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Anyone had the PO £50 postal order?
Hi, Has anyone else taken out PO car insurance and been sent the £50 postal order it states you will get? How long did you have to wait? Thanks, Bf
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Too good to be true? PO and Quidco
Post office are giving £50 cash back and Quidco are doing £27 cashback for car insurance. If I go through Quidco do I get both? (sorry if it's a dumb question - I've just discovered quidco thanks to here!) Caz
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mortgage-related insurance
Hi, I've just arranged my first mortgage, and am now looking for insurance. I am confused and I'd really appreciate any advice. I know I need buildings and contents insurance, but am unsure about other types of insurance. I have no dependents, so life insurance is not crucial - basically I want to be covered if I get ill…
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Cashing in/selling insurance policy
We've got endowment policies with the Prudential and Friends Provident. We keep getting letters from them saying that the eventual amount that will be paid will not cover the amount of our mortgage. However, we've mananged to pay quite a bit off our mortgage over the years, and we're thinking of cashing the policies in. We…
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Car insurance - settling privately
The Mrs decided to take out a collegues Honda leased car in her company car park. To not affect her no claims she settled with Norwich insurance personally and paid the bodyshop bill of £400 to NU. The bill from Norwich Union stated 'our policy holder is responsible for VAT and £250 excess'. A year later the leased company…
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Hi Can Anyone Advise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi can anyone advise me in my problem I am a scooter owner. I have insurance with Bennetts Bike Insurers, ok may as well start from the beginning. I had a accident on my bike where my bike was parked outside my local shops, I was in the shop when I heard a large bang so went out to check and seen that my bike was on the…
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Buildings and Contents with no NCD?
I recently had to make a claim on my buildings insurance as a car crashed into the side of our house. We had to pay a £100 excess and were told we would lose our NCD. Now my questions: Is there any way to claim back the excess from the driver? The policy is now up for renewal, and premiums are going to go up considerably…
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Quick cavendish question
Hi everyone, What happens to the fee paid to Cavendish if a premium quote comes back higher than originally quoted, and we no longer wish to take out the policy? Or if we just decided against insurance? I have spoken to an advisor today and she told me that only half would be refunded - does this seem fair? They don't…
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NCD - can I carry this?
I am looking for a quote for my OH for van insurance, time is running out as it is due for renewal on Saturday. I have based my enquiries on 1 year NCD, as he has only had the van for a year, but has full no claims on his car. I have just re-read the new quote from his current insurer, and this is stating 7 years…
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Badly Sold Life Assurance?
Has anyone else out there had cause to question whether they have been badly sold / incorrectly advised to buy Life Assurace? If so what have you managed to do about it? I believe I was misguided into purchasing Life Assurance some years ago and havent been able to get out of it without losing the large sum Ive paid into…
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Charges for Cancelling Ins
Having just sold our motorhome I have just cancelled its insurance. I was told by Devitt that the insurers would return the premium on a pro rata basis but that Devitt would charge me a £30 cancellation/admin fee....shades of the bank charge 'scam'?
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Dispute with Post Office over car insurance
My mum is in dispute with the Post Office over her car insurance and needs a bit of help with her complaint. Basically, when searching for a renewal quote she found a better deal and called the PO to inform them that she didn't want to renew. They sent out the policy documents anyway and took full payment. The first issue…
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Opinions on insurances
Hi all I wondered if people have an opinion on 'income protection' or 'critical illness' insurances. I have neither although I do have life insurance along with buildings and contents for the property I own. I had critical illness cover for a year but only because it came free with my mortgage! I am currently helping Mr HP…
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Renew car insurance
Hi folks, I'm looking for a great website for renewing my car insurance. Maybe cashback or something similar would be a bonus. I've checked the price for renewing my Y reg with the same company as last year and its £318. Need to have a second driver and fully comp. I'm 30 and OH is 40. We have no claims for the last 2…
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Life Assurance, is this too much?
Hello, My partner and I both have a level-term assurance plan with Standard Life, we took this out in 2004 and it's around about £70/mth. This is a joint plan, guranteed, and covers critical illness. We have ASU paying about £20/mth with another company (Centerpoint Insurance), and this was all dealt with an IFA at the…
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zurich withdrawel- Quidco
Hi all just a word of warning that Zurich have pulled there offer from quidco of £120 cash back for taking out insurance policies. It is unclear if they are going to honour policies already taken out. Take a look at the blog section on quidco website. You have 14 days to cancel and mine was up to day so I have cancelled.
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Sat Nav For Approx. £6
I've just seen the Sunlife advert on telly. If you take out an over 50 plan, they will give you a sat nav as a welcome gift. (if you don't want this you can have a digi camera, case of wine or dvd player). The plan can be cancelled at anytime, it's whole of life, so you do not get any money back. It looks great if you are…
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Home Insurance
Hi Guys, I work from home as a remote worker, and have no clients that visit - it's all IT based. Is there a list of insurance companies that will insure all my IT equipment even though it's for business purposes? Cheers, Jee
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Household Transit Insurance
Can anyone help me with this. I am moving to Germany nextweek and my insurance company have just made the desision to not insurance me in my move. even after them telling me on several occasions that they would. I m now left with the dilemma of my whole household contents being unisured during my move. Does anyone know of…
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Being 'forced' to take out co travel insurance?
Hello, New here so be gentle plse! I have just tried to book (online) a holiday(camp) in France but got to the insurance part and you HAVE to take out insurance before being allowed to book. I called my usual company to try and sort it out - and they can't give quotes without a firm holiday booking. Catch 22. So, I call…
