LV is latest insurer to share savings with customers hit by the virus

LV becomes latest insurer to share savings being made from fewer claims by refunding customers hit by virus By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:37 BST, 5 May 2020 LV’s refunds are for workers waiting on furlough payments or self-employment support, or those who lose jobs … Read more

My employer has handed my final salary pension to an insurer

Retirement concern: My employer has passed my final salary pension to an insurer – how safe is it now? I have just read your column on final salary pensions. In common with many others, my employer passed on its scheme to an insurance company which now pays me an annuity. What happens to my pension … Read more

Sell your cakes in street, insurer tells cafe over coronavirus claim

Insurer Hiscox sends letter to cafe owner suggesting he should sell cakes to anyone passing his doorway instead of claiming on his insurance policy By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 14:02 BST, 3 May 2020 Insurer Hiscox has sent a letter to a cafe owner suggesting … Read more

Will my insurer pay out if my empty home is burgled while the country is in lockdown?

My main home is sitting empty while the country is in lockdown – will my insurer pay out if I get burgled? Leaving a property empty usually invalidates your home insurance policy However insurers say they will be more lenient while the country is in lockdown  Making a claim may take longer as insurers find it difficult … Read more

British couple stranded abroad are told insurer won’t repatriate them

A British couple have been left stranded in France after their campervan broke down, with their insurer claiming it is not able to help them, despite the current coronavirus outbreak leaving them vulnerable. Jacqueline Jackson, 62, and her husband, James, 72, travelled to France, from Spain, the weekend before last – but unfortunately after arriving … Read more

‘My insurer has kept my motorbike for 5 months’: One mans fight with MCE insurance

A motorcyclist was left without his bike for five months after making a claim with his insurer following a crash that he’s adamant was not his fault. After being involved in an incident with a car in August of last year, Stuart Stow, from Middlesex, was left waiting for his insurance firm, MCE, to repair … Read more