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Current help 2 buy.
Does anyone know if the current help to buy scheme will be extended?
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Insure and Go auto renewal
Hi guys, I received a quote from Insure and Go a few days ago for renewal of my travel insurance policy last year. I thought it was just a marketing letter so threw it into the bin. Anyway, today they charged my card. I bought 3 annual travel insurances from Insure and Go previously and now realise all 3 of them contained…
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Hastings Direct-If you don't use one of your insurer's approved repairers the maximum payout is £95.
My daughter has a 10 month old Kia Ceed. The car is insured with Hastings Direct who state they may use parts that are not made by the manufacture including recycled parts and similar types. Kia offer an accident after care service where they will manage the claim and make sure the car is repaired with genuine parts at a…
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Car Insurance
I have car insurance with Quote Me Happy, which expires at the end of August. I have probably driven about 30 miles since March - my cover says that I drive about 8,000. I am debating what to do with my car insurance: 1) Do nothing. Just carry on paying the premium. 2) Cancel the premium and just use my bike to cycle…
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Life Insurance
my my dad is 85 and still in relatively good health . He took out a life assurance policy with a company called Phoenix life in 1990 the amount insured for was £4500 upon death. Basically money for his funeral . anyway he’s been paying £30 a month so as you can imagine there’s £9000 the insurance company has of his well…
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Car insurance no claims issue
Hi everyone, Back in October 2018 I had to phone my car insurance to make a claim as a local plumbing van hit my parked car and caused quite a lot of damage, they didn't stop but thankfully had a witness otherwise would never of known who they were. Straight away tesco car insurance put my no claims on hold until they…
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Car insurance which includes driving vans third party
Hi, the insurer I’m with changed their policy last year, from me being covered to drive a van third party on my fully comp car insurance to only being covered for cars third party. It was very handy to be able to borrow my mates van for things like buying large items and taking rubbish to the tip. Does anyone know of any…
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Home insurance/ conservatory issue
I have a problem with my conservatory brickwork as pic. Opinions following builder assessments range from packing out the mortar and hoping for the best to potential failure within the foundation in which case it may need to be knocked down and rebuilt. Trouble is nobody can give a definitive answer and issue is whether I…
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Car insurance add ons
Hello all, looking for some friendly advice re: car insurance. I'm sure there a numerous threads and info pages with similar content but would really appreciate if someone could take the time to clarify this in simple terms please, I'm confused by this every year when renewal rolls around :s Im comparing car insurance and…
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Seeking money back from cancelled Car Insurance
Need some Advice. A few years ago, Daughters boyfriend at the time, took her car out without her knowledge and to cut a long story short, crashed it. The insurance subsequently cancelled her insurance. A few weeks later, they called asking permission to use her monies to pay the council for damages. At this point, she…
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Two health insurance policies?
Hi all, I have been looking at private health insurance policies and haven't found one that I'm satisfied covers everything, without some limitations that concern me. I am self employed in a physical job and my health is obviously important. I'm not so concerned about the premium as having the confidence that if I need…
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How long is an acceptable time from approval to payout for life insurance policy?
We made a claim on my fathers life insurance policy. The claim was approved back in the first week of May. We received a letter asking for bank account details of where the payment was to be made. I sent the bank account details on 2nd week of May. I have still not received the payment. Spoke to them last week Tuesday -…
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Insuring a newly built Annex
Hi, We have built an annex, it is not connected to the house it is 4 foot away, we are struggling to find anyone to insure the house and the Annex, it will be used for a family member, not rented out, can anyone help please?
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Mortage unemployment insurance
I have been paying a mortgage unemployment insurance for 17yr,I took it out buying my home , I was adviced to have it as I am self employed ,so when I had to stop work because of covid-19, I thought great, mortgage will be covered and a little bit left over to live on, 12wks later and I'm getting no where, they want a…
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Claim against my insurance but car not moved!
Hi there, just after any advice on what happens next! Had a letter from car insurance saying my car was involved in an accident a few Sundays ago. But car didn't move that day. We were at home all day as had a skip and cleared the garden. We both work from home so been in full lockdown apart from food shop on a Friday…
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Covid-19 Holiday Accommodation Cover
I am new to this and shall be grateful for any views or comments. Sorry it is so long but it may also help someone else out who has an NFU Mutual Policy. Afternoon I was sorry to learn you will be losing income from your holiday accommodation because of the enforced closure during the Coronovirus outbreak. Unfortunately I…
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Contents insurance for uk property
Can someone help me please. We became Spanish residents last year but have a property in UK where we need to insure contents. Saga, who we were insured with, cannot cover us because we are not UK residents. Our son lives in the property and looks after it for us but because he does not own the property or contents Saga…
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Contents insurance claim for badly broken Apple laptop - many issues and possible insurer fraud...
I made a contents insurance claim on my 'new-for-old' policy with a big name insurer in February for my very badly dropped 2015 MacBook Pro. It had damage all over the chassis and the backlight stopped working. I had to send the laptop to a specialist insurer (subcontracted by my insurer, or something like that) who told…
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Armed Forces Car Insurance
Hi guys I'm looking for a bit of advice on car insurance for some one in the RAF. Im currently awaiting a start date for training and will be holding off on my car insurance until that time comes so have just been getting quotes in the mean time. Im just a bit unsure as to what address i should be using. I live in…
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Travel Insurance Query
Looking for some advice please, we currently have a cruise booked that departs mid Sept. We have booked flights and three nights hotel accommodation in Barcelona prior to the cruise. In the event the cruise is cancelled we would prefer not to travel at all. In this circumstance is it typical that travel insurance would…
