had to collect my child from an after school activity and couldn't leave him there alone, so I took a photo of his registration card, and he promised me he would pay for the damage. Oh foolish me. After 5 days of him not returning my phone calls and texts, I called the ROP who advised me that there was no proof and after all who would be so stupid as to reverse in a main road, and if I wasn't careful I would get charged for driving into him!?!?!?! I'm sure that given the guy was a lawyer in a very important place would mean that my word was nothing compared to his. So I sucked it up, and paid the garage 250 OMR to repair the damage that this guy had caused to my front bumper.<br />A friend of mine had the side of his car totally wiped out at a carpark with cameras. The private company wouldn't show him the recordings (there probably weren't any!) so he had close to 500 OMR of repair out of his own pocket due to the person who did that and drove off without leaving any contact details.<br />Or the guy in the carpark behind the al Araimi who slammed his door opening into the side of our car, causing a massive dent, saw us approaching, and drove off. Again, kerching on us. If we use the insurance, there is still an excess to pay, lack of car for 3 weeks during the repairs, and increased premiums.<br />I call this "expat tax". You're never going to win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-67701380745981818672014-04-14T16:09:40.833+04:002014-04-14T16:09:40.833+04:00Anonymous - the paint job they did on my VW is.......Anonymous - the paint job they did on my VW is.... ok I guess. They messed up a little around a rear sensor but other than that its pretty good to be fair. Just damn slow - but once they did have my car, it was Wednesday, Thursday, the weekend and I picked the car up on Sunday morning.Sythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09864800112417099664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-7746575208913105122014-04-14T16:00:57.044+04:002014-04-14T16:00:57.044+04:00Well my car is at the minute with Al Haditha. Took...Well my car is at the minute with Al Haditha. Took them 2 weeks to get approval for a small job which I was promised a call back. In the end I called the Insurance company and got approval while they sat on their a**e.<br /><br />My question is... how is al Haditha? Anyone use them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-54826046895756744272014-04-14T15:31:12.475+04:002014-04-14T15:31:12.475+04:00AXA are equally shit- their service place is also ...AXA are equally shit- their service place is also in the deepest depths of Ruwi, or Wadi Kabir, or wherever the hell it is from all the way on the other side of town. My 2 year old car with full insurance was hit in the side by a bust that wouldn't wait until i was ahead, just had to change lane FUCKING NOW!!<br />Over three months it went in 3 times to have shoddy work repaired- they were fixing their own bad work! They oversprayed the paint onto the windows, they didn't replace parts they said they had, the colours didn't match..... and all this time we were having to take the car to the 6th ring of hell and organise hire cars.<br />Like everything here it is not governed, there is no customer service and ethics are non-existant.<br />As cars depreciate here the costs to insure go up! That is a colleagues experience with AXA.Dunk my donutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-30717386022989773742014-04-14T10:39:57.058+04:002014-04-14T10:39:57.058+04:00I have 3 alphabets for you.....AXA :)
I have 3 alphabets for you.....AXA :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-2183783857917125612014-04-14T09:21:52.289+04:002014-04-14T09:21:52.289+04:00The premium is usually 3% of the car value.
I ha...The premium is usually 3% of the car value. <br /><br />I have used many in the past and I'm currently very happy with both my insurers, Oman UAE insurance company and AXA. If you pay AXA a small extra fee, you are assured of agency repair for the first three years, which I think is well worth the money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-86391597040045697442014-04-14T09:13:02.988+04:002014-04-14T09:13:02.988+04:00I had the same experience with Al Ahlia with a clo...I had the same experience with Al Ahlia with a clown driving his pickup from behind into my stationary vehicle. As my vehicle was a new one I could fortunately give to Nissan workshop (IN RUSAYL). For 8 DAYS I had to drive a rent a car and had to shelve out OMR 104 from my pocket for no fault of mine. I agree that there should be a provision of providing a rent a car for the duration of repair by the insurance company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-67849377482993839282014-04-14T09:03:54.451+04:002014-04-14T09:03:54.451+04:00How much do you pay??
My insurance is RO75 includi...How much do you pay??<br />My insurance is RO75 including UAE. My car isn't that new.. but its no clunker.<br /><br />My mate has a 2 year old Jeep Cherokee Summit.. he pays 250. I thought that was a lot.<br /><br />Ill find the name of my insurance ad get back to you. It the one on the slip road by the highway in Al Kuwair. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368053937631641478.post-49822400906432775822014-04-14T08:29:54.926+04:002014-04-14T08:29:54.926+04:00Well Al Ahlia and RSA merged some years back ..and...Well Al Ahlia and RSA merged some years back ..and now it is Al Ahlia , part of RSA group..<br /><br />well its the same for most of us..if the car is more than 2 years old, they force us to get it repaired at cheap workshops. On top of it they wont replace new parts..<br /><br />once i insisted my car to be repaired in showroom with new parts and i had to pay almost half of the repair cost from my pocket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com