Car Insurance NCDs
If I'm going to be in my home country for <90 days per year, it is going to be pretty pointless to have an expensive car sitting around doing nothing.
However, no claim discounts are important for keeping car insurance costs down and need to keep them maintained so they do not get lost. I check my current insurance provider's literature and website, but couldn't find anything that told me what their policy was. Also, they have no direct email contact addresses, so the only option is to phone. Or is it.
Hopping onto Twitter, a quick check to see if they had a presence, and yes they do so I sent them a quick tweet;
Another win for social media. Not having to sit in telephone queues!
However, no claim discounts are important for keeping car insurance costs down and need to keep them maintained so they do not get lost. I check my current insurance provider's literature and website, but couldn't find anything that told me what their policy was. Also, they have no direct email contact addresses, so the only option is to phone. Or is it.
Hopping onto Twitter, a quick check to see if they had a presence, and yes they do so I sent them a quick tweet;
@DirectLine_UK Hi, how long to NCD remain valid if I was to stop my car insurance and go overseas for a while then return?
— Dave Auld (@daveauld) January 12, 2015
They pretty quickly responded (in 12 minutes!) with the answer that they remain valid for 2 years, but will accept up to 3 years if I return to them. Excellent, now I know.
@daveauld Hi Dave, your NCD is valid for up to 2 years. We offer to accept it up to 3 years if you're returning to us. ^Tom
— Direct Line (@DirectLine_UK) January 12, 2015
Thanks Tom!Another win for social media. Not having to sit in telephone queues!
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Hi there, thank you for reading and sharing your comments, please keep it clean as my kids are probably reading and no spam/linking off to other commercial sites!