seized car insurance
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deebow

Original Poster:

115 posts

207 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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Hi
need some advice. friends basically had his car seized for no insurance. now were trying to get the car out of the compound but they require a live insurance policy. most companies wont insure you if the car is already seized. does anyone have any recommendations for a company that will

anonymous-user

84 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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Do insurers even ask that question? If you use a price comparison website, for example, it doesn't ask that question (IIRC), so I don't see how they'd get to know nor how it would be an issue for them not to know.

Naturally, they may ask about pending matters like the 6 points your mate is going to receive (assuming he's eligible), but that's separate to a seizure.





deebow

Original Poster:

115 posts

207 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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From what I've heard apparently police will phone the company before they release the car to confirm the policy covers it from being released from an impound

SteveR1979

601 posts

171 months

GregK2

1,723 posts

176 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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Will need to be insured for at least 30 days.

anonymous-user

84 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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Why did he have no insurance?

Laurel Green

31,169 posts

262 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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deebow said:
From what I've heard apparently police will phone the company before they release the car to confirm the policy covers it from being released from an impound
Yep! One has to inform the insurance company of such so as to be given a telephone number that the impound can phone to ascertain the insurance is valid.

rallycross

13,757 posts

267 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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There s no way round this problem other than the registered keeper to buy insurance, they won't let cars out the pound with other insurance eg even a traders policy won't do it unless you can show the car is part of your stock.

Ian Geary

5,629 posts

222 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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garyhun said:
Why did he have no insurance?
Don't see the relevance of this to the OP's question. The release procedure will be the same whatever the cause ( even if it is producing details of a policy that was not properly registered on MIB)



anonymous-user

84 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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Ian Geary said:
garyhun said:
Why did he have no insurance?
Don't see the relevance of this to the OP's question. The release procedure will be the same whatever the cause ( even if it is producing details of a policy that was not properly registered on MIB)
Purely interested how someone could be driving around without insurance. Seems a little careless!