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Can anyone recommend a second home insurance company?

10Wbulb
10Wbulb Posts: 26 Forumite
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edited 7 December 2023 at 6:01PM in Insurance & life assurance
Direct line will no longer offer me second home insurance because they have changed their acceptance criteria, consequently I need to find an alternative and wondered if anyone can recommend a company?

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  • Luke451
    Luke451 Posts: 188 Forumite
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    So, did you have a contract and they cancelled it?? Or you were still in the process to subscribe?
  • cindylu
    cindylu Posts: 1 Newbie
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    I just got a letter from Direct Line saying they no longer offer second home insurance. Has anyone found a good provider for such a policy? DL recommends AJ Gallagher, whomever they are!?!
  • DullGreyGuy
    DullGreyGuy Posts: 18,613 Forumite
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    AJ Gallagher are the 4th largest insurance broker in the world with $8.4bn of revenue in 2022
  • 10Wbulb
    10Wbulb Posts: 26 Forumite
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    cindylu said:
    I just got a letter from Direct Line saying they no longer offer second home insurance. Has anyone found a good provider for such a policy? DL recommends AJ Gallagher, whomever they are!?!
    Yeah, Direct Line recommended them to me, I went with them last year, then this year they stipulated that I had to leave the hatch to the roof PERMANENTLY OPEN!!!  The documentation was terrible, one continuous wall of text, so I changed and went with SJL Insurance Services, the guy there was very helpful in determining the type of front door lock that I have, although there are no bolts top and bottom, it is double locking.
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