Confused's Insurance feedback

fatuscatus

elfreako wrote: »

Do all insurance companies do this?

RBS/Privilege do as well although it shows as "Application Type: Insurance" on my Experian report. All I did was get a Confused.com quote.

fatuscatus

Oscar_The_Grouch wrote: »

I used Confused to get my car quote and the website worked fine. I did read their T&C's first and they confirm that there may be a credit check involved. I had ample opportunity to back out before the credit check was done and I had to tick a box to say that I had read the T&C's and was happy with them first.

I've looked through their T&Cs twice now and can't see anything relating to a credit check. Can you post a link to the relevant section? I'll not be using Confused for another motor quote in the meantime.

peteraj

Confused said I did not have a valid residency, maybe it wanted me to start living in the UK before I was born! Other sites worked fine, went with Diva (insurance is for my wife) via MoneySupermarket and at £208 less £50 cashback on a T Reg micra with 6 years no claims, full legal cover and an excess of £0 yes £0 I reckon it is pretty good

IrishPaul_2

I have been trying to use the price comparison website Confused.com for 4 days to get car insurance quotes as per their adverts. This is a site I have used before from the same computer and I have tried to access it from other PC’s.

Each time Internet Explorer comes up as an error.

All the other price comparison sites work and I am truly surprised that Confused.com isn’t. I called the number of Confused.com on 0871 882 8298 which I obtained from the Admiral Group plc website as they are the owners of the website and was met with a cocky lady who insisted it was all working fine!! I assured her is wasn’t and was told there was nothing she could do as on her computer it was all working OK?!!

Maybe you could find out or investigate because it has left me Confused!!!

Former_MSE_Wendy

Hi all

We've asked Condused about this and it seems there are some techincal issues for Tiscali users as Tiscali are re-routing their customers via foreign servers and this is causing security problems when they try to enter Confued.

Testing is currently being carried out and it is hoped this will be resolved fairly quickly.

chouchou

Well yes ! as many, I have tried Confused.com for home insurance and they took ages to try and get the quotes, then gave up and told me they'd email them -

OK, so they did the following day and when I went to check the best quote was indeed splendid but having to consult my poor working other later at night about it, when I returned the following day, that quote had gone and the next best was a good £50.00 more expensive.... = NOT IMPRESSED !

Also all those comparison sites don't ask the right questions, some also "assume" a lot about you. So what's the point ? You can't really tailor your quote - I end up being overinsured for things I don't even possess and don't dream of ever possessing -

Plus all those PDF files to read my head swims !

dacouch

The joys of comparison sites

chouchou

HOME INSURANCE:

And so today I tried them again = I gave them all the right details, they gave me X amounts of quotes, 2 of which were rather interesting - By the time I went to the first, NOT EVEN TIME TO "LOG IN" to the site , the phone rang and there they were : HomeInsurerer.co.uk = Was flabbergasted by their speed to jump on me !

Then, of course I, a retired woman, owns a house as tennant in common (= 50% each - independent) with a dear old male friend (NO string attached) and WAS REFUSED the most excellent deal as we were NOT married/common law whathaveyou - I was sick !

So if a male and a female share/own a house together because it makes sense financially and they're good friends but don't sleep together HomeInsurer.co.uk does not want to know - so how many other?

I have dropped drinking 6 months ago (and stopped overdoing it the last 15 years - before = another matter ! hey, you're only young once...:rotfl: ) but went out to get a bottle of very nice white to go with our dinner ! I can't believe how upset I was/ AM !:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: etc....

Had to mail the FSA about it because, frankly, I don't know what or whom to trust now when I get insured - So reported it and asked for advice....

Would they invalidate a claim ? Have we spent a vast amount of money (for us) over 12 years to no avail ? (God knows we live modestly in a twee house...) Would we be properly insured anyway ?


And WHY did Confused.com sent us to them ?

I'll say it again :You just can't tailor your insurance to your needs - always thought they were a scam, but then again, what if your house burn down ?

Am at my wits end! and SO angry !

dacouch

A lot of Insurers do not like it if you are not a couple or related as their computers are not set up to handle this.

If you pop to a local broker they will have no problem getting you cover (You need to make sure both of your names are on the policy as joint policy holders).

If you don't want to use your local broker, I think Norwich Union will cover you but your may have to run the gauntlet of the oversees call centre. Or just ring round and explain to the Insurers at the start of the call your circumstances and they will say yes or no

JonBoy_SCFC

dacouch wrote: »

If you don't want to use your local broker, I think Norwich Union will cover you but your may have to run the gauntlet of the oversees call centre.

i am a big fan of overseas call centres, but if i'd made that comment then the usual suspects would have piled in and accussed me of xenophobia / racism. Some double standards on this forum:mad: :mad: :mad:

(note dacouch: i don't suggest for one second that there was anything racist or xenophobic in your comment)