Was I right to refuse a guaranteed courtesy car with my insurance policy?

I have read your comments as to credit hire and it was something I took into account in renewing with a well-known mutual. However the guaranteed courtesy car was an add-on extra which I refused. I thought...

How can we dispute a £70,000 charge for a credit hire Bentley following an accident?

Rather late in the day I am writing to ask you for advice regarding the loan of a Bentley following a motorway shunt 20 months ago. We were part of a multiple collision on the motorway coming home from...

Can accident management companies be avoided following an accident?

Your excellent column in Saturday's Telegraph exposes some serious issues, exemplified by MM of Hawick (13-08-11). Can you recommend a best procedure for dealing with an incident which requires car recovery...

Are accident management companies pushing up insurance premiums?

I was interested to read your letter headed ‘Decline and Fall’ in the DT dated Saturday 13 August. I had an almost identical situation arise as MM of Hawick which involved the same insurance company. Last...

Rental arithmetic

It seems to me that everyone involved in an insurance claim is making huge profits at our expense. My insurance company arranged for me to have a hire car from Enterprise Rent a Car whilst mine was repaired....

Can you clarify whether the 'guaranteed hire car' included with my insurance is likely to cause accident management problems?

I have used Churchill for many years now, and my original policy had a 'courtesy car' included in the cost, but in recent years the term seemed to disappear from their paperwork. Upon enquiring, I was...

Why won't our insurance company provide a courtesy car whilst our Peugeot 407 is repaired?

I had a fire in my Peugeot 407 which is now 13 months old. We bought it in February 2011 from the garage secondhand. We have a warranty that still has two years on it. The fire was caused by cross contamination...

If an insurance company appoints an accident management company, is the insurance company responsible for their actions?

It appears that following an accident, my insurance company may appoint an accident management service. If this happens, I would expect that the insurance company would take some responsibility for the...

Should I use the free Hyundai Accident Aftercare service in the event of an accident?

I recently bought a new Hyundai and have received documentation for the free service Hyundai Accident Aftercare, administered by Retention UK Ltd. In the event of accident or theft, I contact them first,...

Why are insurance companies now asking brokers not to contact third party accident management companies?

You may be interested to know that some insurers have started asking brokers to sign new terms of business agreements agreeing not to contact any claims management company or solicitor first (even if the...