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Please help....really miffed!!
hi all, just wanted some help or even reassurance, this is the story so far, yesterday my son and i were sat in our house and i happen to be looking outsie when two idiots driving at least 80mph crashed into my car and my friends car. the left the vehicle and ran off. police have informed us that is was unregistered, not…
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Unoccupied property
Does anyone know of a reasonable insurer that will cover unoccupied property until it is sold?
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Contents insurance- help!
Hi all, Our contents insurance runs out tomorrow :eek:. It is usually my husband's job to arrange the renewal but as usual he has left it to the 11th hour. Our current insurers have changed and will no longer insure us, I gather my DH usually just rolls the insurance over each year and we pay about £52/ mth. The difficulty…
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Absolutely appalled
Yesterday I received my annual car insurance renewal quotation. To say extortion is too mild. The cost has hiked £174.19. (I don't think my pension will rise that amount). This was from the NFU who I have been with for years. I run a very old car, social and domestic use. I have never in over forty years driving, had an…
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Car Windscreen con?
Hi, this is my first post so go easy!! Over 12 months ago I got a chip in my windscreen. As I'd seen one of these road side chip repair companies, I pulled over to be told that if my insurance company was on their list and I'm fully comp the repair would be free. Turns out my insurance company (Axa) was on their list and…
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Home insurance with floods covered? gocompare site does not have option
Hello I live in my own home 90 Metres from dry-ish stream, and 400 Metres from the Thames. Canvassing opinion, is it worth getting the flood cover? Last flood was in 1949 I think. Since then Jubeliee river defences have been built. My second problem is that gocompare don't have an option for flood cover, so when I phone up…
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help with buiding insurance
I hope i will get some help from you nice people as this is my first post. I will try to keep it short my aunty died leaving a house the pearson entrusted to sell the property i feel is not beeing truthful he said the house required major works due to subsidance hence the low price he recieved for the house. i feel that…
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Uninsured Driver Problem
I got hit by an uninsured driver. I had not protected my no claims bonus so couldn't get the car repaired by the insurance company without impacting my no claims bonus. The uninsured driver has since been taken to court by police for driving without insurance and fined £625 and banned from driving. I have the uninsured…
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Car Accident claim help required
Hi everyone. I had an accident last night, which was completely the other drivers fault. He immediately admiited liability to myself and to the Police. I've never had a claim before in 25 years of driving. Both airbags on my car went off in my car and the car is, I presume, a write-off. I was a bit shaken up at the time,…
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Mobile Phone Insurance
I've got a query regarding Mobile Phone Insurance. Does cancelling your policy stop you from making a claim after the cancellation for an event that occurred pre-cancellation? I'll explain. I had mobile phone insurance with o2, one day i dropped my phone and it broke, I checked my insurance policy and it said I could claim…
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home insurance help please
lost a couple of slates ( nothing too bad ) during gales in Feb after eventually getting the insurance to send an asesser round ( some three months later ) he told the wife it was not accepted i emailed and rang the company but got no answer either email or phone i finally got through this week and they send is was…
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life insurance help
hi bit of a problem i had life insurance for the last four years for myself and my wife separate polices ,as money is tight i cancelled the direct debits this week ,my policy was £22 a month till i reached 61 if i died my wife got £40000 , wifes was £10 a month insured for £10000 i am 54 my wife is 49 . i have looked at…
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car insurance cancellation charge
hi there. my friend recentlly sold her car...she phoned up her car insurance to cancel, it was Admiral, and was told she'd need to pay a £135 cancellation fee. She has already finished paying for the year..did not expect a refund but this is surely exorbitant??? How can they possibly justify charging this much for…
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Refused Life Insurance
Hi all, I applied for life insurance 2 days ago but was refused today because of my previous drug addiction 4 years ago. I have however been offered life insurance through a specialist broker at £33 a month for level cover. My question is, how many years risk free medical history is required to be able to obtain a decent…
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Money saving tip for car insurance
At renewal, call your insurance company, (whether you're happy with the quote or not) use a comparison site, and tell them you have had a cheaper quote for equivallent cover, then give them the cheaper quotes as figures in pounds and pence. They can then look into getting you a reduction. If you have been with the company…
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non fault claim premium increase
3 1/2 years ago i had a serious non fault accident, the third partys side paid up and im still waiting for a personal claim to go through, today i started ringing round for this years taxi cover, my current broker has increased from 840 to 1100 same company, when asking about claims in last 5 years i have to report my…
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How competitive is Motor Insurance
When my daughter did not get the answer she wanted, on the phone with her proposed new car insurer she suggested that she might try someone else who will. She was surprised to be told that most of the insurances were through BISL anyway, so she would still get the same answer. So after a bit of research, we find, that…
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Weekly Compensation Pressure
Here's my story of accident claims. Since a small car accident that happened more than a year ago I've been called and called again by one accident claims company or another stating that £3000 are put asside by the insurance company for your discomfort. oh "...plus £3000 for your daughter who was in the car with you and…
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Current Claim......
Hi I have just been informed that I may not change my home insurance(currently Swinton) as I have a claim going thru'!! I have had an accidental damage claim from 10/9 and my policy finishes on 2/11. I have done the comparison sites and was contacted by 'the winner' who informed me that I would have to settle with…
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Home insurance claim problem
i have two elderley friends who have damp damage in there kitchen/utility room ,according to the specialists who are doing the work it was caused by a faulty downpipe over a long period .The thing we would like to know is . My friend changed his insurance to TSB in august and they are telling him it his not there problem…
