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In December, our car was showered in gravel from a lorry that sped by. Our windscreen was cracked and the stones left my driver door and bonnet covered in stone chips. My insurer, LV, are treating this...
My wife’ car was hit by another car in a car park while she was at work. They didn’t leave a note though. If we claim on our comprehensive insurance, what are the repercussions? Is her premium and no claim...
My wife recently bumped into a parked car on a garage forecourt. She got out, looked at the car, found no damage and so drove off. Now we find an insurance claim has been lodged and have also received...
My daughters Volkswagen Up was parked outside our house when a taxi hit the rear bumper on Christmas Eve. He tried to drive off but the occupants stopped him and I have his details. I contacted the taxi...
I'm a 60 year old IAM F1RST and ROSPA Gold qualified driver. Whist driving my daughters car to work, I was T-boned by a vehicle with a cloned reg plate that didn't give way on a major junction. The police...
A driver recently pulled out from behind a parked car and hit my 2004 Audi A8 quattro. I've been offered £3400 as an uneconomical repair. My insurance is with Elephant UK and theirs is with Diamond, which...
My daughter recently had an accident when a M&S truck caught the side of her car at a roundabout. She is insured by LV and the M&S truck is insured by Zurich. LV cannot seem to get a response out of Zurich,...
My son passed his test in July 2017 and he got insurance in his own name with Go Girl (Sabre) at £1550 per year for his 2012 Vauxhal Corsa 1.2. Unfortunately he collided with another car just before Christmas...
I'm in the process of buying a secondhand vehicle. When I got an insurance quote I was told that there had been a previous no fault insurance claim for the vehicle. Is there any way that I could find out...
I took My 66-plate Skoda Octavia to the Skoda dealer with a tyre monitor problem, which they fixed. But after they washed the car, the service receptionist crashed my car into one of the new cars on the...
 

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