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Car Insurance ~ Social Domestic & Pleasure
Hi! A total newbie! First post but a long time lurker! I've gone back 8-9 pages to see if my question has been answered before. I have car insurance that includes commuting to my place of work. My question is: If I travel by my own car and attend a course booked by my company, of which they pay me a mileage allowance, am I…
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white van fan
Hi Anybody know an insurance company out there who are prepared to believe that owning a van does not mean you are using it commercially? I bought my small van because I rarely carried anybody in the back but the van proves useful for the dog, the shopping and various DIY projects. Most insurers can't conceive that this…
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direct debit car insurance
hi, does anyone know of any companies that will do car insureance by DD only? neither me nor my husband have a credit card and need to get the car insured and the companies we have tried all need 1st payment by card. thanks
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Home Insurance Companies - does any have *good* customer service?
Can anyone recommend a home insurance company based on good customer service - not necessarily the cheapest, but a reliable, competent and reasonably pleasant to deal with company? Or is this just a pipe-dream?? Someone mentioned on another thread that Prudential is quite good and I might give them a try if this post…
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Car Accident -Injury
I was involved in a car accident in January when the other party drove into the back of me at a roundabout. I was not injured but my husband, who was a passenger suffered a whiplash injury. The other driver accepted responsibility and my car was fixed. I did not have to pay any excess and my no claims bonus was unaffected.…
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Pensioner Holiday Insurance Hell
Hi, I'm just after a bit of advice regarding holiday insurance, while on holiday in spain my father had a brain hemmorage and was taken to the local private hospital, my mother produced my fathers travel insurance and treatment began, I informed my fathers insurance company and they were in touch with myself and my brother…
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Life Insurance connected to Mortgage
We are tied into our fixed rate mortgage until 30/11/08, but was just looking through the paperwork and we were sold a life Insurance policy and an ASU policy both for my dh at a cost of £91.61 per month. On the documentation, it says " What you will have to pay us for this service - A brokers fee of 2% of the mortgage…
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*warning: Sainsbury Car Insurance*
Just done a car insurance quote check via moneysupermarket. Results are about as expected from an aggregator: good, bad, downright bonkers. One seemingly attractive result was a quote by Sainsburys for its motor insurance. We then followed the link to the site to re-check the details. . . And discovered that unlike just…
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Help! Under Insured on a claim
Hi All! Hope someone has some advice for me. We recently had a burglary and had around £7k of gear stolen :cry: The insurance co sent a loss adjuster round who estimated we need £35k cover based on our 4 bed house (he estimated this just by counting the rooms) However we only had £25k of cover, this was based on our…
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I just halved my insurance cost!!
Hooray! Just wanted to share that I renewed my insurance with tesco today, and it's gone down from £31 to £14 a month!! Very pleased, considering i'm a young driver who is considered to be higher risk!! I quoted a much cheaper quote to them, and they said "we can match that". Easy!! :beer:
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cancellation charges by insurers
:confused: Does anyone know how you avoid cancellation charges from insurers? I've recently changed over insurers to much better deals - and lower, using MSE, but have been charged for cancellation of the old policys?
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House decorations damage claim
I got contents only with Age Concern & my landord has caused lot of damage to wallpaer in 4 rooms due to extensive renovation work He offers £195 to make good but this hardly covers it Does House Content insurance cover this?? i cant find any clause in my schedule Opinions welcomed pajamahead:confused:
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Living abroad for 8 months a year - Insurance
I want to spend 8 months a year in France - 4 in the UK. I know that makes me a resident in France, but I do not want to register with the French Health system. Those who spend most of the year in Spain, France, Portugal etc., what do you do about travel insurance? But please no lectures about I will be a French resident…
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Another cancellation question and NCD
Hi, I took out an insurance policy with Budget last May and paid outright for it. I have just sold the car that was insured with them and have insured my new car with Privilege, who want to see proof of my NCD. I have written to budget asking for them to give proof of the last 9 months or so NCD and telling them that I…
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help going insane
have just spent two hours going throught the steps to get get quotes for home insurance and got a quote from post offce for 65.82 but when i click to go through th post office site the pice rises!!! and cant seem to set up a direct debit any ideas whats going on is this normal
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AIG Car insurance and Quidco
Hi. Not sure if this is the right place to post. i am just coming up to that horrible time of year where i have to sort out MOT, car tax and insurance! I have just got some quotes from moneysupermarket and it looks like AIG have given me a great quote (but a bit more than others). The thing is this quote is even better if…
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Taking out car insurance with AIG via Quidco
Hi, someone mentioned that if your transaction doesn't track within 2 days it might be worth cancelling and trying again. Just to be clear about cancelling - do you cancel the policy via Quidco on their website or directly with AIG via their website?
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Non Disclosure of Subsidence on Buildings Insurance
Hello I would very much appreciate some advice on the situation I find myself in. In 2005 we had a subsidence claim on our house which was dealt with and fully repaired thorugh our buildings insurance with Nationwide. When it came to renewing this buildings insurance instead of simply extending the insurance I started a…
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Contents Insurance
Hi, everyone. I am considering changing my contents policy company this month and wonder if any contributors to this forum have suggestions as to which companies offer best value in their experience? I am over 60 if that makes a difference although SAGA didn't seem that much of a good deal when I enquired hence this…
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House ins help please!
I hope someone can advise. I have a cracked outer window pane(stone thrown I thinlk by local idiot).A local glazing firm said it woukld be £200ish to sort it. To claim through the house ins.I know there is a £50 excess.Could someone advise by how much my future renewals/ new policies will increase if I go down the claim…