Highway Insurance have finally settled my claim

[johnf]

I\'m glad it\'s all over for you -  you must feel great well done.

We will never know for sure how much influence the thousands of posts on hundreds of forums influenced them, lets think it was a victory for the masses.

Just out of interest what was your original claim amount?


John

[yogibear]

Spot Blitzboy , glad they paid out. Party tonite me thinks.

Dont think you should change the title, this should become a how to for when insurance companies try n screw others

[Adriansturgess]

.....and then they lived happily ever after. Good Night!

Well, it\'s not just fairy tales that can have happy endings.....Well done..:guinness

[ashc]

top result!!

[BlitzBoy]

I\'m glad it\'s all over for you -  you must feel great well done.

We will never know for sure how much influence the thousands of posts on hundreds of forums influenced them, lets think it was a victory for the masses.

Just out of interest what was your original claim amount?


John

Well at the beginning of the claim they never actually asked how much I wanted, I was looking for 10 K personally with out the salvage of my car. But with 7K plus my salvage it works out spot on what I wanted.

Oh yeah John would you be able to change the title of the thread just to let peeps know its over but keep it as a sticky to remind people this is a victory for the normal men on the street :Thumbsup!

[johnf]

I\'ll run it by the other mods and see what they think.

[Domwhite]

Congrats mate :Thumbs-up :Party


Hope they have learnt some valuable lessons:flamed

[gsb876]

Absolutely brill news Mark, very happy to hear you finally got a result, thumbs up to highway for admitting their mistake and paying up :Thumbs-up

[Ada7]

Great news mate! Really happy for you.
I\'m sure you\'ll be able to move on from this now and hopefully in a while look back and laugh... hopefully.

Adam

[johnf]

OK lets take one step back - according to their policy you were not covered because it was a \'mechanical\' fault.

Well the fault hasn\'t changed, they have\'nt re-written their policy terms so what would happen tomorrow if I had exactly the same issue?

We all now know I would use this thread as an example but does\'nt this mean the wording in their policy document is wrong.

They have paid out on a mechanical fault that they say they don\'t cover.

All very confusing don\'t you think.

BlitzBoy will you get anything in writing explaining their reason for the \'U\' turn.

John

[iaint]

Congrats Mark - really glad they settled and you\'re happy with the result.

Also - well done Highway for revisiting the claim and eventually dealing with it in a reasonable manner.  It\'s a shame insurance companies make life so tough sometimes but I guess they do have a duty to protect themselves from fraudulent claims.

Sounds like an admission that it was badly handled and maybe an edict will go out to their claim handlers not to try heavy-handed measures against policy holders!

Well the fault hasn\'t changed, they have\'nt re-written their policy terms so what would happen tomorrow if I had exactly the same issue?

They have paid out on a mechanical fault that they say they don\'t cover.

John, I suspect the issue came from three things:

1) a misinterpretation of what constitutes a mechanical fault (e.g. insurance doesn\'t cover wear and tear) compounded by:

2) Assessor getting it wrong and claiminf NOS was used!

3) trying it on with BB\'s career as a professional Indy Car racer (Mark you can come clean about the F1 sign-up now too)...

[BlitzBoy]

Yeah Ferrari have just signed me up , going to Modena for a test in there 2007 car hahahaha

Well I wont get anything in writing according to Pete as I reckon they dont want to admit they were in the wrong or set a test case I suppose.

From what I can gather with the phone conversation, he sounded more concerned on how the case was handled and was apoligising for that not on the actual mechanical failure claim, I put his concern down to how Craig Hammond had called me decitfull (a liar i suppose) in his letter, I suppose me destroying the claim of NOS use prooved I was not lying in the first instance, but I suppose if i had the money and energy for it I could have sued Craig H\'s for deformation of character

[kev-yorks]

Title changed as requested Mark and well done it makes a change for the man on the street to win for a change.:Party
Kevin

[alexb]

This is fantastic news, I\'m so pleased you got a result
Well done for sticking with it

[Warthog]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet:Party