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Motor Insurance - In general

This is more a cautionary tale about an insurer than a recommendation I'm afraid but it might make people think before accepting an insurance policy. I am so upset with my insurance company, who had better remain nameless in case they sue me on top of everything else. Perhaps naively I assumed ... Read review

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Where are they when you need them?!

Advantages: You don't get prosecuted for having none, peace of mind till you need help!
Disadvantages: Expense, hassle, not there when you need help.

This is more a cautionary tale about an insurer than a recommendation I'm afraid but it might make people think before accepting an insurance policy.

I am so upset with my insurance company, who had better remain nameless in case they sue me on top of everything else. Perhaps naively I assumed they were there to help if the worst happened to my car, so I could replace it without much expense.

I cruised along with this ...
...pear shaped. Were they there for me? Judge for yourselves.

I was teaching at my regular school (I do supply and have a regular day at this lovely school) and never thought to look outside to check my car. However after school my colleague asked where it was. I said "where it usually is" and she told me to look. Lo and behold, it was gone. My colleague called thge police who asked me if I had the keys. I went to check my handbag. ... more

kitchengoddess 12.07.2004
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Price

Service

Efficiency

Pick A Figure, Any Figure...

Advantages: It's a legal requirement!
Disadvantages: You have to really shop around for a good price

Company cars are great. You don't have to worry about anything. Somebody else services them and pays the bills, and if you crash them it's not your insurance that pays out. So after seven years of driving company cars I was incredibly ignorant of the whole insurance industry. Purchasing my own car after such a long time was a daunting enough task, but once the deposit was paid on a 2000-model Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited with a four-litre engine ...
...In these wonderful days of the Internet insurance quotes can be obtained online, but only if your circumstances are straight forward. I didn't have an official no claims discount as I hadn't had my own insurance for so long, even though I'd driven for five years without any accidents. With all the caveats and legalities surrounding insurance I decided that the web was the wrong way to go about it, so I got hold of the Yellow Pages and set about phoning ...

markd_uk 17.10.2004 · Read full review
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Would you buy it if you didn't HAVE to have it?

Advantages: A MUST HAVE ITEM
Disadvantages: PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS ONLY WHEN MAKING A CLAIM!

In the UK motor insurance is a legal requirement. It is against the law if you use (or permit to be used) a motor vehicle on the public highway without third party insurance - to quote the Road Traffic Act. I have been in this business for some 15 years now and I realised a long time ago that if this law should ever change I'd be out of a job! Motor insurers continually get bad press. Quite simply for every 100 satisfied customers there will always ...
...that you hear about because it's more interesting to the media. In my opinion if you follow these few basic rules, you will not go far wrong! A) ALWAYS tell the truth. You may save a few quid by telling fibs but you may as well not bother insuring your car at all if you've told porkies. B) DO NOT make assumptions. Just because you have comprehensive cover this DOES NOT mean that you're covered to drive any car! In fact, you're just as likely to ...

toffeeboy 20.03.2004 (26.03.2004) · Read full review
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Look Out You Vultures - Your Days Are Numbered

Advantages: See text of opinion
Disadvantages: See text of opinion

...our (compulsory) insurance for our motor vehicles. Before I get started, let me state that I’m NOT some raving left wing Socialist, who believes that anybody in life that makes a healthy profit should be put against the nearest wall and shot at dawn. We live in a Capitalist system here in the West, and I mostly go along with that system, for all its faults, as I think that the principle that the harder that someone works, or if they come up ...
...for an accident in a motor vehicle that was my fault. (I HAVE had a couple of claims AGAINST other drivers though!) ~ ~ My unfortunate experience with car insurance companies began when I first went to obtain insurance on my very first taxi, a ‘bog-standard’ standard Nissan Bluebird 1.6-litre. (I LOVE Bluebirds, by the way, and am now on my fourth!) My first surprise was that it was impossible for me to ‘shop around’ for ...

the_mad_cabbie 15.08.2002 · Read full review
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Bridge that gap with Gap Motor Insurance!

Advantages: Peace of mind, security.
Disadvantages: A bit of extra expense.

Motor Insurance! We are bombarded with adverts and offers about it from all sides - T.V., newspapers, magazines, e-mail and snail mail! Do we need it? Of course! Apart from it being a legal requirement, often our cars are the biggest investments in our lives after a house. We need to protect the money we pour into them against that unfortunate day when we have an accident or even worse for some, when you come out of the shops laden with shopping ...
...internet, this type of extra motor insurance is not very well publicised, except when you are at the dealers and purchasing your new car. A search on the internet will provide lots of companies willing to sell you this insurance cover. You may find out that it cost about £250-£400 for 3 years cover. I found that this was a small price to pay for the peace of mind that it gives me for knowing that the shortfall should a write-off happen again was ...

bwanamdevu 22.10.2004 · Read full review
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How hard can it be to insure a car

Advantages: None, I suppose they may pay out if you need to claim.
Disadvantages: Too many to list, read on, can't pay by cheque for many companies, won't quote untill I'm 17, TOO EXPENSIVE, too many mistakes, stressfull and after 100 calls, I AM ANNOYED

I am currently 16 years old, so immediately you are probably saying, why does this person need car insurance? Well next week I will be 17 and I'm trying to get my car insured before my birthday, so that I have insurance cover so that I can drive on my birthday. I also need the insurance policy to tax the car. My car is a Fiat Cinquecento, M Reg, with no extra security and has not been modified, it has the tiniest engine you could imagine. An 899cc ...
...cheap to insure compared to a 1.1 litre car which are normally common for the first car. It should be a group 2 car for insurance purposes, but I have heard that this can change from insurance company to insurance company, as they classify cars differently. I am not exaggerating when I say that I have rung nearly one hundred insurance companies!! Yes that's right, ONE HUNDRED! I started off with some of the big names such as the AA, Churchill and ...

PeterFarrell 06.10.2001 · Read full review
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Advantages: Prompt payments and lifetime cover .
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Advantages: Reliability, value for money, peace of mind.
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