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No claims issue
Hi all, I hope I can pick your brains over this.. I'm sure we all find insurance companies this annoying.. Over the last 2 years I've had around 5 policies and have had to keep changing as the prices were ridiculous. Changing from a provisional license to a full license doubled the price so I changed, I bought a new car…
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Insurance for financed car
Bit of waffle first. Asking for my daughters boyfriend He wants to buy a car, wanted a PCP deal but he has no credit history. He is on a good wage so the payments are no problem. His mum was going to be a guarantor but that is a no go either apparently. Then his mum was going to do the PCP deal and let him use the car.…
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car Insurance for sportsman help ?
hi, hoping for some avice/knowledge, i have won a snooker competition that now allows me to turn professional and am having trouble getting a sesible quote for my car that is due 1st july. i have been a van driver paying £475 fully comp on a 08 mini cooper s with no points on lisenceand 8 years no claims,never had a…
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Going knock for knock?
Hi I just want your opinion on a car accident insurance claim. Background: Male driver driving along left hand side of road normally doing about 20-25ish. Female driver parked on double yellow lines on the right hand side of road facing down, so she's on the right. Female driver pulls out and hits the front wing and door…
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Do I need third party cover for a dog?
Hi, Is it true that home insurance covers third party claims from e.g. dog runs out in front of car, car driver sues owner for damage? I got some quotes for ins for my spaniel on moneysupermarket.com. The cheapest was AFI at £4.25 / mnth but this has no 3rd party cover. Is it necessary? Cheers!
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Can I do anything?
Hi.. after some advice please .. When I took out my mortgage I got some independant life insurance from Norwich Union. When I remortgaged, I got a new policy. At the time I'm pretty sure I believed it was a top up, but being very silly I didn't check the documents properly and found out not so long ago that I had in fact…
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Should I get addtional protection on top of my employment benefits?
Hello, I'm after some advice. My employment benefits give me critical illness protection and will pay 75% of my salary if I get critically ill for the rest of my working life (if I can't go back to work). If I die, a payout of 4x my salary (more than my current mortgage debt) will be paid out to my named recipients. Been…
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Credit Checks for Contents Insurance Quotes
I'm intending on checking the comparison websites like gocompare, confused etc to get a good quality cheap quote for contents insurance but don't know whether in doing so my credit file will be bombarded with credit checks. What do you think? Thanks.
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Value of my kit?
Hi all, I'm insuring my Macbook and photography kit, and I was hoping any aspiring photographers could all help me value it :) I have : D80 and 18-55mm VR lens bought Christmas '08 for £391 70-300mm VR lens bought May this year for £391 (too, oddly) Lowepro Vertex 100 AW this month for £90 Lowest Macbook model available…
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Car Insurance Help
Hello Everyone, Hope you areenjoying the fine weather. I have an odd question and am not sure if it is even do-able:- My car is 11 1/2 years old (BMW bought new) and probably worth £1k. I really love it and the repairs have been minimal over the past and it work fine (touch wood). The thing is I want to keep it forever (!)…
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Insurance for property abroad
Good morning Could anybody recommend house insurance for a holiday home in France please? Thank you
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Car insurance for newcomers to the UK
I just wanted to know if anyone else has experience of this, and if this is normal? I have car insurance with Swiftcover, and I wanted to add my husband to the policy so he can drive our car also. He only moved to the UK in February. Swiftcover asked if he'd lived in the UK for the last 4 years so I said no. So they've…
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Insurance- Box Room
Just wondering. Can a very small box room be classed as a walk-in cupboard (instead of a third room) to save on insurance?
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home insurance question
am i right in thinking that home insurance is seperate from auto insurance? For eg would i have to mention any car accidents when getting a quote for home insurance?
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Holiday Insurance that covers airlines that go bust
I've just organised my holiday, not a package one, and want to get some insurance that wil cover me if the airline goes bust. ie if we haven't travelled and can't get new flights will it cover accomodation, car hire, car park etc costs and if if it goes bust whilst on holiday to get new flights home :j
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multi occupancy insurance
My son is about to share a house with 4 other people. It is furnished. Obviously they will each have their own bits n pieces in their rooms. How do they go about insuring their possessions. There are no locks on their individual rooms. Can they do it as one policy or do they each need their own? Thanks.
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Travel insurance - possibly boots annual
Hi, I have to buy travel insurance for a couple (us) and a separate policy for my dd. I was wondeering if there are any deals out there whereby if one person buys a policy and then recommends a second who also buys a policy then there is a cash bonus or advantage points or something similar. Does anyone know ? Post officer…
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How much should I pay for Valuation of Jewllery?
How much should I pay to get my Jewellery valued, We have a number of pieces that we have has comissioned for our wedding, honeymoon and anniversary gifts, therefore I think it sensiable that we have these valued in case we need to make a insurance claim. Therefore what is a resonable charge for someone to look at our…
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Car Insurance on other persons contract car?
Hi Wonder if you can help Im trying to work out if the following situation is possible. I've got a bad credit file and Im considering whther it would be possible for a family member to take out a standard contract hire car in their name and then I take out a fully comp insurance policy on the car and drive it myself Does…
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House Insurance Claim - Fraud Team called out
Hi I have a house insurance claim and a friend pretended to be my ex-husband and signed a cheque so that I would get the insurance money for food and accommodation in my name only. The flood from a tank in the attic, was genuine, and they questioned where all the contents were on a previous occassion(as most had been taken…
