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Insurance Co not paying out
I took out a fully comp policy with Swiftcover with my son as named driver. He had a minor bump and Swiftcover paid out the third party, but is trying to avoid paying out for our vehicle. They say it is a total loss, I have had it examined privately and that is not the case. I took the car to swiftcovers approved repairer,…
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Homeserve - They must think we're stupid!
Just had our renewal quote for our gas / electricity emergency repair cover. It had gone up by 33% from £216 to £292! I telephoned to cancel and they offered to reduce it to £35 for the whole year!!!! I refused and told them I wouldn't deal with such an unethical company ever again. I might have cut off my nose to spite my…
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Home Insurance
My insurance renewal was due and just had quote from current company which was over £150 more than their premium last year. Found a few other quotes that would be at same price as last year, called Churchill up and they were able to offer a "loyalty bonus" which dropped the price by £120 without any changes to the policy.…
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Car Insurance Increase with change of Address!!
It it usual practice for these money leeching Mofo's to increase a persons bloody premium when you notify them about a change of address for car insurance? We've just moved to a quiet better area and i was charged 40% extra on my premium (so i told them to sod off, cancelled the insurance and got it £150 cheaper with RSA…
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Insurance want v5 doc for stolen car
Hi All you MSE I was wondering if you could help me. I recently had a car stolen and the insurance company are being a pain. They are asking for the v5 documents to do a valuation on the car. Is there any need for them to have the originals? After all I wouldnt give my keys and v5 to anyone and then say ah drive it for a…
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Tesco Clubcard Points Holiday - Travel Insurance
Hi, I have recently booked a holiday with my clubcard points and noticed that Tesco states that not many other insurers cover their points. I got a quote from Tesco travel insurance and it costs about £50 more than the cheapest one I could find. Has anyone found another travel insurance company who cover the points, if so…
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LV home insurance
Hi Just a warning to others: We just received our home insurance renewal with LV. Good price - in fact less than last year, however they appear to have increased their security requirements - we had a note with our renewal stating that ALL exit doors must meet certain security specification (whereas only the main exit door…
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Cheap Car Insurance - One Call Insurance :)
Hi guys, I just did a quote on Gocompare and found One Call Insurance to be approx £100 cheaper than the rest. Has anybody used them? Are they new? Are they reliable - customer service etc. Pretty pleased :) Thanks
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Aviva- a premium brand with 2nd class customer service ?
Aviva may be the biggest insurer in the UK however over the past 12 months I have observed a rapid deterioration of front end customer service as well as ceasing to providing the value they once did, at least in my case. Two years ago all of my major insurance needs were covered by Aviva ; today I canceled my motor…
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Driving another car with owners permission
My insurance says I am covered to drive any other car with the owner's permission. My son is abroad but I have use of his car. However my son's own insurance has now expired so that car is not covered specifically on any policy. Am I still covered to drive it on my own insurance under the 'driving other cars' clause? The…
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House Insurance claim advice
I have a claim in at the moment with esure they are saying my claim is valid but think i have under issured myself i have only 2 items that are worth any real money and thats my two tv's of which one i am claiming on the small one which is just over a year old a 26inch flat screen lcd. I have already spoke to a claim…
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Insurance Advice
Hello, I am currently renting a property and have moved once in the last 12 months. Can anyone recommend a cheap insurance policy which would follow me round from property to property to just cover my electrical items? Most of my valuables are electrical and I would like to cover them for theft and accidental damage (or is…
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Leasehold CoachHouse Insurance Query
Hi there, I'm having a bit of a dilemma right now about Buildings insurance. I'm about to exchange for a new-build leasehold Coachhouse. This is the type of property, which has 4 garages underneath, which 3 are owned by my neighbours. So my mortgage broker, says I need to buy buildings insurance to cover the whole…
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I wanted Income Protection, but I have found out I have a Life policy?
I bought a house a few years ago and 2 years ago I decided to get an Income Protection policy incase I lost my job. I have been paying in to this policy for almost 2 years now and my fears look as though they are about to happen as my job looks very dodgy. I thought I had best find out my documents and read through in case…
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Home Contents Cancellation - Change of Circumstance
I tried to cancel my home insurance policy 1 month after they automatically renewed it due to a change of circumstance - I moved in with my boyfriend. He already had contents insurance. Am I still liable to pay the amount they're asking for as I cancelled it early? Surely, we couldn't continue the cover if another insurer…
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Avoid autonet insusrance
I took out Insurance with autonet for my minibus which was quite high but when i got rid of the bus I then cancelled the insurance with the form that they give you they were paid upto date yet they still took payments from my account so i cancelled the direct debit back in august through the bank. I just happened to check…
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Travel Insurance existing medical conditions
[FONT=Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]I'm travellling to India in January for nearly a month and am trying to sort out travel insurance. Does anyone know of a company that will cover me for my asthma? I've checked out a few, but so far they all say they won't cover existing medical…
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Not parking in driveway overnight in snowy weather?
Hi all, I know I could ring my car insurer (Tesco) but don't want to put any 'flags up' with them. I normally park in my driveway and have a discount because of that on my car insurance but my driveway is on a slight slope running down from the road towards the house. So if the forecast is like we are having now with snow…
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£61 to £150 A MONTH CAR INSURANCE
Hi all, I just wanted you to feel my pain in regards to my most recent car insurance saga. In October I was a named driver with 2 years cover and then in November I had to get my own cover and the best quote I have is for £1800 a year. The 2 years don't count for anything as a named driver. I am weeping all over the…
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Electric Van Insurance
Asking for a friend this time, Basically wondering if anywhere knows of an insurance company that will actually insure an electric van as a reasonable price, in the few places I've looked, they either only deal with pertrol/diesel or their prices are way over the top in what it's used for. Basic details is its a Citroen…
