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Swinton Insurance - night mare
Just looking for some advice on how to deal with swinton car insurance. My father got an insurance thru them on the 25th of feb 2009 for a total of 340 gbp for the year to be paid through monthly direct debits. Father had to leave the country on the 16th of may, so he wrote a cancellation letter which I posted a couple of…
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claim for theft of baby car seat
Hi, My garage was broken in to recently and my granddaughters buggy and car seat were stolen. I put in a claim on my household contents insurance, but today have been told that the car seat is not covered by the policy as it is classed as a car accessory. I thought i would claim from my car insurance however, the theft…
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Car insurance demand money - spouse/son error
My brother set-up my dad's car insurance policy three years ago with ecar insurance, we received a letter yesterday stating that we owe £1,645 as they have knowledge that he was a named driver on the policy as a son not a spouse. This was a mistake by my brother not a deliberate intention to get discount or any kind of…
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Old Mutual - Cashing in Life Insurance Policy
I have a question from my father who is in his early 70's. His father set him up with a life insurance policy with the South African Company Old Mutual when he was young. Now they have sent him some kind of letter in the post to him saying they want to cancel the policy and pay him off. The figures they have given are…
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Kwik-Fit Insurance Claim
I passed my driving test on the 7th April 2008 but unfortunately had a small mishap around the 12th July the same year. I basically reversed into another person's car, which was illegally parked on private property and did some very minor damage really. Nothing more than a dent in the front left wheel arch and some…
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Mobile Phone insurance
At the weekend I managed to lose my phone at a summer ball in a marquee at a hotel. I've been insured for years through the mobile company. I phoned them up with a crime number and instead of saying I'd been a drunken fool and losing face, I said the phone had been taken out of my jacket pocket while I had been dancing.…
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Travel insurance for trip FROM South Africa
Hi I'm trying to sort out some travel insurance for my mother who is coming to visit me for 6 weeks from South Africa and was wondering if anyone has done something similar. Am I correct in assuming I can't use any of the travel insurance you normally find here as it all seems to be geared to travel from UK to other places…
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How many insurance companys are there really
Does anyone know how many insurance companys are out there in the uk. I mean...how many stupid named companys are owned by the same "big" company. Are we being ripped off. It may be a good one for martin to investigate. I am sure there are only about 5 big companys that own all the hundreds of silly named companies like…
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Car Insurance - NCB for Company Cars
Hello, Car insurance is due for renewal next month. The existing insurance broker (Swinton) have quoted a price that is a bit lower than last year's premium. This was the first time I have had insurance in my own name as for the last 16 years I have been driving company cars. In the year before this current one I had no…
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Is Anyone With MORE THAN Insurance Company?
Hi, Was hoping someone could give me some feedback on MORE TH<N Insurance company. I've been looking arond for home insurance and the best quote so far is with them. Im only lloking for basic contents insurance and it's app £13.40 a month. It also states on the quidco website that you get cashback. Before i go ahead, just…
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Redundancy insurance help
I am considering taking out insyrance against redundancy as I work as an electrician and our trade is being hit quite badly at present. My boss hasn't mentioned redundancies yet but we have been quiet for months and it is only a matter of time and I am the second to last member of staff taken on 20 months ago. I don't know…
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Changing Address with car insurance firms
Hello, I have recently moved house and needed to change my address with my car insurance firm. They have charged £25 for doing so. Is this legal? Are the insurance companies allowed to charge so much for doing so little? If it is legal how can I go about getting the law changed? I guess writing to my MP. Nevica
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Using cashback sites for insurance
My car insurance is up on Friday, I have followed all the advice in the insurance section and got a good quote through Confused using Hastings (its more expensive going direct with Hastings). On the Get Pounds Back website they are offering £60 cash back with Hastings. What I'd like to know is do I have to go through a…
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Driving Car on Third Party Insurance
Ok This is my plan I own 3 cars all in my name. My Seat has just come up for renewal I use it very rarely only for the dogs mile to beach and back. Anyway I was going to place ownership on the V5 to my husband. I have 3rd Party from my other cars to cover usage. My husband will not be driving the car at all. It is newly…
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Car Insurance Renewal
I forgot that I had received a letter from my car insurance provider (churchill) saying my policy was due to be renewed - I have already found a cheaper provider and will be going with them once I am paid and can pay the first month's payment. However, when I tried calling them today to cancel the policy (it is still…
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Private Health Insurance - Cancer Survivor
Hi all, Not sure if this is the right place for such a question, apologies if not... My mum had breast cancer 10 years ago when she was 49. It was caught v early and she had a lumpectomy, no radiotherapy or chemo (unless you count tamoxifen for 5 years). At the time, mum was working and got her health insurance paid for by…
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LOST £3000 with EandL insurance!!!
Hello everyone, have problem with this known insurance company and would like to know if someone had similar cases and what to do. I insured my dog(bulldog) puppy with them, but few days before insurance started we been to vets for check up and they suspected some possible problem with eyes(eyelashes). After few months we…
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contents insurance
can anyone recomend a company for cheap contents insurance
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Protected No Claims??????
I was wondering if anyone knew how this really works, I have a whole 9 years, protected, and have just had a 50/50 fault claim, however my renewal has gone up by £150 due to this claim, I thought the whole point of paying out to protect your no claims bonus prevented this from happening, my insurance company says no!! I am…
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AXA have problems?
Saw on the news that AXA are shedding jobs at are cost cutting.I have an ongoing claim with them so this is of some concern (10 weeks now for £300). What happens if they go skint? Please advise! Thanx in advance.
