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Car Insurance Excess

cookie666
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I have a question re excess.
My car has been written off by and received an offer letter which is not as bad as I feared. However, they are taking off the excess (which I expected) but a lot more than I had thought.
I have a voluntary excess of £100 (does the higher you offer her reduce the cost of your policy?) and according to the paperwork each driver has accidental damage of £300, but they are taking off £700 as my excess. Should it not be £400? Am I missing something?
My car has been written off by and received an offer letter which is not as bad as I feared. However, they are taking off the excess (which I expected) but a lot more than I had thought.
I have a voluntary excess of £100 (does the higher you offer her reduce the cost of your policy?) and according to the paperwork each driver has accidental damage of £300, but they are taking off £700 as my excess. Should it not be £400? Am I missing something?
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If you don't know where they get the figure from then ask the insurer
(Was there a liable third party involved? If so you can pursue them or their insurer to reimburse all your uninsured losses including your excess,)0
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