Submitted on Saturday 17th February 2018
Rejected on Tuesday 27th February 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Demand companies prove they don't exploit the elderly for home insurance renewal
The government needs to protect vulnerable people who are unable to look for and change to more competitive deals with alternative insurance providers.
Which may result in the elderly person and property not being insured as the excessive cost is prohibitive.
I have personal experience of a number elderly persons receiving excessive home insurance renewal premiums which were five times market rate. This is due to the insurance company's understanding that the elderly could be without internet access or otherwise isolated and would find it difficult or indeed impossible to move to cheaper alternative providers - and therefore incumbent insurance companies inflate renewals and any subsequent offers as there is no independent oversight available.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
For example, you could start a new petition asking for the Government and Parliament to make it a specific criminal offence to charge older people more than the market rate for home insurance, if that's what you want to happen.
You could also start a new petition asking for Parliament to debate the protection of vulnerable people from excessive insurance renewals, if that's what you want to happen.
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