Car Insurance didn't put policy through - compensation

PieThought

Hi I was wondering about your thoughts on this. I was left without insurance for 2 days due to insurer error. They have offered me compensation for this at £75. Are people of the opinion this is a reasonable amount? Im looking for an unbiased view  as well as whether I even have a chance of getting more. I'm super bias because I don't think any amount of money will offset the stress it has, and still is, causing. (because I had to then quickly get a policy which had to be a black box policy which is playing up.) Any advice would be greatly  appreciated. 

KatrinaWaves

£75 is more than I would expect. Insurance is fairly quick to sort out, 5 mins on a comparison website, I am not sure why you had to 'quickly' get a black box policy.

If your black box is playing up, speak to your current insurer.

PieThought

Because I am a young driver - the insurer previously was not a black box policy and were offering a good price for a renewal. The same price only allowed for a black box policy the next policy up was hundred odd more. There are also different comparison sites, different things the policy's cover, calling the companies up, different excesses e.t.c. I had to quickly get insurance because I had no insurance and had to drive? Therefore didn't have time to properly look for the most suitable/cost effcient policy.

I have obviously contacted my current insurer, but it is the faff of contacting them and sorting it out and making sure it's connected and nothings going wrong everytime I get into the car. (that I wouldn't have had to do if they'd put through my insurance) their new quote was 200£ more since it was not a renewal quote and even after explaining I agreed to the quote before (I now have the telephone recording of this), they said they couldn't now meet it and I didnt have time to fight them on it. 

mattyprice4004

PieThought said:

 I had to quickly get insurance because I had no insurance and had to drive? 

I'm not sure what question you're asking here - can you clarify? Did you have to drive or not? 

With regards to the original issue, with all the bluster and emotion aside I assume that you called to renew, it was agreed and then never put through; correct? 

neilmcl

Compensation for what exactly!

mr_stripey

£75 seems more than generous to me. 

powerful_Rogue

How did you find out you wasn't insured?

Potbellypig

PieThought said:

Hi I was wondering about your thoughts on this. I was left without insurance for 2 days due to insurer error. They have offered me compensation for this at £75. Are people of the opinion this is a reasonable amount? Im looking for an unbiased view  as well as whether I even have a chance of getting more. I'm super bias because I don't think any amount of money will offset the stress it has, and still is, causing. (because I had to then quickly get a policy which had to be a black box policy which is playing up.) Any advice would be greatly  appreciated. 

If it isn't financial compensation you're after, what is it? 

JJ_Egan

<They have offered me compensation for this at £75. Are people of the opinion this is a reasonable amount>

Yes its reasonable .

< Im looking for an unbiased view  as well as whether I even have a chance of getting more>

Yes you might but they may also withdraw the offer or cancel your insurance .

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don't think any amount of money will offset the stress >

If that's true then you need to see your Doctor .

DoaM

JJ_Egan said:

< Im looking for an unbiased view  as well as whether I even have a chance of getting more>

Yes you might but they may also withdraw the offer or cancel your insurance .

Unless I'm reading the OP wrong, the £75 compensation is from the previous insurer not the current one? (I agree that it's ambiguous the way the OP is worded).

PieThought

mattyprice4004 said:

PieThought said:

 I had to quickly get insurance because I had no insurance and had to drive? 

I'm not sure what question you're asking here - can you clarify? Did you have to drive or not? 

With regards to the original issue, with all the bluster and emotion aside I assume that you called to renew, it was agreed and then never put through; correct? 

It wasn't a question. I had to drive but realised the insurance hadn't gone through. Yes this is correct.

Potbellypig said:

If it isn't financial compensation you're after, what is it? 

JJ_Egan said:

<They have offered me compensation for this at £75. Are people of the opinion this is a reasonable amount>

Yes its reasonable .

< Im looking for an unbiased view  as well as whether I even have a chance of getting more>

Yes you might but they may also withdraw the offer or cancel your insurance .

<

don't think any amount of money will offset the stress >

If that's true then you need to see your Doctor .

Remembering the context of my post, the sentiment is that I'd rather have not had to sort all this out and now waste time sorting out the black box and app, than have any compensation they will give, but this is not an option. 
They are offering financial compensation, and since I am struggling to put a "price" on the aggravation and risk of being fined, getting licence points, which would affect my living, I was asking this forum for advice.

powerful_Rogue said:

How did you find out you wasn't insured? 

I checked before I made a journey home back from my family's where I'd stopped over. neilmcl said:

Compensation for what exactly!

Time spent sorting out the insurance, ringing up, sorting out new insurance, putting me at risk of driving without insurance (which could be a fine of 300£ and 6 penalty points - this would affect my living) , the time and aggravation of having to switch to a black box policy which uses an app affecting my phone battery and signal.