We just came back from a holiday, and a huge pile of letters is waiting for us. Kind of expected. What's not expected is...our car insurer sent us a letter, cancelling our full insurance.
The reason given is that "your claim amount is much higher than the average". Well we had two incidents recently, and we did claim some money from them. But isn't insurance supposed to be covering the unexpected so that people don't go broke because of incidents? (OK, let's don't go there, won't help with my situation now).
We still have about one year lease left on the car. I just checked comparis.ch, of course all other insurance providers declined to offer a policy because I chose the reason for a quote as "policy cancelled by another insurer". I assume it'll be the same if I call them on the phone.
What do now? Any ideas or past experiences? Please help!!!
A.- Keep calling to other insurance companies... there will be ALWAYS one that will accept you... charging a little bit more, but covering you at the end...
B.- Your wife could insurance the car, from 0, and add you as a additional driver
You would need to inform the insurance of a material fact.
I assume they will still cover you for 3 rd party risks, they can't cancel if you have the plates.
Assume 100% loading in the future at least.
My brother had 2 company cars that were involved in 5 claims over 3 years . When he retired 3rd party cover in London cost £15,000, only 1 company would cover the risk.
How on earth did you end up making 3 claims in 3 years!? I've only made 2 claims in 15 years.... And I drove like a moron in my early years having a fair few prangs and a couple of break ins in addition!
Happened to me in London many years ago -- two hit-and-runs to my car parked on the street, and then had a car stolen. That doesn't include several break-ins that I paid for myself...
I guess that also depends on which car... if its a "cheap" car, then the repairs should be cheap as well... And therefore the insurance companies shouldnt be that "closed minded" to cover it...
Also, Im driving here a WRX from the 1997 and the insurance are charging me here in UK 5000 Pounds... just because im driving with an international drivers licence and because im 25 yers old... quite crazy...
The first question most insurers ask before taking you on is your previous claims history. You can bet that if you call and say that you've had three claims in three years, you'll be treated just the same if those three claims happened with different companies as if they happened with the same company. The underwriting risk is the same.
Double-check with your insurance company, but glass damage doesn't normally count against your claims history.
Collision normally only counts if you are at fault. If the costs are reclaimed from someone else's insurance, it shouldn't count against your claim history.
In your case a solution to your problem could be calling by phone or having a personal meeting with an insurer. You will end up with higher premiums than through the online channel, but at least an agent may find a solution to insure you (maybe under exclusions of some types of damages).
Legal position is as following: After each incident resulting in a claim covered by the insurance, both parties may back out of the contract.
We hope that this helps and you’ll be soon on the road again, comparis.ch
Unfortunately glass damage does count. Any claim on the policy (3rd party or part of the fully comp) counts.
The kicker is that if you cause an accident they will often consider it 2 claims (3rd and fully comp) - have a second one in 3 years and they'll pay out - but then cancel the policy.
Hey thanks. So I did get a new offer from another insurance company, thanks to an insurance agent that I know. Yes the conditions are tougher on the new contract, but it beats having to either a) terminate the lease and face a huge penalty b) find lots of cash to buy the car right now. I will be extra careful from now on.