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3.0 Rating 282 Reviews

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3.0

Based on 282 reviews


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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Someone ran into the back of my parked car on 20th April causing considerable damage. Contacted LV who arranged for the car to be picked up for assessment. Called later to give them the police Scotland crime number so they could access information from police in order to proceed with claim. I was asked to get drivers details from police so LV could make a claim from other driver’s insurance company. Data protection does not allow this and LV know data protection does not allow this but obviously trying to avoid paying the small charge levied for accessing this information. I have made several calls to find out if my car is to be repaired or written off and every time I am told that someone will get back to me the following day to let me know what is happening but they never call. I have been without my car for 10 days now and would really like some resolution.”

Posted 5 years ago

Hi, we're sorry to read of your experience. If you could email us your details to LVCares@LV.com then we'll look into this for you. Regards. Nick

Posted 4 years ago

“Appauling customer service. I was struggling with one payment after being made very I'll and hospitalised. The only option they gave me for missing this payment was to cancel my policy and no longer be insured. I would however be liable for the rest of the policy but could pay it in smaller amounts. The woman was abusive and bullying on the phone. As a vulnerable adult I feel appalled. in 2 years I needed help delaying one payment and they were only interested in destroying my credit score and threatening me if I don't pay. Appauling company”

Posted 5 years ago

Hi, we're very sorry to read of your experience. If you could email us your details to lvcares@lv.com we'd like to look into this for you. Regards. Nick

Posted 5 years ago

“Processed payment online, asked to confirm billing address - no screen to check personal details like address - only billing address. Called to advise the address is wrong, less than 5 minutes after payment to be faced with an admin fee to change. No thanks!! Now with another insurer that cost marginally more but actually gives a lot more cover and extras included in the price. Check what you’re buying, they may look good but you can find cheaper elsewhere. Woman on the phone couldn’t have cared less about losing my custom, no sense of value to paying customers so won’t consider again in future.”

Posted 5 years ago

Hi, we're very sorry to read of your experience. If you could email us your details to lvcares@lv.com we'd like to look into this for you. Regards. Nick

Posted 5 years ago

“When LV sent my renewal It had increased from £147 to £242 an increase of 65% even though I had not made a claim with any insurance company home/ contents policy for over 50 years. I entered the identical details for LV on a comparison site and the quote was £67 cheaper. MY ADVICE IS TO GIVE LV A WIDE BERTH BUYER BEWARE”

Posted 5 years ago

Hi Mal, sorry to hear that you were unhappy with the experience you had with us. We do offer a further discount online which can often help to provide you with a more competitive quote. Thank you for your feedback. ^Charlie

Posted 5 years ago

“Got given a quot payed the deposit, declined the payment 5 long phone calls later and I have apparently wait a few days for my money back when I need my car insurance within 2 days. Awful company. Don't waste your time and money not worth the stress.”

Posted 5 years ago

“LV rates highly in most surveys. What the reviews don't tell us is that once LV has you as a customer and your policy is on 'autorenewal' they will put your premium up steeply at the end of the first year, banking on your reluctance to go through the bother of changing again. Last year, after reading a review, I took out motor, home, and travel insurance with LV . At the end of the first year, (last month), each premium went up by over 16%. When I complained to LV, the sales rep said, 'well, let me see if I can improve on that,' but it was too late. Insurers have to show some loyalty to their customers. I found another insurer.”

Posted 5 years ago

Hi Chris, there is no additional premium applied for a policy that is on automatic renewal. This would be rated the same way whether this was included or not, however I am sorry to hear that the quote offered was not competitive for you. Please get in touch if there is anything that we can help with in the future. ^Charlie

Posted 5 years ago

“Had a minor car accident which was not my fault. Phoned LV first question was is every one ok? which was good cars can be repaired people take longer. Had a phone call after to go through the claim very easy to deal with was informed within a few hours that my car would be repaired FOC was up-graded on the loan vehicle and was kept informed of all progress. Car now back looking as good as new. Many thanks”

Posted 5 years ago

“Paid for building insurance. Never mad a claim on any insurance in my life including when hit by another driver. Purchased a new home only to find some structural damaged hidden behind an old burglar alarm box. It would appear the damage is caused by a failed window lintel below. LV would not even send someone out to assess. "It's a wear and tear Issue, you are not covered" Since when has a stone lintel ever been subject to maintenance, preposterous! The building insurance not worth the paper it is written on, if I cannot claim when part of the building fails through no fault of my own.”

