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Home emergency cover for water leak
Edit: all good - I can't delete this thread though!
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Renovation Nightmare: Missed Drainage Pipe in Survey, now Flooding – Who’s Liable?
This post is a bit long. There’s a short summary up front for the TL;DR crowd. The longer, detailed read is below, my questions at the end. Thanks. Short Summary We had an extension built. The project manager instructed a drainage survey
before concrete was poured, but one of the main soil pipes—serving bathrooms
and…
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Lemonade Insurance
Just wondering if anyone has any experience of this company? Currently renewing my contents insurance and this company has come up by far the cheapest on the comparison site that I use, but I can find very limited info about the company, most of which seems to be American.
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Public liability insurance for carer?
I am looking to appoint a self employed carer a few hours a week for my mother. Does she or do I need to get insurance? I assume the answer is yes but not sure what exactly we need.
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Travel insurance claim denied - can’t work out if they cancelled and voided the policy aswell
I had a open claim for a travel insurance they denied the claim due to me not declaring a pre existing condition. My fault and I can’t argue that. there closing statement doesn’t mention they have cancelled the cover but they did copy and paste terms and conditions that does mention it so I’m not sure how to interpret it…
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How to best handle Home Insurance application error.
I would welcome advice
and suggestions about how to handle a situation caused by my error. We have a standard
detached home in southern England, For many years we have taken out
combined buildings and contents insurance. We normally shop around
every year to get the best deal. For a few years that
was with Ageas. In August…
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When to notify the holiday insurance company
I've seen my GP and am waiting for an ultrasound scan. Is it best to tell the insurer now or when I receive a diagnosis? My feeling is it makes more sense to await diagnosis.
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Home Insurance Question - How Would You Handle This?
Earlier today a driver lost control of their car, left the road and impacted my car which was parked on my drive, shunting it into the house and damaging the kitchen wall (structural damage). The damage was assessed by my builder who has ordered me to not remove my car until he's got the house propped. The kitchen is new,…
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Car insurance query (Answered)
I hold a provisional driving license and have a car already, I have comprehensive insurance with 1st Central. I want to practice with a relative who holds a full license, he obviously has his own insurance and I believe I'm listed on his. Do I need to adjust my cover to add him, as he'll be sitting in with me.
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Income protection- acid reflux no longer a condition but insurance quadrupled!
Hello all I have just been on a 3 hour call with my broker to find income protection insurance... all was well and a package was found for £11...until in underwriting, I stated I had an endoscopy for acid reflux investigations. I have no diagnosis and have had no issues or medication for 12 months but when the quote came…
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Issues getting home insurance.
Hi all, I am currently trying to get buildings and contents insurance for my new property prior to completion. Prior to purchase some cracking under the first floor windows was flagged for further investigation. A follow up report from a chartered structural engineer deemed the cracking to be due to the lintels failing and…
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Theft or not: Point of view
Just interested to hear others' point of view. In my book, if someone takes something which does not belong to them, that is theft. Some years ago now while I was on holiday I left my camera on the bus seat. I realised as soon as I got off but couldn't chase the bus so called into their office to tell them. I called in…
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Legal Entity - third party claim
I am hoping someone can help me on a couple of points. I am looking to bring a small claims against a company. I have been dealing with a brand name, been part paid by the brand name and all emails and contact has been with the brand name. I have submitted my claim and the defendant has put in their defense but the lawyer…
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Can't get fully comp car insurance for a week in Ireland. Why?
I have a car insurance with Churchill, fully comp. Driving to Ireland for a week, but can't get fully comp for a week in Ireland (did have it to other countries) and no explanation as to why. Anyone would know what could that be?
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Motorcycle insurance. Would like some advice please
I have had motorcycle insurance for several years. I possess a 1978 Honda Express which is used mainly evenings and weekends during the summer, I am the policy holder with my husband as a named rider. This year I elected to use the MSE search tool to obtain new quotes for my motorcycle insurance which is due for renewal on…
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Mortgage insurance v income protection insurance
Is it possible to get an insurance policy that pays mortgage payments directly if needed rather than as a regular payments
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Car insurance claim
Just after advice/comments really. Last year was reversing out of a car parking space on a public carpark and we collided with another reversing car. She was also backing out of an adjacent space, the spaces are at an odd angle and it seems neither of us saw each other. My husband (driver) got out and the woman started…
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House Insurance Claim Dispute
I contacted my house insurance re an issue with permanently filling toilet cistern. A plumber fixed it but left me with a water leak after turning off water at pipe in bathroom (even though the water was turned off at the mains). This resulted in water coming through to my kitchen underneath. A second plumber came out and…
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Young driver marmalade payg
My daughter passed her test nearly a year ago, we took out marmalade payg insurance for her on a black box as an addition to my own insurance, which has worked particularly well, as I use the car daily for work and especially with her being at uni (currently abroad) and only home a week or so every couple months. But still…
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How much can I expect building insurance premium to go up following a fire claim?
I am buying a leasehold flat in London - part of a development with 100+ flats built less than 10 years ago. A couple of weeks ago, there was a fire that affected 1-2 top-floor flats. Thankfully, no one got hurt and the flat I'm buying hasn't been affected at all. The development has building insurance, so I expect the…
