flak monkey
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| posted on 7/7/11 at 02:47 PM |
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Insurance refund - is this right?
Cancelled a bike insurance policy with MCE on saturday, told i was due a 160 quid refund and it would be put back in the account i paid with. Fine, go
ahead with that then...
Called them today as it hadn't been refunded yet only to be told i won't get a credit note (wtf?!) until October!
Now i paid in full so not direct debit. But should it take that long?
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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blakep82
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| posted on 7/7/11 at 02:51 PM |
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doesn't sound right to me. they're keeping your money for a service you're not paying for, partial refunds should be made and the
money should be in your account within the week usually i think.
never worked for insurance, but any company i worked for, once a refund is agreed (which in itself can take a few days) is processed right away, and
can take a few days to clear into you account.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 7/7/11 at 03:39 PM |
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That doesn't sound reasonable at all. I would be calling them again to query this and escalate it if you don't get a satisfactory answer.
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novacaine
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| posted on 7/7/11 at 06:22 PM |
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sounds to me like they are "suspending" the policy,
was the policy due to run out in October by any chance?
When I've cancelled insurance in the past they gave me the option of suspending the policy, meaning that the policy is still there but not
providing insurance cover (idea is that you could re-instate it at any time), they refund pro-rata on the number of days suspended but you wont
receive payment until the insurance has run its course, this avoids cancellation/administration charges
or the other option is to cancel the policy, pay a fee and get the money right away
if this isnt the case then yea, get on the phone to them some things not on.
Matt
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 7/7/11 at 06:40 PM |
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They're only allowed to charge for the cover used and a 'reasonable' cancellation charge to cover admin costs (which must be
detailed at the time of inception), they have no right to defer the settlement. Complain asap.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/7/11 at 07:21 PM |
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Yeah and I'm willing to wager those admin charges suggest it takes someone about 4 hours to do that work too.. Credit note in October? Who are
they Lazycorp? 3?
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flak monkey
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| posted on 7/7/11 at 07:42 PM |
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It runs until february next year. I'll call them again tomorrow and see what they say. its not suspended, its cancelled.
It's MCE insurance.
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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flak monkey
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 09:08 AM |
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Right spoken to the broker again this morning...
Its going to be October before I see my refund. The policy was with RSA through MCE as a broker. RSA have a 60 or 90day account with them so MCE wont
recieve the refund from the insurance company until then and they wont issue the refund to me until they have the money abck from RSA... This is
MCE's policy.
All sounds a bit crap to me. Should I complain? If so who to?
Never had this issue with a policy refund before.
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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blakep82
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 09:16 AM |
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still doesn't sound right to me tbh, i'd try going straight to the insurer
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flak monkey
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 10:06 AM |
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I have emailed the Financial Ombudsmen to ask if there are grounds for a formal complaint. If so i will follow it through.
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 8/7/11 at 11:05 AM |
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Totally wrong, I've just done the same thing myself through a broker, had the refund immediately
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