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Travel insurance versus home insurance for holiday robbery losses
This question has been prompted by reading another thread,and is something I had not considered. Baldly, and leaving the emotion out of it:o we were in Barcelona:mad: ,en route to the airport for our flight home,and our 3 sons wanted to visit the Nou Camp stadium. We left our hire car on a boulevard at 12 noon,in the city…
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Company offering insurance for excess for car hire?
Had some advice from this forum a couple of years ago which suggested a company which we used that offered insurance against excess waivers for a hire car which were much cheaper than paying the car hire company directly. Unfortunately we cannot remember the name of the company. Can anyone help please?
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two companies
Have over K20 in both Bradford and Bingley and Legal and General.One matures next week. Should i move either of them as I understand they are connected and i would lose out if one was in trouble. Thank you
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Sheilas wheels any good ?
Am about to renew our car insurance and have spotted a great price on Sheilas wheels , £254 (inc full breakdown cover).It beats our renewal with Zurich by approx. £150. Has anybody any good/bad reports with them ?:confused: It even includes a £300 payout if youre handbag is stolen from the car !
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Car insurance policy address
I moved a month or so ago and have left my car at home with my parents. Its currently up for sale, but not had much interest at the moment. My insurance is due at the end of the month, and is currently registered at my last address as the car is there. As I want to keep it insured until I sell it i'm going to have to renew…
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Car Insurance - legalality of non-payment?
Ello, Just a quick enquire on behalf of a friend who is due to renew her policy soon in September. She is planning a holiday for 3months from Jan til March but obviously needs to be covered from Sept until end of Dec. Having asked Direct Line, they were not overly helpful and said that you have to buy 12 months regardless…
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Insurance troubles
Hi everyone. Just bought myself a 57 plate corsa sxi, 1.4 petrol and its a group 4 insurance. But I'm struggling to get a good quote. I know I know, I'm 20 and male, but I do have 2 years no claims. Any advice???
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no claims
hi all, i have three years no claims that i have on my private car, had an accident few weeks ago my fault i was driving someone elses car as a named driver, my insurance is up for renewal have i lost my 3 years no claims thanks for any advice
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Unoccupied house insurance
I'm lucky enough to be able to travel out to the sunshine every winter. :j I currently use Saga for my house and contents insurance as they are one of the few that can offer cover for my UK house being continuously unoccupied for 5 months each year. They have a good reputation but are expensive. I have just got a quote…
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Redundancy Insurance
Redundancy Insurance Question I am currently working for a department in a private ltd company and the department is being outsourced soon. Under TUPE legislation we will keep out current contract, pay, terms & conditions etc however there is a certain level of uncertainty whether the employee contracts will be reviewed at…
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Anyone use First Direct for car insurance?
Just had my renewal for £448.00. Did the all of the comparison sites and couldn't get the price below this. Stumbled across an advert for First Direct claiming to beat your renewal by at least 10% http://www.firstdirect.com/insurance/car.shtml Did a quote and came back at £403.00 which is 20p over 10% so it seems their…
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Insurance wanted for container to Australia
A friend of mine is emigrating to Australia and is looking to insure a container that will be carrying household contents plus all his tools and garage equipement (auto mechanic) that he needs to take..........worth quite a lot of money. Total contents will probably be worth £60,000 plus. He's not too happy about the…
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stay with same insurance company or not
my daughter has 7 years ncd, has made 1 claim a year ago . it was settled 50/50 her insurance renewal went up £25 extra, should she stay another 2 years with same company ,so after 2 years she can say no claims in 3 years or should she get quotes from other companys or will it just cost the same because of 1 claim she has…
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Value of vehicle in insurance quotes
Just out of interest, why do insurers want to know the value of my car when I am completing an online form for an insurance quote? As they have the make/model/age and any modifications, then surely they can work out the value of the vehicle from that - and after all, if I do crash, surely they will pay out what their…
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Adding a provisional driver to my insurance. Will I lose my NCB?
Hi, I've got 4 years no claims bonus on my car insurance and was thinking of adding my girlfriend the next time I renewed my insurance (either with current Admiral or a new insurer). My question is, will that mean that I would lose all my no claims bonus, given that she would have none, or would I continue to build NCB…
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Experiences with Tesco Car Insurance
My car insurance is due for renewal, and I have done the necessary comparing of quotes, and the best quote came from Tesco (by including the £40 off shopping or fuel offer). However, in the back of my mind I think I remember reading somewhere that people were not satisfied with the service received when trying to claim…
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Hire Car Excess Insurance for old Vehicle
Hi all, I hope someone really can help me with this. I am hiring a beautiful 1960's VW Camper van to go over the Isle of Wight in. Only thing is the excess on the van is high and I want to take out Excess insurance (to cover the excess)......... only one problem though, it seems all the companies out there will not cover a…
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Norwich Union Direct
Hi Guys, im having a bit of a problem with NUD. Im currently awaiting arrival / delivery of my new car, problem is i dont have the necessary documents for the dealership to tax it. I took the insurance out 2 weeks ago to ensure i would have them in plenty time,send the necessary docs down etc. Was told they would be sent…
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Bad garage and reluctant insurer problem
Please can anyone help? In early May we were driving quite happily and stopped for a newspaper.When we started the car there was a loudish rattle like stones or marble in the exhaust.We drove 900m home and took a look.Not being mechanically minded we then got a tow to our local garage who said they felt the starter motor…
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travel insurance
Heading away with my girlfriend to south america for four months backpacking. i am going to get couple insurance as we will be moving in together on our return but will be only leaving my parents address for correspondence. Will i have any problems with this insurance
