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Driving Insurance
I should shortly receive my full driving licence back from DVLA after a 6 month revocation for a minor injury. I have started to look for insurance after declaring on the Money Expert site "YES" to the question "Have you or any drivers ever had insurance declined, cancelled, voided or special terms imposed". My preference…
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One Call insurance - avoid!
Had a renewal through for One Call car insurance. Admittedly they sent it with three weeks on existing policy and we failed to act, however a little surprised to see they take the money 5 days before the renewal date. Found a better deal and tried to cancel the policy one day after start date. They wanted a £40 admin…
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Subsidence -positive experiences please
Hi Forumites. Our house has just been diagnosed as having subsidence. We’ve made an insurance claim and a surveyor came today & agreed it definitely needs intervention, although the house isn’t in danger of collapsing! He’s ordering soil, tree, foundation and drain reports, then we’ll have to see where we go from there. i…
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How can I keep my no claims bonus active while driving a lease car?
I have maximum no claims bonus but for the past few years have been driving lease cars, meaning my no claims bonus is about to expire. Any suggestions on how to keep it live that don't involve insuring an old banger?
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Buildings insurance and house sale/purchase
My current buildings insurance is one of those online policies where you can't speak to a human and everything has to be done online. I've tried the online chatbot but can't make it understand the question... I'm hoping someone here might be able to help, please I'm expecting to shortly exchange contracts on the sale of my…
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Need to find new insurance cover for property still waiting for probate
Recently my mom received a letter from her current policyholder, the AA, saying that they could no longer insure her because the probate on my late step-dad's estate still hasn't been completed. My mom lives in the house and owns half of the house. She is not an executor so she can't do anything about that but the…
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Medical Condition Disclosure Life insurance policy
Hi all, I’d appreciate some advice about life insurance and medical disclosure. I went to my GP with heartburn, and my blood pressure was a bit high above normal during the check. Because of that, the GP sent me to A&E the same day to be safe. At A&E, my blood pressure was normal, my heart and other checks were all fine,…
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Using comparison sites to find car insurance for new car?
I am considering buying a new car and I am going to use comparison sites to check what the insurance cost will be. Will it cause any future problems if I compare half a dozen different cars on different comparison sites?
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Car insurance - door bump
Hi I'm looking for advice. 6 months ago my young daughter opened our car door into the car parked next to us, leaving a dent (not big but deep). I left my details and got a message the next day. I asked them to provide a quote so that I could decide whether to pay out of pocket or not. Stupidly I didn’t even think about…
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Car Breakdown Discussion
This discussion is specifically for you to feedback on Car Breakdown cover Please first read the Cheap Breakdown Cover Click 'post reply' to have your say and let us know if it's about home or car cover To discuss other issues please use one of the following: Car Insurance * Car Insurance General Feedback * Report Super…
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House Insurance Complete Confusion.
Hi. I recently used a comparison website to set up house insurance and used the link to the provider to take out their policy. On the comparison website, it asks for you not include kitchen or utility rooms in the number of 'other' rooms that you have. I rang the insurance provider as I had realised that I had not included…
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Buildings insurance covering neighbours cracked retaining wall
I’m looking to buy a house but the survey has flagged a large crack in the neighbours boundary and retaining wall. There is a gap between the properties, but given the size of the wall, if it collapsed there is a reasonable chance it could damage my prospective property. Am I likely to be able to get building insurance…
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Does this count as having insurance declined?
I used a couple of comparion sites to get get some car insurance quotes but before I accepted one I thought I would try an insurer that does not feature on the sites as you have have to ring up to get a quote. When I rang he asked me whether I owned the vehicle and my name and postcode - nothing else. He presumably put…
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Home Insurance Large Loss - Betterment Calc Method
I would appreciate some guidance/info re my home insurance claim and how I should plan for the betterment calculation. Bare with me, it's hell of a saga....... The 1963 semi-detached bungalow (and a subsidence insurance claim, instigated 2020 whilst my last parent was still alive ((my darling dad)) that I inherited from my…
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House Insurance
I have an older house which is stone built. Last year I had the original kitchen knocked down and rebuilt. Block and beam with a flat roof and fire retardant timber cladding. I dealt with my existing insurance provider re this. my renewal is due and I am struggling to get any comparison quotes as I can’t just say walls are…
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Aviva Zero Motor Insurance.
My car insurance is due to expire in early October. The premium had increased since last year so I used Money supermarket for some quotes. Aviva Zero was about the cheapest so I filled in the online details and paid. I subsequently discovered that, because I had entered my landline number in the contact details, when I…
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Leak from bathroom, how to fix and potentially claim
My bathroom is situated above my kitchen. I spotted localised water damage yesterday on the ceiling and wall of my kitchen which appeared during the day following use of the shower. The position of the damage strongly suggests it is linked to the shower waste pipe, but I realise that water leaks can be hard to trace and I…
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Cancellation/curtailment travel insurance for medical reasons
We've booked a week long holiday in Wales for later this year. My girlfriend is on a waiting list for an operation (for a known & diagnosed condition) but we have no idea how long the waiting list is, and can't find it. We're wondering whether it's possible to get cancellation/curtailment insurance that'll cover us if the…
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Car insurance renewal just doubled after no fault claim, can I claim it from at fault driver?
Hi, and thanks in advance to anyone who can help with my query. I had agreed to renew my car insurance policy when the company invited me to do so (via email), and the premium was less than last year. Yesterday, I made a no fault claim after a driver crashed into my car and, this morning, another email has arrived inviting…
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Botched buildings Insurance repair
Is there a statute of limitations on a repair carried out by a company on behalf a buildings insurance provider? My parents had a repair carried out around 25 years ago due to dry rot and, for a significant period since, there has been a damp smell that we couldn't put our fingers on the source of. Long story short they…
