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Dual House Insurance
When I brought my current house I was adviced to take out home insurance, which, seems ok, but three years later, after a visit to martins site, I reviewed all my finances. One think I noticed was that I had two policies for the same thing, after emailing Zurich and Northern Rock they have both agreed to refund 50% each,…
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No Claim Discount proof is 2 years 8 months old.
Hi, have done a search on here for previous answers and only found norwich union as a company that accepts NCD proof which is over 2 years old (they accept up to 3 years). amazingly their quote still came in higher than the quote i had to go with under zero no claims discount. does anyone know of any more companies that…
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Car insurance renewed, now claim on old insurance!
Hi guys, any help on this would be greatly apprecaiated.. Back in July I had a little bump, probably with me being at fault. :mad:! I exchanged details with the other guy, but didn't hear anything back so I assumed everything was ok (it was only a little bump). Anyway, since then I have renewed my insurance and taken out…
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Help needed! Car Insurance claim
Hi I am hoping someone can give me advice! My car was in an accident in August and was assessed by the insurers and written off (it took a while to get to that stage!). I was given 3 days to collect my belongings and tax disk but due to work committments I could get to the garage in this time. When I rang to tell them this…
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Question about car insurance accident related
Ok here's what it is, the other week my GF was in a car accident, basically what happened was a lorry braked suddenly and the car behind it braked so he wouldnt go into the lorry and my gf braked too but unfortunately she hit the back of the guys car was minor paint damage at the time, so she gets a phone call from him…
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Quidco and LLoyds cashback problem
Has anyone else had a problem with these 2 - I bought a buildings and contents policy through Quidco with a £120 cashback - it did not specify or exclude any particular policy but now Quidco are blaming LLoyds and saying that the policy I have isnt part of the cashback. This has been going on for months now and they keep…
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Resale value / car accident
I have just been a car accident where another car crashed into the back of my vehicle. The insurance company has decided to give me the money for the value of the car (£370) as it would cost £1,400 to repair it. Personally I think the car is worth abit more than that. Unfortunately I have research to find other cars which…
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Direct Line Home insurance, renewal vs new quote
I haven't added this to the Home Insurance Discussion as it's more about Direct Line, but if you feel it should be there, please move it over! I've had our home insurance renewal and it includes a 10% discount to buildings and content as we've not claimed, the renewal is £500 in total for buildings and contents. As per…
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Advice Needed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have previously posted this request but got no response. So, if at first you don't succeed................. I am currently working 2 jobs. My main job maybe under threat but there have been no official indications of ths to date. I would like to take out a mortgage protection policy to cover this income should the worse…
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Home Safety
I wanted to write and tell you all about some really useful tips published on our website. Norwich Union and Norfolk Constabulary have teamed up to help promote safety in the home. The page I've included a link too has a video showing some of the things that have been improved and how easy some of them are. There are loads…
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EXACTLY how our car insurance is so high!
Read on to find some explanation as to why our insurance premiums are so high! We have a Fleet of 13 vehicles. Last year one of our drivers had an accident in running into the rear of an Audi A4 Cabriolet. This was a 54 plate. The damage to our own vehicle - a Renault Laguna - was slight enough for us to repair ourselves…
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Administration fee/insurance premium tax
Pet insurance. Just looked through my renewal,i r ealise We are paying £16 administration charge for insurance premium tax. Is this usual? Petplan.
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Car Insurance Claim for passenger damage?
A passenger opened the door of my car whilst I was reversing, and it became damaged on a tree. As the car is mine and I was driving, am I safe to make an insurance claim for the repairs? I have £0 excess but excess for accidental damage (own). TIA
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Cancelling car insurance - Keep no claims??
Hi guys :) I am paying Direct Line my car insurance by direct debit. I am looking to get a new car next week, and have already tried to get a quote from them, but they won't insure it. Apparently they don't insure convertibles much??? Anyway I was just wondering what would happen if I cancelled the policy. I guess I'd have…
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Car Insurance / MoneySuperMarket
My renewal came today from LloydsTSB, had a go with moneysupermarket.com (my first time using a comparison site) and have just taken out a policy with M&S for £200, fully comp. including Legal, monthly payments. Saved over £150. Stunning deal :money:
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Term assurance - repaid mortgage - if invalid can I get refund?
I have a term life assurance policy taken out originally in 1987 for 25 years to 2012. I moved away from that home in 1991 and repaid the mortgage. I continued to make payments assuming that cover would stay in place declining with the theoretical value of the original mortgage. Three moves later I wrote to the new…
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excellent travel insurance incl. voucher deals
I searched this site last night for some tips on travel insurance that would take into account pre-existing medical conditions and not sting us for medical conditions that were under control. Also I needed cover for a holiday being paid for with Tesco Clubcard deals as Tesco say it's best to insure with them if you wish to…
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Hire car insurance useful tip North America
We recently went on a trip to Canada and hired a car locally, from Herz, via our travel agent in the UK. When I spoke to the agent in the UK I asked if everything was covered, as I didn't want the local agent trying to sell me extra insurance when I arrived. She said the only thing not covered was the excess which was 500…
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Mortgage payment protection
Hi I saw an advert on this site for mortgage protection insurance, so i thought i would get a quote as it sounded very reasonable and with the current financial crisis i wanted to protect us! I took out the insurance on the 13th August 2008 and on the 28th August 2008 my husband was made redundant! I was obviously still…
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Can he request all paperwork?
My son was in a car accident back in march this year,he has lost all of the paperwork in conection with the claim and needs some details etc,he is still with the same insurance company ,can he ask for copys of all the paperwork and do they have to comply to this?
