Take Care When Getting Close To Renewal! (Bikesure)

[HD]

Hey guys,

Just thought I would give you a warning to prevent hassle. I checked my emails yesterday and it said that, as agreed, the payment was to be taken from my account to renew my policy. They said they had sent an earlier email warning/phonecall and said that the funds were not in the account so I am now uninsured.

However, I recieved no email or phonecall to state this so if I had been paid or had the money in my account, I would now be quite a bit of money down!

I had a phone call from them today asking me about it and forgot to phone back but will tomorrow.

But yeah, just a warning that as you get closer to renewal, make sure they aren't going to withdraw it automatically as they will probably charge admin fees to cancel it too!
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Rusty '02 Vito Camper + CBR600F3

[Kebabmonster]

Aviva do this with house insurance too. You have to phone them and tell them if you're moving on.

Andy

[neatbik]

I've had this happen lately to with both car and bike policies, and quite a few friends too.

They tried telling me that there would be a cancellation fee too - I told them to give my money back (all of it) or else legal action would be taken.

They are sly fuckers, why the hell should they expect you to to get in touch with them to say you arent renewing your policy? And then they have the cheek to try to charge a cancellation fee!

OP, make sure you dont end up with your bank charging a fee because sufficient funds werent available - they are robbing fuckers aswell...

[D O G]

I despise this tactic. They dress it up as helping to prevent you being caught unisured, but it is just a huge fucking scam.

The most annoying part is that for a lot of places, you cannot elect to turn this 'service' off at inception, you just have to remember it.

[paulcdb]

[Rebel]

Bikesure have gone on my blacklist and won't be seeing a penny out of me again. Just had a Bikesure policy (which was renewed without permission) cancelled with no refund because while I was on holiday they wrote demanding proof of my no claims bonus and details of an accident I mentioned. Copy of licence etc. Gave me one week to respond. They messed me about last year so much I ended up changing the policy completely (they are just a broker it seems and add a hefty fee for the service.)
Aviva can f.o.a.d. as well, they tried to automatically renew but I went to Swinton and got the same cover for almost 50% less.

[c-m]

Bennets sent me my renewal letter a few days ago.

It was 4 pages long, and didn't even mention not accepting the renewal. There was just a tiny extract about calling them to cancel.

Additionally they said that they used details I had previously entered in their system. If that's the case, how is it the renewal had a £250 voluntary excess in addition to £500 excess? My original policy had no voluntary excess.
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[Bikesure]

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[Bikesure]

[Bikesure]

[c-m]

[Bikesure]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[D O G]

[daemonoid]

[c-m]

[Walloper]

It is not the insurer's duty to call you.
This is a free service some insurers offer.
Do not get out of shape if you 'lose out'.
Shell, BP etc. don't email, call, write to you to tell you you need to buy fuel...


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W-ireless A-rtificial L-ifeform L-imited to O-bservation P-eacekeeping and E-fficient R-epair

[c-m]

[Walloper]

[Hetzer]

This is a common and typical fraud which needs to be formally made a criminal act. With both my last and current insurers I have had to go to some trouble to ensure they don't automatically renew my insurance, including recording my telephone conversations with them in that regard (they were informed the calls were being recorded).

We're dealing with criminal filth here who will stoop to any and every trick in the book to steal your money.
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"There's the horizon! Ride hard, ride fast and cut down all who stand in your way!"

[Vincent]

You'd probably find that if insurance companies used their brains and started to trade honestly without these hidden charges and scams, they'd do loads of business as just about everyone knows about there dodgy dealings by now. I got the feeling recently that "price fixing" had come back to the fore as there seemed to be little difference between quotes online.
As I understand it, they had record profits last year and still hiked up premiums. All part of the "maximise profits, minimise services" ethic.

Did anyone else watch the Panorama programme showing how much money these companies waste by not attending court cases? All that then get's put on our premiums
Lets see some regulation.
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Space Is Deep

[Walloper]

They are all robbing bastirts.

If you buy for a pound and punt for a tenner when you added no value it could be considered thievery.

Free markets decide.

What we really need is for more folk to speak up about shite service and vote with their feet.

Watch out Tesco.... You are in my sights (Or rear view mirror rather).
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W-ireless A-rtificial L-ifeform L-imited to O-bservation P-eacekeeping and E-fficient R-epair

[iooi]

[HD]

Is it hell. Who really reads the 'blueprint'. It should be clearly stated. You insurance companies really are just out there to get money. This is a scam.

Check this picture:

The top is the email I recieved the other day. Stating that renewal time is coming up. Nowhere does it say that they were going to do it automatically.

Then the second email says that they wrote to me. Obviously I can't prove what mail I have had but I have had no other emails from them...

The top email is one saying thanks for cancelling your policy or whatever, the following two are the ones in the image. Thats it, no contact, bullshit.

https://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l618/HDrayton7/insurance.jpg
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Rusty '02 Vito Camper + CBR600F3