Care To Share Glasgow Mortgages With Friends?…read more 32 Marywood Square Glasgow G41 2BJ 0141 423 0735 "The adviser advised on,and arranged a very competitive mortgage ,which we can afford.He also planned our monthly budgeting at no extra cost,and arranged excellent mortgage and property insurance,at our request.My wife and I ,would not hesitate to thoroughly recommend the services of this company,the advice was certainly most welcome in these uncertain times.The appointment only system meant that we were made a priority

2 stars gained ONLY because they allow named drivers to accrue a no claims discount and because…read morethey were also cheapest as a result. Also the security people at the Direct Line offices were REALLY nice to us. 3 stars off for a couple of reasons 1. We were going to add OH's dad onto our policy, however despite being a current direct line customer and having maximum no claims discount and no accidents, it was going to add 25% onto our premium - super super lame. 2. The cracker however, is that they do not give you instant proof of cover. They will not email you or fax to you or to the DVLA a copy of your insurance certificate. Instead they say the post is safer...! Laughable - if not for the fact that we bought a used car on 28th Dec, insured it immediately, picked it up on 30th and the tax disc is up on the 31st! This lack of instant documentation meant that we were unable to tax our car, and, living in a city with no private, off-road parking, the situation was forcing us to break the law for goodness knows how long till our documentation arrived in the post. We were not informed about this policy when taking out the insurance, but when on the phone to them today, complaining, we were told that lots of people had such complaints and had been in a similar situation. I have made the suggestion that they tell customers that they will not be able to tax their vehicles immediately, especially when it is over a holiday time and at a time when the post is massively backlogged. They were not swaying on their decision not to fax the documention, and could not offer any suggestion what we should do about the parking situation - despite the DVLA saying that they should have faxed the certificate..argggh. We did get it sorted out, no thanks to them - we trekked over to Glasgow to pick up the certificate in person - this was deemed to be a HUGE favour and MASSIVE inconvenience and TOTALLY AGAINST POLICY. Security people at the call centre were very nice, however the manager who handed the policy down to the security desk did not even look the road we were on - super super rude. In short, if you need instant proof of cover, stay away!

You might just as well be uninsured rather than take out home, buildings or contents insurance with…read moreDirect Line. They will find any and every excuse not to accept your legitimate claim. You think that because you pay the premium you are insured - forget it - you aren't. Insurance should give you peace of mind not an expensive head ache.

My experience is exactly the same. I am sure payments are being delayed for profit. As the case…read moreabove more and more documentation was requested, there was always something else that was needed or was needed again. It took 18 months before my case was settled and may well have gone on for longer had I not taken action. I reported Phoenix Life to the Ombudsman and as a result managed to get reasonable interest. I requested the Ombudsman undertake a full investigation of their services but was told the Ombudsman's responsibility is limited to resolving disputes. The task of monitoring the practices of financial institutions falls to the Financial Services Authority (FSA). I was advised by the Ombudsman that my complaint would be sent to the FSA but would not likely hear the result of any investigation as such results are not released to the public! Furthermore an investigation would only be undertaken if there sufficient quantity of complaints. I cannot accept such problems are the result of incompetence therefore I strongly urge anyone who is experiencing the same difficulties to write to the Ombudsman in order to get the interest they deserve and to write to the FSA so that a body of evidence can be assembled in the hope a full investigation of this company will be undertaken. It deeply troubles me that people who do not have the wherewithal I do are being swindled or even die before the payment is made. Anyone wishing advice can contact me at pault@precision.bc.ca