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High Risk Insurance

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  • 19-07-2005 12:11pm
    #1
    ibanez
    Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭


    Does anyone know of an insurance company that cover drivers with endorsements?Found no joy in the sticky about insurance companies.


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    zAbbo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    http://www.xsdirect.ie/ apparently


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    AlienGav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭AlienGav


    Sweet! I've never heard of these guys before...

    Wonder what they're like for young drivers who have a penis... :mad:


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    ibanez
    Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭ibanez


    Thanks.Any more?


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    jayok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    I just read one of their FAQs on the difference between Fully Comp insurance on other policies and theirs:
    Other policies may cover medical expenses, personal effects, windscreen cover, death of policyholder and personal accidents. Many policies, however, will have conditions and maximums attached in fine print

    i.e. We will cover the cost of your car but if you cannot work due the accident (e.g. lose a leg, hurt a back) you are on your own.

    So it seems quasi-full comp insurance. I appreciate that other policies have limits, etc, but a least it's there! It's kind like 3rd party insurance with extended cover for the damage to your car and nothing else! :eek:

    Am I reading this right? Is it really worth it? The difference between 3rd party and full comp for me is €130. I drive a car worth in excess of the €10k they suggest. But if I crash due to my own stupidity and can no longer work, need medical care, etc, I won't give a toss about the car.

    Tread carefully here...


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    Oh Boy!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭Oh Boy!


    jayok wrote:
    So it seems quasi-full comp insurance. I appreciate that other policies have limits, etc, but a least it's there! It's kind like 3rd party insurance with extended cover for the damage to your car and nothing else! :eek:
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    The word "comprehensive" is a bit of a misnomer. No insurance company will cover every eventuality. The proper name for comprehensive is accidental damage cover. It covers your car for accidental or malicious damage, thats it! So it is 3rd party with extended cover......

    You can get all those extra covers you mentioned, but it will cost you extra. You pays your money, you takes your choice!!


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,240 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Oh Boy! wrote:
    jayok wrote:
    So it seems quasi-full comp insurance. I appreciate that other policies have limits, etc, but a least it's there! It's kind like 3rd party insurance with extended cover for the damage to your car and nothing else! :eek:
    QUOTE]

    The word "comprehensive" is a bit of a misnomer. No insurance company will cover every eventuality. The proper name for comprehensive is accidental damage cover. It covers your car for accidental or malicious damage, thats it! So it is 3rd party with extended cover......

    You can get all those extra covers you mentioned, but it will cost you extra. You pays your money, you takes your choice!!

    A bit like the "Act of God" get out clause home insurers have.


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    jayok
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    bazz26 wrote:
    Oh Boy! wrote:
    A bit like the "Act of God" get out clause home insurers have.

    I know insurers try to get out of everything but is it not possible to sue your own insurance company for injuries that you receive in an accident?E.g. you lose control of your car hit a ditch and say lose a leg or something (touch wood now) ? While I'm with you on the misnomer and "act of God" thing - you can only do this with "fully comp"

    But in reality isn't everything "An act of God"?


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