Mr Robert Nightingale

[Guest]

Stopped by the police for no insurance
was fined £300.00 car impounded
£1200 to re insure car 6 points on my licence
l was with hastings direct with automatic renewal.
they told me that they had wrote to me to inform me that they were not going to renew my insurance l replied telling them that l had not received any letter they then said that they had emailed me again l had not received any emails .
l am an HGV Driver also a driver assessment officer but l now have been suspended from doing my assessments as l now have 6 points on my licence.
l am 63 yrs old and been driving since the age of 17
and always had insurance.
Hastings have now sent me a cheque for £50.00
for the stress that this may have caused me .
pls pls could you help me out .

[Guest]

Sorry to say this but. Trust nobody, always make sure you are covered.

[islandgirl]

That is very sad. Did you go to court and raise this issue? Did you provide proof of an auto-renewal policy? Did you ask Hastings for copies of the letters / emails it says it sent? I know it is an absolute offence so you would be convicted but the court has discretion to award a lower fine or less points.