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Why NFU’s Builders Weren’t Allowed Back – They Weren’t Qualified
Every reply we've had from NFU Mutual in response to our complaint, says two things. 1. We asked for a cash settlement (which we didn't!) and 2. We should have had their builders back. But the builders they provided weren't qualified to do the work.
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Our Response to the Insulting Reply to Our Complaint
You may have already read the complaint response from the Group Chief Executive and my reactions in my following post. This took me four days to write and I’m really happy with the result. I think it captures much of what the NFU Mutual tried to overlook or cover up in their reply to my complaint. It also addresses the fabrications they are still insisting are true so that they can reduce the amount they pay us. So, here it is. You may want to go and get a cuppa – it’s a long one: Dear Mr Sinclair We write in response to your letter dated 17 February 2021, in…
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‘We Cannot Continue to Talk About the Errors’ and You Can’t Have the Sum Insured! – NFU Mutual
'The claims department cannot continue to discuss the errors made by the contractor and/or others involved in your claim.' But why not? You've never explained why the errors happened.
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Apology and Compensation: What Would You Do?
My experience over the last three and a quarter years has been devastating in so many ways. It has affected my family and me in every area of our lives. We've lost contact with the people in our village - well before coronavirus came along. I spend over an hour a day travelling to and from the rented accomodation so that I can work from the bottom of the garden. We're still living out of boxes. We have no sofa as it's still in the cottage living room and should have been put into storage. I'm always on edge wondering what they're going to demand or deny next. Every time…
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Response to our Complaint from the GCE of NFU Mutual
In November 2019, I lodged a complaint to the NFU Mutual because I suspected that work being carried out on our home was incorrect. I also stated that I thought the work to be illegal because it appeared to be in breach of listed building conditions. I said that surely my home was uninsurable because it was structurally unsound. I asked them to investigate. Businesses are supposed to give a reply within 8 weeks. One year and two months later, (that’s about 62 weeks – almost eight times as long as instructed), we finally received a response from the Group Chief executive. Here’s what he had to say: Background I…
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‘Who’s Who’ on NFU Mutual’s Website – Page 2
Carrying on from my post about the roles on page 1 of NFU Mutual’s ‘Handy Guide’ to who’s who in the claims process, I’m now analysing page 2 of the Who’s Who guide which can be found on the NFU Mutual’s website here. I’ve written this analysis of the handy guide as part of my explanation into the dishonesty used in our insurance claim. This post carries on from Ten Lies the NFU Mutual Told Us. Later, I’ll go deeper into each aspect of these people and our experience with them. Analysing the who’s who and other aspects of the documentation is puzzling. It’s becoming clear that the more I…
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Why a Cash Settlement Offer? Our Claim with NFU Mutual
So, if you’ve been following me on social media, you’ll know that we’re negotiating with the NFU Mutual for a cash settlement. You’ll also know that after three years and three months through a claim, we’re no closer to going home. In fact, our cottage is in a worse state than ever, though NFU Mutual are denying that it is. We could have insisted that they carry out the repairs. We could have asked that we choose the builders to do the repairs and the NFU Mutual pay them. But when we were given the option of a cash settlement, this appeared to be the least stressful way to return…
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Ten Lies The NFU Mutual Told Us
When we started our claim way back in November 2017, I didn’t know how things worked. I believed that the NFU Mutual was the insurance company, the loss adjuster was the loss adjuster, the surveyor was the surveyor, and so on. So, when I approached the NFU Mutual about the actions of their surveyor and expected them to undertake an investigation into his conduct, it was a huge surprise that nothing happened. When I asked for the umpteenth time for him to be removed, they did nothing. It wasn’t until much later that I realised I was trying to separate something which was whole, it was inseparable. Everyone appointed by…
