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overseas car insurance
help please - I am resident in UK but spend a lot of time in Europe, I need to insure a car to use on the continent for more than 90 days which is the normal UK basis. Has anyone come across a company that will offer Europe wide coverage? There must be someone out there who does this as I keep reading of people wandering…
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Wedding Insurance Advice
Official MoneySavingExpert Insert April 16: Hi everyone, we now have a full wedding insurance guide you may find helpful. Back to sgreenwood's original post... --- Hi there - regular reader of the weekly email and occasional browser of the forums. I am getting married in Italy on August 14th. Weddings by their nature cost…
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Do I have any comeback on Broker ....
I bought a motorbike, new, in 1999 - had it MOT'd continuously from then until Nov 05 - work commitments kept me away from home (Jun 05 to Feb 06)and I was unable to use the Bike. When the tax expired in May 06 I took out a SORN as by then I was overseas with my job. When I renewed the insurance in Nov 06 I informed the…
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Woodworm infestation - will buildings insurance cover
My colleague has just had some terrible news that the whole of her downstairs joists, floorboards, door frames and skirtings are completley infested with woodworm and will require remedial work costing around £5000. Obviously she is getting some second opinions but we have been discussing whether buildings insurance covers…
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Salary protection
Please can anyone well me about Salary protection please. My husband would like to insure against sickness and disability. Many thanks in advance...
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Long Stay / Backpacker insurance recommendations?
Anyone have any recommendations for long stay / backpacker insurance? Relative is going to Australia for a gap year and maybe a few others stops before getting there. So need to find either Australia & NZ or Worldwide cover. Think they were quoted around £150 by the travel agent, but not sure of the level of cover.
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what do you pay for contents insurance
think my bank sold me over priced cover its contents only insurance for up to 50k and it 20pm is that the norm?
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Critical Illness
Hi all, Does anyone else agree with Martin on critical illness.... Did a mortgage lender flog you life insurance? Save £1,000s in minutes New Article (from this weeks email) "I'm not a big fan of critical illness policies. Many believe they will "pay out if you get a serious illness and can't work". Yet that isn't true,…
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Jewellery Only Insurance
I am looking to renew my insurance for my engagement ring and watch. I have had a quote from T H March however they have given me quite a high quote. Has anyone any ideas for insurance just for the above. I don't want house insurance as still live with my parents at the moment. The items are too expensive to put on house…
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Life Assurance - Couple of Questions
Hello, So it's time to fill out the forms but I have a couple of questions I hope someone could help me with or point me towards a site with the answers. On the first page it asks a question about "indexation" and "conversion", it states that you can't have both. I don't even know what these are and if I have any need for…
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interest payments on instalments
what I don't understand is if you want to spread the cost of car insurance by paying monthly instalments you get stuck with such high APR. 23.4% on one of my policies. :confused:
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Life Insurance Providers??
Hi, I am looking for Mortgage Life Insurance however I have come across a number of 'discount brokers' along with the usual providers e.g. Legal & General, Norwich Union, Tesco etc. I wondered if the 'discount brokers' offer inferior service due the the lower premiums and was just looking to see if anyone had experiece of…
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Life assurance- unmarried couple
We are an unmarried couple with 2 kids (3 & 1) and I'm thinking about getting some additional life cover for us but I'm not sure what to go for. I have a company policy which covers me for about 120,000 and my partner has a separate policy with Sainsburys for quite a bit more but I'm the main breadwinner. If something…
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Travel Insurance & unknown medical conditions
Has anyone got any advice as to what I should do about travel insurance? I am 30 and have been having some problems recently. I am currently awaiting a diagnosis (have got to have mri scans) but it could be a number of things. My problem is that I have tried the insurers recommended by this site but they will only insure…
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Is this travel insurance too cheap?
Using moneysupermarket I searched for a travel insurance policy and the cheapest was with Marcus Hearns who quoted £49.50 for an annual worldwide family policy. The policy looks good, but it seems VERY cheap. Has anyone got any claims history with this company, and would you recommend them? Thanks in advance.
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Car insurance - missold?/cooling off period?
See my post below. Am fuming because we feel we have been missold a car insurance policy. We searched via confused.com, answered yes to the 'are you main driver of another car' and said we have 2 years No Claims bonus (we genuinely did not realise that since we have not yet sold the other car - which 2.5 yrs NCB is being…
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Buildings and contents quotes
I've got a really competitive quote for buildings and contents. It lasts for 30 days though and we are not likely to exchange in that time. What can I do to take up this policy. Is it possible to apply for it and leave the start date open and get it started as soon as we exchange, or will I just have to go back for another…
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Subsidence?
do house insurance companies require a "Certificate of Completion" for an extension if we were to make a claim for subsidence? i think we have symptoms of subsidence but the problem is that the builder that was doing the extension (2 yrs ago) left the job half way and we are still trying to get a few bits of work sorted…
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If it worth making a small claim on my contents insurance ?
Hi guys, basically my wee one has dropped an ornament onto the stone hearth of my fireplace, taking a big chunk out of the front of it. To replace it I have been quoted around £100. I have a £50 excess on the policy. How does a claim on your home insurance effect next years premiun, I have been told that it won't make much…
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Beneden Healthcare -Opinions?
Hi Beneden healthcare have been heavily advertised on the radio recently and as I am in the emergency services I though we would have a look. I can join along with my partner and after 6 months any medical proceedure can be done under the insurance at one of their hospitals or a recommended one. We though this sounded…
