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Insurance & Life Assurance sticky
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Travel insurance when about to move home from abroad
Hello! I am in an unusual situation and can't find any guidance on this. I'm a UK citizen, have been living abroad for the last year and will be permanently retuning to the UK shortly. Once I arrive back, I plan to go travelling. The question is where do I buy travel insurance? I want to book things for my trip now (whilst…
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Car Insurance write off 2 claims Long Story
Hi guys This is a long story and I will try and make it short, it has been giving me a lot of headache and I hope someone here has some experience that can give me any pointers or advise best course of action. I basically had a minor car accident back in November 2025, not a fault of my own but the other driver is not…
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Admiral Travel Insurance Renewal Cancellation
I'm trying to cancel my travel insurance as I don't need it, does anyone know how to do it via the website as all options that I can find lead to renewal - even the cancellation option, or am I going to waste a couple of hours of my life phoning them after already wasting an hour trying to find the cancel option? I get to…
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Solar panels
I have solar/battery insurance. Back in November last year my solar stopped working. My insurance company said they would send a engineer to have a look back in November. They are not responding to my question for a update. Can anybody advice me on where to go next please.
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Judicial review insurance
is anyone aware of an insurance company that will provide indemnity insurance for potential judicial review against a local planning authority in relation to a planning decision made. Normal house hold policies that provide legal cover do not cover planning matters and judicial reviews.
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Blocked
Has anyone else experienced this? I downloaded compare the market app from a dementia forum page but the next day it’s telling me I’m blocked???? I didn’t post anything I was looking for information. I’ve emailed them but they’ve not responded yet. I’m a 70 year old lady and I don’t go on any untoward sites. I’ve deleted…
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Home insurance delays
Hi. I am so frustrated with my home insurance claim that I thought I would reach out here to see if my experience is normal. I had a water escape in my kitchen ceiling on 3rd January. It took the insurance over 4 weeks to put in a dehumidifier in the room. The loss adjuster is putting so many barriers in the way it's…
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Prudential Life Policy Written In Trust
My late mother and my step-dad took out a with profits ‘joint life second death’ life policy with Prudential in 1995. It was written in trust from the outset with my 2 stepsisters and me as beneficiaries. My step-dad died late last year. Prudential have been notified but insist that they won’t pay out the benefits until…
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Home insurance excesses
Apologies for a general question. In my last renewal I changed the excess from £250 to £350 for a few things and the cost went down a bit. I can't imagine making a claim for anything under £1000 to be honest due to the hassle involved and having a claim on my record etc. most things would be wear and tear I would expect…
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Quotes for mortgage protection insurance - why do they vary so much?
We've been getting some quotes for decreasing term life insurance, to cover the value of our mortgage. We've got a quote through our mortgage broker for £160 per month with Scottish Widows. We've tried to get some quotes ourselves through a comparison site (moneysupermarket) and four quotes come up, ranging from around…
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Home insurance on new house prior to moving in
We have been advised to get home insurance on the house we are buying as I believe we can be held responsible for it when the contracts are exchanged, even though we don't have the moving date yet . It will be a matter of weeks now though as everything is about ready. Got a good quote from Zurich but I was concerned about…
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Caravan Insurance for a van stored in France
Hi, we normally insure with Towergate for our caravan that is stored in France on the site we stay at However, the underwriter has changed to Aviva and they say we have to tow it back to the UK for 8 weeks. Loads of UK based people do this in France - any help please.
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Insurance haggling experiences
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Co-Op Bank Everyday account Travel Insurance
I have had a Co-Op bank Everyday Account for several years following Martins recommendation. I have always updated any pre-exisiting medical conditions as soon as they happen, so that I am covered. I had booked a holiday to Thailand in August 2025 for travel in February 2026. I made a couple of medical updates in October…
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Travel Insurance "ASAB" Observation
I recently booked a holiday for next February. However, after a chance discussion with my annual insurance provider I was informed that I was not covered for cancellation as the holiday dates are after my current annual policy expires in September. I am not sure if anyone else has experienced this with their provider? I…
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Home Insurance Renewal
We have been with Direct Line for more years than I care to remember. Just got the renewal invite. Rang them and suddenly they cannot offer insurance because our address is not on the database they now use!!! Madness. Have raised a complaint. I want to know the name of the database they use and why our address is not…
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Sheila's Wheels home insurance
Anybody used Sheila's Wheels home insurance? good/bad experiences?
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Aviva home insurance nightmare
I have been trying to get repairs to my property since 2008 when a local earthquake damaged properties within a 100 mile radius of Market Rasen in North Lincolnshire. Now 18 years later, despite their surveyor noted numerous serious problems with the roof and chimney stacks, valleys etc., the only repair is 1 metre of…
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Property insurance during probate for unoccupied flat.
I'm executor for a relative who has died, leaving an empty flat. I now need to insure this empty property until the property is sold. The funeral director mentioned probate house insurance or unoccupied property insurance. Any suggestions on how to arrange this - a specialist broker or one of the usual insurers?
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Insurer renewal missing a closed claim + open claim shown as non-fault
I’m renewing with the same insurer and noticed some oddities on my renewal details. I’ve had two claims: A rear-end accident in August where my car was written off. The claim is still open, but the renewal summary shows the other party at fault. AFAIK these are treated as at fault until recovered? A notification-only bump…
