I think that now you have told them there is little you can do - the fact that your car has been broken in to may affect the future risk, regardless of whether you have progressed a claim or not.
About a month ago I was broken into (again) and my car keys stolen,rang insurance company to see if I could claim and was told no they don’t replace keys but would pay £300 towards a lock change .So I left it and paid for the keys,thinking this is now finished.Anyway admiral set this up as a claim,I’m now not with them but now when I get quotes it’s showing up on the national system as I’ve claimed.
Now I’ve been in touch with them and they have said ,in writing that this isn’t a claim and doesn’t affect no claims bonus,but has to be recorded as an incident.
Another company has said they should remove it from the database so it doesn’t show up to other companies,but there not willing,my point to them was ,if I’d of known they wouldn’t pay for keys I’d of never phoned up in the first place and they would be none the wiser.
So the question is can I get this removed,are they messing me about ,I’ve been told to go and make a noise in the complaints department,anybody else had a similar issue.
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I think that now you have told them there is little you can do - the fact that your car has been broken in to may affect the future risk, regardless of whether you have progressed a claim or not.
As far as insurance companies see it you have had an incident which they have been made aware of, though not claimed, which, in their opinion, changes your risk rating so a loading gets applied to any premium.
I doubt very much there is anything you can do to change that.
may answer some of your questions , like every thing now a days your in the database !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23903966
I had similar with a windscreen replacement, asked them and didn’t get much joy so paid for one myself but it was still registered as a claim. Any excuse to keep premiums high.
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When you say you're not with Admiral anymore does that mean you have another car insurer and if so, did they not raise the point you were recorded on the motor insurers database as having an incident?
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its a bit like protected no claims, its only protected with your current insurer, any new or perspective insurer is going to ask you if you have had an accident or claim in the last five years, as soon as you say yes you're buggered.
This may be recorded as an 'Incident' which it sounds like it was, but not a 'Claim' - I thought I was paying for 'No Claims' not 'No Incident'!! Sounds like a ruse to get more money, or a genuine risk review which identifies that your next incident may be a claim.
This may still be listed as a claim. As mentioned any recorded incidents are still logged and can be seen as a £0 claim.
As also stated this is then used as part of your risk assessment which can negatively impact your policy cost. As far as I am aware all insurances companies do this and one telling you to get the other to remove it is just fobbing you off on a wasted and frustrated journey in my opinion.
Moral of the story for the rest of us, never call your insurance about anything unless it's a massive cost that's worth enquiring about. Years of pain, years of slightly increased premiums and less ability to shop around, for a few hundred quid claim isn't worth it imho, so don't even bother calling to ask. With most T&C's now available online you can do your own research as to whether something is claimable.
Things have moved on and as part of getting quote these days a lot of insurers will run a credit check and also check the Insurance Claims and Fraud databases.
It's much easier to decline to quote at the start than try and repudiate a claim due to non disclosure, deliberate or accidental.
And yes the founding principle of insurance is Utmost good faith, the insured trusts the insurer to meet the claim in the event of a loss happening, the insurer trusts the insured to be 100% honest and truthful in the information supplied to rate the risk. if either of those doesn't happen then thats when the problem starts.
As an aside, i suspect it's worth occasionally getting a print out of your data from the MIB (https://www.mib.org.uk/managing-insu...ing-your-data/) so you know what the insurance companies know
There is, it's standard in every insurance policy that any and all incidents involving the vehicle must be reported to your insurers as a prime term of your policy. Fialure to do so constitutes non disclosure of a material fact an could see your policy being voided from inception