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Comparethemarket website spam emails
When I clicked "Get Quotes" for a car insurance quote at Comparethemarket today I immediately within one second started receiving 96 spam emails from a multitude of sources, mostly about working from home, over the next 24 minutes which is something that I have never experienced before with any other website. Before…
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Claiming against storage company insurance
I have recently stored my furniture and personal belongings with a storage company for 4 months. When the items were being taken out they were found to be damaged. The side of the dishwasher dented to the metal and a couple of solid wood chests had been stored on their side making the drawers impossible to fit back in plus…
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Will Joint Insurance mean we are Credit Linked?
Hi, I hope someone can help me please. My husband is in the process of buying a house (in his name only), he intends to get buildings & contents insurance in both of our names & pay the premiums on a monthly basis. I am worried that this may link us financially. I have a poor credit rating and do not want it to drag his…
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Life+Critical+Income protection insurance
Hi all, we have now sorted our building and contents insurance to a price I'm very happy with But now we're casting our eyes on the mortgage insurance to ensure the mortgage gets covered, we've had quotes for around £43.60 a month for life+critical+ income, we both are healthy people have no aliments on either side of the…
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'Business Car' Car Insurance
Hello, I initially put this on the small business thread but was advised better suited to here. Hello, we are a small business that provides 1x leased car for our Sales manager. We started leasing in July last year. I can't remember the reason but our company took out an Insurance Policy through a broker a Royal & Sun…
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contents insurance.
anyone please recommend a good new for old contents insurance, never had insurance before, just moving into anew flat,so buying all new stuff, not expensive stuff so a basic cover amount will be fine, just got a quote from John Lewis for £90 a year, does that sound good or are there better out there?
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My No Claims Bonus is decreasing!
I have gone to renew my car insurance and the renewal letter tells me I have 7 or more years no claims bonus - I actually have 24+ years!!! When I have approach another company they tell me they can only accept 7 years, and my quotes are therefore higher than if the correct number of years were accepted. Anyone have any…
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Insurance coverage for university student under 18
Hi Will be putting this in the student forum as well in case anyone thinks I'm spamming or something. I've just found out from Endsleigh that my 17 year old son can't get insurance until he's 18 (end of October). His halls (Liberty owned, University linked) provide cover inside the residence, but obviously not when he's…
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Admiral vs Aviva
So I've been with admiral for 2 years...get my quote to reinsure and it's gone up £200. Called em got it down to what I paid last year n told them I'll look elsewhere. Aviva are quoting me about £400 less!! I couldn't believe it. Is anyone with Aviva? Have any experiences with them? I'd be grateful to know I'm not buying…
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Hastings Direct insurance - cant complete online
Today I used gocompare to get a price for insurance, Hastings Direct came in at approx £210 which I was happy with. I then went through to Hasting Directs website, where I found adding a £50 excess dropped it to 195. I proceeded to pay annually, confirmed all details and proceeded. Hastings direct were unable to complete…
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Home Insurance/ Dispute with Neighbor
Please be kind ladies and gents I've had a stressful week. Here's the story. My mother is disabled (some physical and mental) and I'm her carer. She owns a first floor flat in Scotland. We found out 2 weeks ago that her wet room floor hasn't been properly sealed or hasnt been maintained correctly and has been leaking water…
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Health Insurance, who is to blame?
Hello everyone! I recently took out a policy with HSF through my employer as I get a discount doing it this way and the payments come directly from my wage rather than me paying a direct debit. When I took out the policy I had a good income and took a £50p/m policy, however not long after that I had a few things go wrong…
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Car insurance for learner driver's - Twins
Hi all, Yes that's time has come for me to buy a car (mine is automatic) for my twin daughters to earn to drive in, and one day drive in. Can anybody advise me on the best way to insure my daughters on the same car as learners? I'm presuming that me and wife will also need to be named drivers??? Any advise or tips would be…
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My car insurers or do I approach theirs?
My 12 yr old car was involved in accident. 100% third party fault, witnesses, CCTV, driver admitted fault. My car is a write-off and I will be seriously out of pocket as only last month had gearbox fixed (expensive!). Got an estimate to repair as third party said would pay off insurance. They are not happy with the…
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E-sure - legal help but not renewing ?
Hi I am looking to make use of our family legal protection on our home insurance policy with E-Sure , my question is , our reneal is due 27th of this month , if i call the legal helpline today , and they do help us , what happens if i dont renew the policy ? Cheers
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Claiming for damaged ceiling
I have a ceiling coming down due to old water damage from extension which was built some years ago and not properly protected. Can I put a claim in so long after the event? Looks like the whole ceiling may need to be redone as it would be quite a large patch. If I could claim does it make a huge difference to premiums? TIA
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Car insurance groups dont keep costs down, why
I am with Tesco Bank car insurance and today I changed car. My old car was in group 15 and my new one is in group 6. nothing else has changed and yet my premium has increased. I have took into account a £20 change of vehicle charge and I am still paying more. I was paying £48 a month and now it's £54 0ver 10 months. Is…
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Mad insurance quotes...
I own my current car - 1ltr 56 plate corsa. Car insurance cost with esure - £560 per year. I have a leased renault captur s media 1.5ltr diesel on order. Car insurance cost with esure - £540 per year. Its £20 less for a leased car with a 1.5ltr engine. Im not complaining but it seems a bit strange. Does anyone know if they…
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Cancelling car insurance before 14 days.
Hi, I want to cancel my car insurance after only 3 days, nothing to do with the insurers themselves, more a personal issue. I paid a deposit of £353 on Thursday, if I cancelled my insurance would I get the deposit back and are there usually any admin/cancellation charges? Thanks.
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Default Car insurance - accident - party admits liability and then changes mind
Hi, Just wondering if anyone has heard of a situation where someone changes their admittance of liability after the event ? Its all bizarre in that the person admitted liability, the insurance company then informed us to get the car fixed. One fixed they said that they had now closed the claim. A few weeks later we…
