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Car Insurance searches showing on Credit Report

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  • a4a
    a4a Posts: 313 Forumite
    The_Boss wrote: »
    Which should tell you a lot about the "credit score" you are referring to.

    The soft searches are mainly checking your identity and address.

    Do you know this for a fact because I have been informed by someone who used to work for a lender that a soft search looks at how a CRA scores you?
  • YorkshireBoy
    YorkshireBoy Posts: 31,541 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    GingerBob wrote: »
    No.The "report" won't help you. It'll only contain the same data* you can see if you obtain your own report. Yes, it may be presented differently, but in essence it's the same data.

    But it isn't. You said it doesn't show who your mortgage is with, so by extension it shows NO sevice provider/lender identity details - right?
    I possibly wasn't clear enough for you. The lender sees exactly what you see, except for 2 main things...


    1. The credit provider's name, and
    2. Any financial associate searches you have on your file


    ...both of which you can see on your copy of the report.


    Hope that clears things up a little.
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