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Insurance & life assurance
Archives for August 2005
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Help needed. Car stolen from my drive- Insurance procedure tips!?!
Hi, Had a good look around this section for tips to make the process i am going through at the moment as painless as possible but doesn't seem to be much when the car has been stolen rather than written off. My house was burgled and my two year old Volvo S60 D5 car stolen from the drive using the keys that were in my…
Cancellation Charges?
My OH and I took out a policy through an "advisor" at an estate agents at the start of the year, however we have learnt we can probably make significant savings elsewhere (since they only dealt with Legal & General). Reviewing the L&G documentation for the policies (1 joint Decreasing Life and Critical for £95,000, 2…
Cheap Travel Insurance to Asia
My wife & I are off on our holiday in November for 34 days travelling to Thailand/Vietnam & Cambodia. We have free worldwide travel insurance with the A/L, but it only covers us for 30 days phoned them and asked if we could pay for the additional 4 days but no they wont allow that. So we need cover for 34 days anyone have…
Living abroad
I have to send my 20 yo daughter to live in Tokio for 1 year at uni there. Has anyone any idea of the best/cheapest insurance to cover her stay there ? many thanks
Halifax vs Direct Line - too good to be true?
Just received renewal of buildings & contents insurance from Direct Line and done a trawl through the home insurance websites as recommended by Martin. Halifax offer such good cover (increased rebuild and contents figures) + protected NCD + home emergency cover £110 cheaper than my renewal quote. Direct Line don't want to…
Quick question re Life assurance for mortgage.
Does the term of the policy have to match the term of the mortgage? We are thinking of gettiing a 25yr term policy. Then ending that policy and starting a new 25 yr policy in 5 years time. Mortgage term is 30 years.
Direct Line Home Insurance
Did you know that if you move to Direct Line, they give you a first year discount to entice you in, take the discount away the next year bumping it up to an uncompetitive £200 more than a real insurance broker, and have no leeway to adjust the premium.......and then if you do go elsewhere but dont tell them, they…
Buy to Let Buildings Ins Help
Hello Is there a web search site ? or anything to get quotes for buildings cover on a tenanted house. The seach engine on this site ( and all I've googled ) relate to your own property. Any help/info appreciated. I'm currently with ' More Than ' and it's due for renewal. I'm sure it can be beat but don't know where to…
Home Insurance Claim Advice
I am claiming on my insurance- I have both buildings and contents with the same company. I am claiming for a water leak in the bathroom - the problem is I have 2 leaks. One has come from the toilet and I have had this fixed. However water also seems to leak from around the top of the bath. Water from the toilet leak has…
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