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Body's and contents insurance

When I took my a mortgage out in December 1992 I was told by the building society that I had to have their insurance but it was very very expensive but I did as I was told as I'd just come back from America and needed the mortgage. Can I claim it back?

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  • dimbo61
    dimbo61 Posts: 13,727 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Do you mean Buildings and Contents ?
    Many banks/building societies pushed this back then and YES is was more expensive than shopping around.
    You can get cheaper Buildings and Contents from moneysupermarket,compare the mercat, gocompare,uswitch etc
    You can do the same for life assurance
  • mrginge
    mrginge Posts: 4,843 Forumite
    Angela49 wrote: »
    When I took my a mortgage out in December 1992 I was told by the building society that I had to have their insurance but it was very very expensive but I did as I was told as I'd just come back from America and needed the mortgage. Can I claim it back?

    No you can't.
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