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Advice Needed - Car Insurance

I need a bit of advice please.

My father is about to renew his car insurance - he had a protected no claims - but has had two claims (both his fault) in the past six months.

On his renewal it gives him a 55% (5.5 years?) no claims discount.

What I wish to know is - is the 55% five and a half years - just wary of giving misleading info. in a quote.

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  • raskazz
    raskazz Posts: 2,877 Forumite
    I need a bit of advice please.

    My father is about to renew his car insurance - he had a protected no claims - but has had two claims (both his fault) in the past six months.

    On his renewal it gives him a 55% (5.5 years?) no claims discount.

    What I wish to know is - is the 55% five and a half years - just wary of giving misleading info. in a quote.

    No, NCD is not calculated on such a scale - just call his insurer and ask how many years are applicable.
  • Graham_S
    Graham_S Posts: 7 Forumite
    Probably knocked back to 3 years.
  • shelly
    shelly Posts: 6,394 Forumite
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    Graham_S wrote: »
    Probably knocked back to 3 years.


    Shouldn't have been with him having NCB protection. Usually you can have 2-3 (depending on co) prangs in so many years (again depending on co) before you lose any NCB entitlement.
    :heart2: Love isn't finding someone you can live with. It's finding someone you can't live without :heart2:
  • agaveworm
    agaveworm Posts: 373 Forumite
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    The first hurdle will be when he declares how many claims he has had in the last three years; he might not even get as far as stating how much NCB he is entitled to....
    Reassuringly expensive
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