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LV (Liverpool Victoria) or Aviva for car insurance?
Tesco's want to charge me £380.99 for renewal of insurance on my rather battered 8-year old VW Polo. Trawling for alternatives, Aviva have come up at £282 and LV at £286. LV seem to come highly recommended by Which ... Just wondered if anyone has had experience of either of these two, which might help me decide. I have to…
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Phone insurance abroad - HELP!
iam going travelling very soon for a year and will be working in Oz for the majority of the time....i have got travel insurance but it only covered valuables lost or stolen up to a value of £200 which is no good cos i have an iphone. i wanted to get phone insurance which would cover the cost of an iphone and cover me…
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Ski holiday curtailment
I'd be grateful if any one could advise . We are covered By Nat West PrivateBanking travel insurance. My student son is on a ski trip and slipped not skiing on first day. Sent by ambulance to hospital. Dislocated shoulder. back home by taxi in sling ( bit of a language barrierbut given sling , anti inflamatories , pian…
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Travel insurance with or without natural catastrophe included?
Opinions please. So many companies do not have the above natural catastrophe included. What do you think? If so, what companies have this? To buy or not to buy? and why?
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Insurance
Just renewed my car insurance & it appears that a company called IN UK is buying up companies to make a very large group. so maybe the choice of insurance company will be reduced. Sorry if I am a bit late with this info, I am new.
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esure rip-off!
I shopped around for car insurance and Esure were very competitive. However they took my car details down wrongly so they're wrong on my policy schedule. I rang this afternoon to correct it - the car is automatic rather than manual, and they told me after "consulting the underwriters" that it would cost me another £40 on…
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Travel Insurance with Pre-Existing Condition
Hi there I'm off to Sharm-el-Sheikh on Tuesday, and I'm looking to get my travel insurance sorted. I've just seen a specialist with a problematic groin (which originally was diagnosed by a Doctor as a hernia), who has confirmed with ultrasound and an MRI scan that no hernia is present. I am having an exploratory operation…
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Replacement Windscreen
My wife and I have just taken out a new policy with Tesco Car Insurance and I've been looking through the documents. It shows a windscreen replacement excess of just £10. I thought it might be a good idea, as winter is approaching, to get my heated front windscreen replaced as only 20% of the elements work.. Will this put…
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Car Insurance for a car you don't own?
Hi All. Basically my father is no longer able to drive due to a medical condition. He has to surrender his Driving Licence and his Insurance Company are obviously no longer able to cover him. My brother and I need to sell the car for him, but will need to take the car to a garage who have offered to buy the car. Obviously…
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Disgusting !
Royal Liver.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-16010848
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Life insurance - What to look for?
Hi all I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction please. I lost my grandad to cancer nearly a week ago now and its got me worrying about money when I die. I now want some life insurance to cover my funeral costs so my son hasnt got to worry about money! I am 20 years old .. so I can hopefully pay over…
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Lifa Assurance - payout when killed commiting criminal act?
Recently found out an old neighbour of mine was electrocuted trying to steal some copperwork when he tried to run his drill from a mains power cable. Unfortunately, he leaves a wife and two young children. It got me thinking; would life cover pay out given that he was killed while carrying out a criminal act. Just curious.
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Car Insurance AARRGGHH!
Did a quote 2 weeks back on 'compare the market' as the OH want the Meerkat toy quoted £233 an excellent quote I thought & the quote was emailed to me with it's reference number. So I thought I 'll wait till the end of the month when I get paid to get it as it's not due till the 11th December. Went back on & it's jumped up…
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Travel Insurance - Missed flight home not covered
I'm currently shopping round for an Annual travel insurance policy to replace the one I've had this year. My current one is provided by OIM Underwriting as part of my employer's Flexible Benefits package, and I chose it because: * It has good cover limits and excesses * It's deducted from my salary over the year I'm less…
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Life and Whole Life
In 1999 I asked my accountant (who is also a friend and used to be an insurance agent) to help me set up a life assurance policy to pay out in 2011 as I was expecting a shortfall of £10,000 on my endowment mortgage. I have been paying £20 per month since July 1999 Just phoned the insurance company up to find out when the…
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"Reputable" Car Insurance Sharp Practice, but what to do?
Problem: I bought car insurance for a MINI Cooper in April 2010 Sold mini cooper [just yesterday] in Dec 2011 Bought replacement vehicle VW Polo today, Dec 2011 Old insurance yearly premium [from Post Office] for MINI £549 [2004/value £5500] New insurance premium [from Post Office] for VW Polo £500 [2002/value £1200] I am…
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Hastings Direct want £35 to email me my T's & C's
Hastings Direct don't send out policy details for their insurance, they email you with a link to them that's only valid for 21 days, if you want to look at them after that it'll cost you £35. This is just for them to send you another email - how crazy/cheeky is that? I'm going to let them know how I feel by cancelling on…
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xbox extended warranty
Kids are getting an xbox for xmas thought xtended warranty might be a good idea. Anyone know where to get a good deal from? Argos' own is £53 3 year which i didn't think bad but money saving experts that you are may know better. Ta for any help
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Young Male Car Insurance
I know theres already multiple threads about young drivers and cheap insurance but this is more specific. Im 23 year old male looking for a car checking insurance lowest i have got it £955 for a ford ka 1.3 NOW using confused.com and getting from Admiral. Does anyone know any car or company where i might get cheaper…
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Problems with car insurance !!
In need of some advice please peeps ... We have very busy life with 4 kids and 2 cars with different insurance company's we recently moved house. After checking our bank a few weeks ago I noticed our insurance payment had changed from £70 to £120 a month ! After digging out the insurance papers I realised the policy had…
