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Unfair price increase due to new address.
I've recently moved house and my car insurance premium jumped up by over £100. The thing is my car is infinitely more secure at the current property than it was at the old one. My old house was in a rural area but despite this the car was parked on an open driveway on the edge of a main road. At my new place, which is in…
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Temporary Car Insurance
Was wondering if someone can advise me. I have a car I am currently selling. It has taken longer than expected, for obvious reasons. The car is insured with Tesco, but the annual policy has run out and has been renewed monthly as a temporary car (we have an old banger we are using, this is now under the annual policy).…
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BUPA - Advice needed please
Hello. Long time watcher, first time poster. I recently had some shoulder surgery on the NHS and it went really well. The only problem was I had to wait nearly 18 months for it because I'm in the Armed Forces and there are a lot of issues with waiting lists and moving frequently (another story!) I fell the other day and…
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HELP!!! insurance for a business
We have just has a renewal for our business insurance and it has gone up quite alot, I have had a look on the internet but the prices are still quite high. Can anyone recommend an insurance company for a business in take-away food which also have flats to let above the shop. Much appreciated.
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Help With Buildings Insurance On Flat
hi there, i have just had a bill through from my managing agents on the flat i currently have a mortgage on for my buildings insurance. It is £413 which seems incredibly high as the block only contains 4 flats. My neighbour said she has written to the company for a breakdown of what this cover includes as she said its…
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Different stages in Life Insurance business process
Can you please help me in knowing what the different stages in Life Insurance business process are? Example: Business may start with Quote or New Business (Policy) After this, I would like to know, what happens? Do claims /Underwriting come into picture? I need to understand the entire business flow like, where does Claim,…
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Swapping CAr Insurance with Wife...
I have an old Escort banger insured TPFT and have a 9 years NCD - policy expires October. My wife has 7 years NCD and has a 4 year old Fiesta with some value that is fully comp - policy expires next week. Since my wife will never drive another car and I may need to do so from time to time it seems to make sense for me to…
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car crash claim against grandad
My son has whiplash in his back and bruised kidneys ! He,s 16,I took him to casualtly last night and although my dad told him to make a claim he,s now telling us not too as his wife feels uncomfortable about it. He told us to write to his insurance company and he doesnt want anything to do with it. His wife usually tells…
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Obvious Q about car insurance
I'm having a new car next week :D It's about 8 years since I had my own car with insurance in my name, so all my lovely no claims bonus is no longer valid :( . Whilst we've just had one car, the insurance policy has been in dh's name, with me as a named driver. I've done all my shopping around for quotes, and they're not…
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Home insurance when working away
hi would appreciate some advice on a dilemma iam insured with esure for building and contents in oct i have to go away with work for 3 months (83 days to be exact) my cover states the house should not be unoccupied for 60 days i have arranged for various family to stay at the property at weekends but according to esure…
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Travel insurance - single item limits
I am really stuck at the moment as the single item limits on backpacker travel policies only cover approx £250 of valuables. We have an engagement ring and wedding rings, cameras etc that will all be above this limit. The straightforward answer is to get the comprehensive contents insurance on our home cover, however, we…
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Cavendish Online - Income Protection (PHI?)
Assurant's recent price hike has prompted me to reorganise my insurance policies (something I was meaning to do anyway) and I believe that a PHI policy is the best option for me. I've read on here that PHI isn't widely available online but have noticed that cavendish online appear to offer it (perhaps this is a new…
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directline premium increase for change of address
Hi, Please bear my lengthy explanation I recently moved and had to update my policy with the change of address. I called them to do it as my new post code was not recognised by their website. When I called i was told to pay £26 extra premium. When I asked the reason for the increase in premium I was told that this was due…
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Want cashback - but want to use my current insurer - help!
Hi I'm sure I've read something about this on here before but I can't find it so sorry if I sound repetative. I've shopped around for my car insurance and the best price is with my current insurer (Sheila's Wheels) - not the renewal price they've quoted me, of course, but the price I get if I do the whole thing again…
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Loan for Car Insurance
Sorry if this has been touched on elswhere but i could'nt find anyrthing. I recently used Quotelinedirect to change my van insurance. I ended up getting insured through a broker with Equity Red Star. What I did n't realise at the time was that by opting to pay by Direct Debit I was agreeing for a Loan to be taken out on my…
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Where has Prudential gone from cashback sites?
Went to renew OH car insurance yesterday via quidco to find that Prudential Insurance has disappeared. Looked on topcashback and cashbackkings as well and they seem to have just vanished (having been there a few days b4). Not been aware of Prudential not being on the sites in over a year....are they revising their offers…
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Question about No Claims Discount for Car Insurance
Ok, here is the situation that I am trying to get an answer to so hopefully someone here can help. I have my own car insurance with Direct Line which I have full no claims on but I am also a named driver on my partners policy, also with Direct Line. Now Direct Line also allow named drivers to build up no claims discount. I…
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claiming on insurance
hi sorry bit new to all this ive come home tonight and my tv wont turn on i think its about 9 months over warrenty would i be able to claim on insurance for new one as i don;t know what has happened? Thanks help really appreciated!!
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Direct line want £180 to cancel car insurance within the 14 days!?
Hiya! We recently took out car insurance with Direct line and paid the full £1800 straight away (well my Mum did!) anyway, I then found it much cheaper (£800) so we cancelled the Directline policy the day after we had taken it out. We sent all the documents back straight away and as far as we were aware we would get our…
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Help needed for Legal Issue re Car Insurance please.
Hi, I have a problem regarding legalities of car insurance and wonder if anyone can advise me please. My mum lives in Spain but visits Uk regularly so decided to buy a car here to save on rental when she visits but all the rest of the time I use the car. The log book is registered in her name, but I insured the car with me…
