I will be learning and taking your advice to pursue this further
now 11 weeks since I contacted them, after multiple calls and them failing to update my address details I finally heard from them
my ex wife complaint was upheld and she was paid out her 50% £19k+ cheque as a result of her using the claimsguys
but according to the claims handler at Barclays, in their opinion the policy was fine for me and therefore I wont be receiving a payment
Im awaiting written confirmation of this, as I have now been told twice on the phone that I would definitely be receiving a cheque, ju