plz, please avoid Esure insurance company

[ade]

I WORK FOR ESURE CAR INSURANCE

It really annoys me when people come on here and give it "I HATE BLAH BLAH BLAH - avoid at all costs" without giving ALL the facts. What was the nature of the claim?

Were you at fault?
Is the other driver contesting liability?

Are you working for Bell insurance because you seem to love them?!?

They've not rung me once I keep ring twice a day since it happend to get it sorted. The enginner is too busy to speak to me etc....it's all crap a phone call to agree value takes about five mins then I'd send off all my doc's to them. I not send stuff first so they can own the car and still not give me wot the car is worth.

The engineers arent employed by esure - theyre employed by the body shop that your car was taken to. They will assess the damage and report back at which point you will usually be sent a text message with an update. I find it odd that you say theyre too busy to speak to you - have you actually got through or are you on hold?

A valuation is based on several factors and not what you "think" your car is worth. Valuations are taken from Parkers and Glass guides as well as the state of the car - mileage, condition etc. I'd be surprised if anyone accepted their 1st valuation - however dont just reject is because you "think" the cars worth more - yhou need to prove it. A company like esure (and any major uk insurer) will require you to provide proof of similar models of the same age/mileage and a price that is the "trade" price - ie it doesnt include the garage mark up.

They ARE breaking their policy!

I find this very hard to believe. All insurance companies are coverned by the FSA and have strict compliance codes. You'd need to be very specific about where in the policy booklet you feel they have broken the terms of their agreement with you.

As stated above the claim wont be paid out until you've returned all documentation (tax, keys, certificate etc). This helps prevent "ringing" where docs suddenly go missing and another car appears onthe road with the old ones detials...happens alot.

A courtesy car is NOT given in the event of a write off simply because a write off can have so many complications. To cover a courtesy car on a policy is uber expensive. Esure are one of the few copmpanies that will give a free courtesy car in the event of a claim - however if written off you wont get one.

The policy booklet is also meant to be read in conjunction with your policy documents at it contains sspecific information relating to your policy and claims - you are given 14 days cooling off where if you find the details do not meet your requirements you can cancel and get a full refund (distance selling regulations).

My wife ploughed her Sorento into a ditch back in October and Esure have only just paid out. However the car was written off within 72 hours. The delay was nothing to do with esure but the problem was esure couldnt pay out because the Gap Insurance company for KIA refused to agree a valuation figure. It was only after esure met them half way thet it was settled.

For reference people you might all want to read your policy booklets - you'd be surprised what you "presumed" you get but in fact dont.

Not all insurers are the same...


Ade

[Hobbit]

On the courtesy car front, when i had my car written off and i Wasn't at fault, i found a company that hired me a car then claimed the money back off the other guys insurance.

Was so long ago i cant remember the company.

[ade]

some insurers have arrangements for this - if its non fault you can normally claim it back from the 3rd party or alternatively if you have legal protection cover you can claim it through this...

[ednovasr2]

my car was vandelised but every just says it's cause of the snow, dont have policies in place if they dont apply when you get a bit busy!

I have rubbish service from Esure and will never use them again. No I do not work for Bell, my next door neighbours is with bell and was all sorted in 2weeks from time of accident. both our cars were taken to the same body shop for esitimates. The engineer is scottish and DOES work for Esure.

Price after yet another phone call to them made by me, they've offered a trade price and not retail so will cost me nearly another £1k to replace the same after buying it just 6 months ago.
Compleat rubbish service and have writen to the governing body of insurance reg's.

The insurance we have to have buy law is very expensive 3rd highest out going in my familys bills. So fork out £7 per day on a hire car (price to the insurance company,some get it for £30 per week) seems more than fair to me!

I've just worked out sank over £22k in premiums into the idustry drunig my driving life and fist every claim I've had to make!

[Nick]

Well to be fair. Driving a nova with some cash spanked on it - you've really got to get an agreed value if you want your money back in a write-off incident.

[Bubba]

i think my mates car was only agreed at a high value because he proved that if he broke the car for spares he could make a lot of money on it, and the fact he could prove the parts were on it he got an agreed price when he took the policy out

[Benn]

Mine took about 6months to come thru, 12days? Your joking yeah?

[ednovasr2]

Mine took about 6months to come thru, 12days? Your joking yeah?

foooooook me I would of been strainght down the courts!

Been offered a poor amount (couoldn't buy another the same for that amount ie replace for like for like) for the car but still gona make money on it as bought it from a chap who was despirate for cash (right place and time).
Still not taking the first offer would mean tho if they dont give me no more dolla that have been paid to drive a 53 plate car for 7 months for £600 not bad eh....

[Ben]

As stated above the claim wont be paid out until you've returned all documentation (tax, keys, certificate etc). This helps prevent "ringing" where docs suddenly go missing and another car appears onthe road with the old ones detials...happens alot.

I appreciate the reason for this but the insurance company happily resale the car through salvage dealers and then dont pass on the service history, spare keys etc to the new owner. Which is completly unfair, the insurance company no longer own the car but insist on storing the documents (or destroying them) where they could be kept with the car.

I have bought hundreds of salvage cars from insurance companies and spent hours and hours on the phone to them begging for them to release the service history and to be honest the only company i have found that do this time after time are the Admiral group.

The insurance companies seem to realise that any car that is sold with service history etc demands a higher price (hence why if you have it they offer a higher rate), the same thing would happen with them, if they kept the documents with the car they would demand a higher price as salvage.

I bought my current car a 2005 Mondeo TDCi, it was very light flood damage, started and drove, managed to find the dealer who dealt with the car and the car has unblemished service history from new with them but due to the data protection act wont re issue me with a set, and can i find the insurance company who have all th relevant documents can i ****.

Sorry for the rant but just annoys the **** out of me!