A couple of additional points to add to the others (which I would second):
1. What is your age? If you're over 70/75 then your current insurer may start to annually load it with a higher premium for being older and statistically more likely to be involved in an 'at fault' accident than if you are in your 50s to 60s, plus that insurer may prefer to insure drivers from a younger age group and so will (amazingly) discourage you from staying with them by again putting the price up each year.
If you regularly do very low mileages, this may also have an effect as you age on the premium, as the insurer may assume (rightly or wrongly) that you lack confidence as all you'd be using it for are short trips to the shops, which may have an effect on ability to get out of trouble. I would check to see how far up the mileage limit you can go before the premium goes up - some years I knew I'd only be doing about 3k miles, but could insurer my car for 5k with no price increase.
2. Do you have anyone on the policy as a named second driver? For similar reasons to the above, this can have a significant effect on the premium. I used to have my Dad on mine (for emergency use if was taken ill and needed someone to drive my car home), but as her turned 70, the premium went up by 5-10% rather than down by a similar amount. I now put my sister (in her 40s) on the policy instead and get the discount.
You might find if your other half has also turned 70/75 (whatever the threshold is for that insurer) that this discount ends and starts being a penalty.
Not much you can do if you both need to be on the policy, just a possible reason why it went up other than the broker not getting the best price - I agree that the screenscraper websites are now far better than the vast majority of brokers to find the cheapest deals.
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