Impact of Insurance cancellation – please advise

[tango123]

I had motor insurance cancelled by car insurer several days before it was due to start because they said I did not meet the underwriting criteria. They refunded the policy.

I was worried about needing to declare the cancellation to other insurers in the future which would greatly increase premiums. The insurer however told me the cancellation did not need to be declared to other insurers. The advised that the information would not be shared with any databases for other insurers, so other insurers would be unaware.

However some time later I checked the MIB MID and lo and behold the policy details were in fact registered there with the policy start date showing as the date it was originally supposed to start and ending on the same day.

I complained to the said insurance company who are now refusing to have the policy details removed from MIB despite their prior assurances that the policy details would not be shared.

Do I need to declare the cancellation to other insurers despite what the insurer is saying and also how do I get this entry in the MIB removed?

[des8]

Have you exhausted the insurers complaints procedure.
Their final decision should be in writing.
After that I would be complaining to the Financial Ombudsman Service.

At the moment, when applying for motor insurance I would err on the side of giving full info to the new insurers.


Re the cancellation itself did the insurers suggest that the info you had given them was inaccurate or false in any way?
If it was their error it could be that they have wrongly cancelled your policy and so are in breach of contract.
This could permit you to apply to courts for damages and/or reinstatement of the policy

Care to name the insurers?

[jhonpaul]

Whenever you are not happy with your insurance company the route to go down is a complaint in line with their complaints procedure.Then if you are not happy with the reply or they ignore you for 8 weeks you can escalate to the FOS If you are current on your car policy payments, you likely get a refund of unused coverage time once you cancel....