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Old 27 Dec 2016, 12:21 (Ref:3698625)   #4
chunder
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chunder should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridchunder should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridchunder should be qualifying in the top 3 on the grid
Let's be honest there, motorsport is on borrowed time, especially in this country. Governments have never really supported it, the wrinklies detest it and they are the ones largely with the attitudes and power to protest.
And insurance companies have been responsible for some truly awful things such as blame culture, claim culture etc.

The big ones like Aviva and Lloyds will be employing teams of people who are trying to exploit anything that is uninsured currently. From bicycles away from home, clothing, to off road bikes and quads.

Basically anything you can incorporate into a monthly scheme they can charge interest for and get you into a loop of payment.

That way same as with car, house, recovery they can, without really telling you obviously slowly increase the prices of these services as you sit back, say you are covered and sometimes not check your renewals. My A cover has gone up from 39 quid a month to 77, I only realised because I checked the letter, cover has not changed, they just are allowed to increase the price for no reason yearly and not really tell you why. Same as car and house insurance, the pot gets passed round to each coverer and they get the deals, then it gets passed on so your premiums go up massively if you don't check.

Look at the women drivers thing, once they got a discount, realised they were losing out in the end, got rid of the discount. You used to get away with SP30's on your car, now some even try and charge you for going on speed awareness courses. They are ruthless profiteers, a hideous way of earning a living if you ask me.

They are the most ruthless corrupt and mercilessly targeted group of business people I have ever come across, and they are very clever because they make their policies seem legal and necessary like law.

As soon as you move away from the statistical norm they are not interested. (I had an empty house after my mother died, I lived 150 miles away, her insurance company would not cover the empty house, I had to go specialised), I had quotes of nearby man made drains, rainfall, anything to make me not use them. As soon as you do anything different they charge you, as soon as you want to make a claim a bunch of loopholes, ways of getting out of it and charges appear. Change a postcode to house next door, 35 quid admin fee for 10 seconds work. How is that allowed legally?

As I say, if this comes in, it will be for every single off road vehicle. Someone somewhere has realised there is millions to be made and will use MP's Lords, Councillors to get it through. There is some merit in it as off road motorcycle theft is utterly rife and they are not traceable. But we all know the real reason they want to push it through.

Do no forget, they are salesmen, nothing more. And there is no difference between them and double glazing sales, mobile phone sales. Other than insurance companies cover their greed by making it law!!

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