Insurance & life assurance

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• Direct Line / Admiral car insurance

  Been quoted £563 from Direct Line for a 2003 Seat Leon S including legal cover, protected NCB and hire car for 14 days. That will increase by about 10% as I have 3 points pending for speeding too. I'm 47. Best quote from confused including the pending points is £407 from Admiral, so £200 cheaper. Worth it? I don't think I…

• Selling gold sovereigns

  Does anyone out there have any advice to offer on the best place to sell gold sovereigns to get the best price?

• Is it a reputable company?

  I used https://www.confused.com to find car insurance..... The most competitive of them all was https://www.budgetinsurance.com they are near to £60 cheaper than my present renewal notice. We used the "Post Office" last year alas the £50 discount for a new customer does not apply to us this year! BUT.....is this "budget…

• Car Insurance - Legal Cover do I need it?

  Car Insurance - Legal Cover do I need it??? I'm insuring my wifes car and looking to see whether I need legal cover protection. On the lloydstsb website it says legal cover is used for recovering costs when the accident is not your fault?? My question is if the car is being insured fully comprehensive protected do I need…

• Watch Insurance

  Hi Guys, I have just been given a watch for my birthday and it's value is significant at £5200 and I want to insure it asap. Can anyone reccommend an insurance company for watches or do you think my household insurance will cover it to this value? I also want to ensure that it is covered incase i ever got mugged for it.…

• Buildings insurance > Drains/subsidence claims

  I'd appreciate readers thoughts on a sticky problem. I'm currently trying to sell my house. The chain has just collapsed due to a problem with a branch drain (i.e. not the main drain), at the rear corner of our house. Basically, the drain is cracked, water has been seeping out over the past few years causing the ground to…

• building insurance - cost/commission disclosure

  Hi ALL, I hope you can help I own a leasehold flat and part of the contract is for the freeholder to arrange the building insurance for the whole building, as per norm. (and us the leaseholders just be good to pay without having any saying in it) They have changed the provider couple of years ago, the premium has been more…

• [b]who Do I Claim From Please Help [/b]

  Hi All I hope you can help I live in rented accomodation , and since the start of dec06 I notice that one of my bedroom walls was damp , ie. when it rains water runs down and inside the wall the room is now so cold im unable to sleep in it and am sleeping in the living room , i reported this to my agency and nothing was…

• Who Do I Claim From Please Help

  Hi All I hope you can help I live in rented accomodation , and since the start of dec06 I notice that one of my bedroom walls was damp , ie. when it rains water runs down the inside of the wall ,my bedroom is so cold it uninhabitable, and ive been sleeping in my livong room. I reported this to my agency and nothing was…

• Who Do I Claim From Please Help

  Hi All I hope you can help I live in rented accomodation , and since the start of dec06 iI notice that one of my bedroom walls was damp , ie. when it rains water run down and inside the wall , i reported this to my agency and nothing was done, just after Xmas i looked in my cuboard ( they are built in and next to the damp…

• Pru health website problem

  Has anyone else had a problem getting a quote off of the Pru health website. when I fill out the application and click submit, I am taken to the next page, but only half of the page comes up, the part that has the quote on it is missing. Can someone try this out and report back. I have emailed them about this but had no…

• Top-up car insurance

  Hi, I'm looking to insure people (any over 25) on my car for a week. Are there any insurers/ website that can help me?

• Should I employ a loss assessor?

  On new years eve, one of my party guests deliberately set fire to the upstairs of my house. As a result the whole of the upstairs has been burnt and the downstairs is covered in filthy water. The following morning (new years day) an independant loss assessor (ambulance chaser) arrived and told me that I needed his services…

• Too many bedrooms!

  Hi We recently had a loft conversion, meaning our house now has 6 bedrooms. It's a normal semi rather than anything grand, but when I have tried to get some home insurance quotes from Moneysupermarket I have been refused by most insurers for having too many bedrooms! We are foster parents, not aristocrats :) , has anyone…

• car Insurance

  I used confused.com last year & saved £80 on my renewal as my existing provider agreed to match the best price. I am just changing my car & went on to confused.com again. Swiftcover came up with a good price & because I am a new customer will give me £50 cash back 90 days from taking out the policy (if you cancel the…

• Barclays insurance

  I got a good deal with barclays home and contents insurance last year and they have informed me that the premium will be going up £1 per month which still makes it pretty cheap, however they say if I am not happy with it to telephone them anytime to see if they can come to some kind of arrangment. Does anyone know of a…

• PPI Cancelled by bank without notification after i became unemployed

  Hi, In 2005 i took out a loan with LLoyds TSB and they insisted i took out a payment protection plan. in september of 2006 i became unemployed (my work is specialist and i have subcontracted work over the past 15 months since i took out my loan on my graduate acc) and i went through the rigmorole of claiming ion my PPI,…

• Cost of replacing individual items

  Have done a search but can't seem to find anything to help.

• £400 Cheaper Gym Loophole: Works for Cannons/JJB Gyms Article Discussion

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• surendering policies

  Dear Sir, Unfortunately I have to either sell or surrender my life assurance policies as I can no longer afford the premiums, which would be the better option and where would I find any companies who deal with buying these policies should iI wish to sell them on?