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'They blamed my DOG'


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The car insurance loophole that could cost you thousands

 

 

On 23 February William set off in his car, with his wife and dog, to Dorset for a week away.

 

On the way, William got into an accident, he says it was caused by the other driver involved pulling out in front of him.

 

William drove into the side the car and whilst he, his wife and the dog were unharmed, the damage to the car was enough for it to be 'written off'

 

William filed an insurance claim and was expecting to receive a full pay-out, as in his mind it was a straightforward open and shut matter.

 

 

 

William's insurance company then asked further questions - including who was in the car at the time of the incident.

 

The driver responded by confirming both his wife and dog were in the car, and it was following this response that the claim took a major u-turn.

 

The insurance company initially asked how the dog had been restrained in the vehicle. William responded by saying that the dog was laying on the back seat without any restraint as it was not needed.

 

They then wrote to him and stated that they were accepting liability on his behalf as they would not be able to prove that the dog hadn't been the cause of the accident – I think what they meant by this was they couldn't prove that the dog hadn't jumped on William and caused him to swerve.

 

 

 

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The FOS should uphold the complaint. The highway code does not apply any legal obligation to restrain dogs in cars and the Insurance policy is unlikely to require this either. Dogs should be restrained because they cause an unnecessary risk and could kill their owners if they were projected forward in an accident, breaking their owners neck.

 

And worse is that the Insurers voided the policy, which cannot be right.

 

UK Insurers use to operate with a fair commonsense approach. Increasingly they are importing standards from the US where they look to decline as many claims as they think they can justify.

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you have to wonder about the sense of the person who decide their dog is a person when filling out an insurance form. anthropromorphism by insurer? They are as tupid as pet owners. Unless, of course, William was another dog

 

Exactly what I thought 😂😂😂

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Dogs should be restrained because they cause an unnecessary risk and could kill their owners if they were projected forward in an accident, breaking their owners neck.

surely the head restraints would prevent this, unless, they have a dog as large as mine (47kg) in which case, even a strong chain might break if he came forward at speed.

 

UK Insurers use to operate with a fair commonsense approach. Increasingly they are importing standards from the US where they look to decline as many claims as they think they can justify.

probably because they have seen that more money can be made out of shady dealings.Comes from living in a plutocracy instead of a democracy.

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