Posted 5 years ago

Hi Mr Dean, I’m sorry to hear that we were unable to assist with the claim you were looking to make on your policy. If there are any questions you have regarding this or anything that our claims team didn’t address, please email your details to us at LVCares@LV.com and we’ll look into this for you. ^Charlie

Posted 5 years ago

“Pretty shocking experience with LV, have been a customer for over 8 years with no claims. Made a claim for my laptop, the next day got a letter saying they were increasing my annual payment by over £200 bringing my up to almost £600 just for contents insurance on a 2 bed flat?! Bare in mind I haven't even gone through the claims process yet, literally only just logged it! I called and questioned the huge rise given that I can get insurance from almost anywhere else for about £100 a year, they have no interest in acting competitively and was just told 'this is how it is' so needless to say once my claim has gone through I will be off to another insurer. Absolute robbery.”

Posted 5 years ago

I am very sorry to hear we’ve not been able to offer a competitive quote for your home insurance this year. If there is anything you’d like me to look into, I’d be happy to do so if you can email your details to me at LVCares@LV.com Many thanks, Jake.

Posted 5 years ago

“Beware this LV scam! Got a quote for insurance three weeks ago and was fine with it. Called LV to start the policy but they said the price would now be almost triple what I had in writing! They said the value of my vehicle had been noted down incorrectly by them (so they claim), in this case about what you'd pay for a big mac meal. I mean who has a £10 car?!! The quote they send you doesn't show your valuation of your vehicle either so this scam has got legs assuming LV's sales staff are on commission this is a ca$$h cow for them. My new fake quote is almost three times what it was. Just sharing incase you come across, or have come across these dodgy dealings? All smells a bit fishy, so on that basis it's a scam avoiding, fishy smelling 1 star rating from me.”

Posted 5 years ago

Hi Andrew, thanks for your review. It is correct that we do not record the value of your vehicle on our policy systems any more, which is why this is not shown on your documents. However, I would like to have a look into what has happened here. Can you please email me your details to LVCares@LV.com and I will do so. Many thanks, Jake

Posted 5 years ago

“I have 3 policies in total with this company. 2 for my own cars and 1 for my wifes car (which is registered in my name, remember that bit) My son is going travelling and is leaving his car with me as he is not sure how long he is going to be away I wanted to insure the car in my name to keep everything legal and enabling me to regularly run the car so it is not sat still for the time he is away. I did think this would be a simple request but the service I received was border line incompetent and I will not be renewing with this company. The adviser on the phone asked me several questions repeatedly and just didn't seem to understand what I wanted, the impression she gave was that she did not want the business which I found crazy in the current economic climate and just wanted to get me off the phone! She put me on hold for several minutes and came back to me to advise I could not insure the car as I was not the registered keeper? I queried this as my wife's car is registered to me but she has an insurance policy with LV in her name. I was told I couldn't do it and I would have to transfer the car in to my name for insurance on the vehicle! So when my son returns I would have to transfer it back into his name which would register and extra 2 keepers on the vehicle! Absolutely shocking service and would not recommend to anyone, this was not what I was expecting having 3 policies with this company. I strongly advise you use another insurer.”

Posted 5 years ago

Hi Chris. Thanks for your review, I’m sorry that you were unhappy with our response to your question here. If you’d like me to take a second look at this to see if it would be possible for us to offer cover, please email me your details to LVCares@LV.com Many thank, Nick

Posted 5 years ago

“Stay well clear,good company until you need to claim,talk to you like dirt and communication is non existent ,they don't keep you updated on anything ,won't insure with then again,not recommended”

Posted 6 years ago

“After being in a car accident with one of their customers I have had non stop spam phonecalls regarding the accident and how I'm due compensation. They were the only company involved to have my phone number as I was only a named driver. The claims companies have said they received my data through a sharing company which buys its data from insurances T”

