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I was involved in a crash through no fault of my own, my car was parked up and a van crashed into it. My insurance company wrote off the car and is offering me £2100 when the closest match is around £2700...
I've just had an accident that I'm confident is 3rd parties fault - she pulled out from a side road hitting my car. I've informed my insurer, who have said that Enterprise Hire will contact me regarding...
Recently my Ford Mondeo was written off in a hit and run accident. To lower my insurance I purchased an older Renault Clio 1.2. To my astonishment, my insurance company, eSure, quoted very little difference...
After reading many letters from your readers about dubious practices insurers, I would like to give credit where I think it is due. My wife and I are both insured with Aviva, she with a Honda CRV and I...
A cement lorry hit the back of my car in April. All sorted out as I have fully comp insurance. Yesterday I had a letter from my insurer, LV, asking me to let them involve a solicitor to reclaim my uninsured...
I recently had an accident, unfortunately the road was greasy and spun out on a bend, taking out a bt phone line pole in the process. My car I have been told more than likely will be written off! Do...
A friend and her husband have just been followed home and told they had driven into the back of this persons car whilst in town and that they had 100s of witnesses. They are claiming whiplash but there...
My son was at traffic lights in Hertfordshire when a van ploughed into the back of his car. At the first inspection it was considered to a write off. However, the insurance company ordered a further inspection...
You mentioned in your column last week that the insurer of a motor vehicle should be made aware of any change, however small, that is made to a car as it may affect the validity of the policy held. Does...
I insured my car through One-call and unfortunately did not notice that to change my home address (amongst quite a long list of occurrences) they charge £55. The paperwork I downloaded did say ‘any change...