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Car insurance cancellation within 14 days question

htrj
htrj Posts: 205 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
Hi,

On the 20th December I switch my car insurance from one car to another and paid a £45 charge for the priviledge.

I now need to switch the insurance back to the first car that was insured.

Can I do that under my statutory 14 day cancellation rights or has that expired as the original policy was taken out long before?

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  • htrj wrote: »
    Hi,

    On the 20th December I switch my car insurance from one car to another and paid a £45 charge for the priviledge.

    I now need to switch the insurance back to the first car that was insured.

    Can I do that under my statutory 14 day cancellation rights or has that expired as the original policy was taken out long before?

    It's expired.
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    You won't have any cancellation rights as the policy is not a new policy from what you say. You have changed the risk twice and will be charged twice. You might get a small reduction on the second bill if the risk is less but I doubt that too.
  • htrj
    htrj Posts: 205 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    OK, thanks for clarifying that.

    Naturally, I didn't want to pay for a second transfer if it was avoidable.
  • Why not just take out a multi car policy?
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