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Buildings & content insurance - subsidence issue
Just looking for building and contents insurance for my elderly mother on the comparison sites. The thing is a few years ago, an outhouse on the back of the garage subsided because of a neighbour's large tree roots drying out the land. The tree was cut down and the outhouse rebuilt and there's been no problems since.…
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Contents only insurance
Hello I live in a leasehold flat and and my contents insurance is due to expiry in September 2011. All the good deals on the Internet are for Buildings and Contents insurance. Does anyone know of Isurance Companies that do Contents only insurance? Thanking you DFF
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Shed office insurance
I'm looking for some advice with the following situation. I have my own limited company, and increasingly work from home. I've had a timber shed office built in my garden for this purpose. The building itself is property of the company even though it sits within my personal property. Contents probably no more than £5000,…
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Student Accident/Illness Cover
Hi, Can anyone help with this one? My son is staring university in September and we are in the midst of sorting out all the usual insurance cover. Does anyone know of an insurer who will pay out a lump sum to cover tutition fees and accommodation costs should he fall ill or have an accident and need to repeat a year? Many…
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17-Year Old Insurance Impossible???
Hi guys i passed my test about a week ago and i am looking to get a car, This is easy and i have found a car which i'm interested in but when i came to fill in the required information for insurance the quotes came out at £3,200 :eek: or more and in most cases this is for only 10 months not the full 12. I was just…
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New York trip cancelled - Hurricane Irene
Hi All, Hope someone can offer some help, Due to have flown out to New York this morning at 10.15, flight was cancelled on Friday due to hurricane Irene. Spoke to my insurace company yesterday and they want conformation of why the flight was cancelled, conformation from BA of when Newark Airport was closed, and re-opened.…
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anyone know about life insurance? urgent help needed please
Hello My fathers life insurance policy with Axa: we are trying to figure out what it means. It says : Type of ploicy: Capital saver - whole of life with profits and Decreasing temporary assurance by annual decrease of 4.75%. He pays £25 quaterly, and has had the policy since 1985. When he first took the policy out he was…
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Aviva Car Insurance
My car insurance is up for renewal and i am currently with Aviva. My renewal notice showed 5 years ncd when i actually now should have 8. I contacted them to query this and was told it was a common query but if i left Aviva i would be provided with proof of all 8 years ncd. I have now taken insurance with someone else but…
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Are all insurance increases ethical?
I have recently had my renewal quote, and as usual this has increased. I would then normally do my homework with comparison sites and bring that cost back down to below my previous years quote. However this year I have gone to my current insurers website as well to find they could insure me at £400 lower than my current…
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Stuck in Vegas due to Hurricane Irene
Family due to fly home today but stuck in Vegas as they cant get flights to their connection flight in New York. Earliest they can get a that flight home to Glasgow Friday What are their options? If they booked a direct flight from Vegas to London would insurance cover that? Also will insurance cover the cost of extra…
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Help please - travel insurance including water sports
In a couple of weeks I'm off on a month's trip to Australia. I'll be backpacking and sightseeing, and I need travel insurance to cover me, specifically including water sports since I will be snorkelling and going on boat trips (I assume insurance companies would try and get out of a claim if I had a boating accident and…
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car Insurance company threatening to cancel my policy
Hi guys wonder if you can help i had a claim made against me which i denied liability i have written my insurance company explaining i am not liable but my insurance company is forcing me to accept liability . They asked me to send them my MOT and drivers licence so they can process it. I have not sent it to them yet…
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I am being overcharged by Churchill car insurance for cancelling
I recently cancelled my car insurance from Churchill as I found a cheaper quote elsewhere when I phoned to cancel I was told about the cancellation fee of £26.50 and because I had paid my last instalment by direct debit and that payments are taken up front Churchill insurance owe me about £11 Today I received a letter that…
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"Home Appliance Guard" (appliance breakdown insurance?) any info?
Does any one know anything about a firm that appears to be based in Bournemouth and selling appliance breakdown insurance by cold calling?
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Premium increase inevitable?
Hi All, First post here. Apologies if this kind of question has been asked before… or if this is in the wrong forum thread… or if the answer is obvious! Last October a police van scraped passed my stationary car and damaged the bodywork. I informed my insurers of the incident, my car was fixed and the Police's insurers…
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Just had a car accident- what next?
Never been in a car accident before. I am the named driver, my OH is named. Pulled upto a junction the car in front moved forward then for some reason sudenly stopped so we went into the back. Have swapped insurance details- what happens next with regards to the process of how it all works? As it was OH driving how does it…
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renewal gripe
I received my renewal from Dial Direct today for a staggering £635.54, last years premium was around £400 as new business. I think it would be worth noting that my wifes insurance through tesco's also came in at renewal at a cost of £667 for her vehicle. With my wifes insurance I went onto Tesco's website and got a new…
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InsureTheBox car insurance
Hello Everyone My insurance is due for renewal and I am checking all the comparison websites. None accept Insurethebox has beaten my renewal price. Also it has not beaten by few pounds but its nearly half price. Does anyone have any experience with them? Why it is half price? Thanks for help
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Travel insurance claim
I recently dropped my kindle whilst on holiday. I paid for travel insurance but a clause in the fine print has me wondering if they will honour a claim. This is it; Breakage of or damage to fragile articles, audio, video or computer equipment Do you think it's worth making a claim?
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Home Insurance B&C advice please.
Hi I was hoping for some advice please. I currently own a 2 bed house which - due to a work re-location - I am selling. I have building and contents insurance on it at the moment which runs out on 9th September. I am due to start my new job in London at the end of October/beginning of November, and due to it being in…