Posted 5 years ago

I can absolutely confirm that LV= would never pass on or sell your data to any claims management companies. All of our claims are dealt with by our own in-house claims team. It does however sound as though you may have been a victim of ‘Vishing’, and we’ve put together a page of information that may help you here https://www.lv.com/about-us/company-information/fighting-financial-crime/vishing. This page includes details of how to contact the Telephone Preference Service and the Information Commissioner’s Office who may be able to offer further advice. Many thanks, Jake

Posted 5 years ago

“Avoid. Useless thieving insurance provider”

Posted 5 years ago

“Added another vehicle to an existing policy in September 2018. Hit by 3rd party who have admitted liability (drivers door hit). Car sent to their approved repairer. Car has come back now with no warranty because they have sprayed the wing to colour match (car 2 years old). Paintwork horrendous having already chipped. Taken vehicle to Burrows for inspection. LV sent out their own person to do the inspection. Only authorising 2 door seals. Says paint work satisfactory?! Clearly not when the claims advisor says on the phone that customer relations have seen the photos and will put me in a position as per before the accident. Three days later your telling me your not responsible for anything other than 2 door seals. Over promise and under deliver. Good job calls are recorded! What are you going to do about the warranty issue now. The car is on finance and the dealership won’t take the car back in that state! Avoid LV and the cowboys who carried out the repairs - Just Car Clinic. Will be taking the matter to FOS.”

Posted 5 years ago

“PLEASE never use LV health insurance. They are the worst company I have ever dealt with. I had a mobility condition that left me in a wheel chair at 37 weeks pregnant. I’ve since had the baby and unable to return to work and LV is refusing to pay out.”

Posted 5 years ago

“Truly awful, incompetant service. They're great until something happens and then you see what they're really like. I had a driver go into the back of me at a junction. Also had an independent witness. Gave all the details to lv immediately, but they never bothered to contact the witness until 2 MONTHS after the incident, by which time the witness obviously did not want to know. The other insurers attempted to claim I rolled back, which is laughable, but LV just gave in and settled 50/50. They have covered my excess and labelled it as no fault, but it really gives ZERO confidence in their ability to deal with any sort of a claim in future. I complained, but although I had specifically asked that they contact me by email, they attempted to ring me twice, leaving garbled messages that none of us could entirely decipher. They eventually replied by letter (not email for some reason), but didn't really answer my questions and it doesn't seem to have been registered as a complaint as they make no reference to this. They also made no attempt to explain things, or to encourage me to have any confidence in their service. The letter invited me to go back to them if I 'had any questions' but left no direct contact (email or phone) details. Avoid!”

Posted 6 years ago

“I have had my car insurance with LV for a number of years and was very happy until last night. Rang to tell them of change of address. I am now living in a secure new build apartment. LV cancelled my policy because their system doesn't recognise my new post code!!! This is ridiculous. I have had no difficulty finding home insurance.I also get post delivered each day. Will never use this company again”

Posted 6 years ago

Hello, I'm sorry to hear of this. I would like to look into the details for you, if you would like me to contact you directly for this please email LVCares@LV.com. Kind regards, Rob.

Posted 6 years ago

“Great until you need to make a claim, GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING They have been consistently competitive on price, so I have used them for many years, but then I came to make a no-fault claim. Another driver drove into my car whilst it was parked. Initially the service was fast and efficient to establish it was uneconomical to repair my car and I was not at fault. Despite several requests I have at no point received any written/ email correspondence form my claim handler. He clearly preferred to do everything over the phone. This may not have been a problem until the payment they processed for me was only two thirds of the agreed sum. All knowledge of the previously promised sum was denied. I have asked for recordings of all telephone conversations. They say that calls form the engineers (who give you the initial offer of compensation ) are not recorded. However I had mentioned the amount on calls I had made to the admin team (which are recorded) and these calls have not yet been made available to me. This will be going to the financial ombudsman”

Posted 6 years ago

“Brilliant service, very pleased!!!”

Posted 5 years ago

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LV= is rated 3.0 based on 282 reviews