A few years back Horse posted his insurance renewal details at about 1700, as we both had kinda similar Toyota cars, very similar in age, price and year I was expecting the same quote, but my Avensis insurance quote was a whooping 250 Euro more than Horse's Prius.
So I went in to my AXA branch in-person when I got me 1950 renewal fee stating that my mate Taxi colleague who is from the pox slums of Fookin Tallaght and drives a Fookin Gay-mobile and has not got the most reputable reputation ever got a 1700 quote. Off goes 'yer-man-o' insurance salesman into a back room fer 5 minutes (prob releasing one off-the-wrist) and comes back with a 1750 quote !
That sort of thing annoys me. If AXA could have quoted you €1750, they should have instead of trying to screw you for the €200.
I was with AXA/BJP for years and was always quoted over €2k. I went with Taxi Fair/FBD and got something like €1,400 (I think). BJP rang me when I didn't renew and I told them about Taxi Fair. He offered to try and price match but I said it was too late.
If you're a taxi driver with over 10 years experience and no history of football or drug dealing, the insurance companies should see us as a good bet and quoting us good prices.