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Press involvement
Does anyone have any experience of involving the press in a consumer watchdog way when having trouble with an insurance company disputing a claim? I will not go in to details but feel that a particular large company is using its might to take advantage of my 92 year old mother. Probably hoping for her to pass away before…
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Car insurance, buying new car
Hi! I am buying a new car, should I update my current policy or get a new one from someone else? I ask because I have 2 years 10 months no claims bonus and I dont want to lose the last 10 months. What should I do? Cheers Smiler
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Building Insurance Help Please!
Hi, I recently got a building survey done on my gf flat. The surveyor discovered a crack which may need monitoring for approx 12 months. My question is do I have to tell my insurance co (Axa through the Post Office) about the crack, and if I do can they withdraw the insurance when it comes up for renewal (may) in case I…
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Life Insurance Turned Down
Hi I have been turned down for life insurance by Norwich Union due to my height to weight ratio - can anyone give me any advice of who to try next as I am worried about applying again? I need life insurance of 156,000 level term to cover my mortgage?
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Indemnity Insurance For Planning Permission Anyone Know Anything???
Looking at past threads, it seems that this type of insurance is not well-knows by MSE users. Please can anyone shed light on how we can look for this insurance on web and not through sols? Thanks.
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Motor Insurance claim
Last October someone drove into me on a roundabout. Because the other party was clearly at fault (and we we're on a busy roundabout) neither of us got any independent witness details. Ten months on and the other party has still not submitted her version of events to my insurer. I've heard verbally that she disputes my…
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1st quote and prestige insurance
I'd like some advice. I am looking for my first ever home insurance policy (buildings and contents) I have got a lot of quotes and including the search on moneysupermarket.com have found that 1st quote insurance comes out cheapest with prestige identically priced (pretty sure is same company with different name). I Have…
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Question about car windscreen claim with Swiftcover
My car is insured with Swiftcover and i'm thinking about getting the front windscreen replaced, as its got too many chips/scratches on it which can't be repaired. Can someone tell me what swiftcover mean by the second sentence in their reply below (which i got from their website). I was under the impression it wouldn't…
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How much life insurance do we need?
Hello everyone My husband currently has a term life insurance for 300k and it costs £58 per month with Scottish equitable. We are reviewing our finances at present and are looking to pay less than this. My husband is 51.5 and i am 44 and we are both non-smokers. We don't feel we need him to insured for more than maybe 150…
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Car Insurance claim! Please Help
Hello all!! I need some advice as I have been rather careless (and stupid). Last night I was involved in a car accident. Somebody hit me, and drove off. I am fine, but my car is fairly badly dented. I reported the incident to the police and they told me to produce my documents etc... Whilst going through my stuff this…
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My oven just blew up!!!!!
Luckily my young grandson wasn't in the kitchen when the inside glass on the door just blew into pieces scattering all around the area of the cooker :eek: Can I claim this on my home contents insurance??? Should this happen - should I contact Indesit - the manufacturer? The cooker was only a basic one bought around 4 or 5…
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Wrong fuel put in car- should we claim on insurance?
My OH recently put the wrong fuel into his car by mistake (diesel instead of unleaded)- aaargghhh!!!! It cost £258 to put it right (flushing out the tank and the cost of the unneeded fuel). Our insurance company (Nationwide) says he can claim on the insurance, but he'd have to pay a £100 excess, and his no claims discount…
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Matured Life Assurance Policy
Hello...new to this site and was just wondering if anyone can help. My mum who is 87 yrs old had a life asurance policy which became fully paid up over 2 years ago (matured). She had been paying £52 per year for 28 years.The company in Question continued to take the premiums for a further several months and it was only…
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Making a change to a car policy within the "renewal period"
My son is changing his car in the next couple of weeks just before his car insurance is up for renewal. All he wants to do is change over the car for the remaining 1/2 weeks of his policy and if necessary pay any extra due. The insurance company is saying that he can only make changes now, in the renewal period, if he…
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Over 65 Travel Insurance Help !
I would appreciate some advise as to where I might be able to find some reasonably priced Travel Insurance for my mother. She is due to travel to Canada at the end of this month, but due to the fact that she has had heart surgery in the past (she has arrhythmia), has high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and water…
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American life insurance
Anyuone heard of AIG or american life insurance. I have been told that if signed up with them and nothing happened to me after the term they would pay me back all the money i paid them ? Anyone know if this is true ?
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Lied to by Sureterm Direct
Hi all, I am thinking about buying a Toyota Glanza imported from Japan, and last week I went to a showroom to look at one. I did not buy the car but I was given a list of recommended insurers to get a quote, for when I do eventually buy one. One of these insurers was Sureterm Direct, who have a website on which you can…
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Anyone used Ace Insurance?
Thinking of using these guys for a round the world trip, just wondered if anyone had use them cheers in advance
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Opinion asked on buildings insurer and conspiring surveyor!
Hi - I have a flat that was damaged in the rains all the way back in May. There was a leak from the flat above, and water seeped into the ceilings and external wall of the main bedroom and also the kitchen's ceiling. The managing agents for the building acted very slowly to get a roofing company to seal the leakage…
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Anyone used 'Insure'?
One of the cheapest quotes I have had for my Buildings and Contents Insurance is with a company called Insure. Has anyone had any experience with them ?........ I had never heard of them before I got the quote through one of the sceenscrapers recommended in Martin's article !
