Why has my insurance premium with the NFU Mutual been increased by 50 per cent?

My car is insured with National Farmers Union Mutual. The renewal is due and the price is up by 50 per cent with no change at all in my circumstances. I have queried this and they say all insurers have...

Please warn your readers to be careful when making claims from their insurance companies.

Your readers should beware of what has become of a certain big name motor insurer. In my experience they are friendly and helpful when they are taking the money but when you have a claim they will screw...

I have some legal advice for your correspondent GP of Tolleshunt Major pertaining to an accident claim.

You responded to a cry for help from GP of Tolleshunt Major in respect of an accident in which his (her) daughter had received a County Court Summons. Here are some thoughts that may be helpful. The accident...

I claimed for sump damage to my Rover 75, caused by speed humps, from my local shopping centre.

Last year my local shopping mall installed black and yellow speed humps that were too high. These damaged my Rover 75 sump tray. It took me a month to find who was responsible. I sent them an estimate...

Are spurious personal injury claims pushing up the cost of motor insurance?

An article in the motoring section recently talked about the rising cost of insurance. It failed to mention some of the reasons for these increases. 1) The high, almost obscene charges made by solicitors...

What value do accident management companies add to the aftermath of an accident?

Although my experience of accident management companies is limited to using them via a corporate lease plan, I have to say that even then, I question their usefulness. A skip delivery lorry recently drove...

Following an accident, should I contact the third party's insurance company directly and avoid accident management companies?

I had legal assistance cover on my insurance policy. After an accident my impression of their service is that they seem to be fixed on getting me into a hire car. I was wondering whether I would be better...

What precautions can be taken against whiplash claim scammers and accident management companies?

I have been following your correspondence concerning "Claims Management" and whiplash scams. Can you give advice what to do at the time of an incident, please? Is it possible to deter the other party...

Will taking out legal protection insurance protect drivers from spurious traffic accident claims?

The correspondence from EH and others recently is a very real worry to anyone who has been blamed for a traffic accident, no matter how slight. It seems surprising that EH's insurers did not contest, as...

Is my daughter really liable for a £27,000 car hire bill for the third party following an accident?

My daughter’s car was stolen in July, 2009. It was smashed into a car causing a write-off of my daughter's car. The insurers did not pay up as she had lost her keys, and they said she didn’t keep car safe...