Archive for the 'insurance' Category

Hi,
Sorry I haven’t been in touch. Let’s recapitulate on events so far. My wife K. took out home-contents insurance with UIA Insurance a couple of years ago, in the names “K. —” and “J. —”. When it came to cancel the insurance, you refused to let my wife do so, saying there was a contract [...]

An open letter to the staff at Rug Doctor:
Dear Rug Doctors,
Having just returned, boiling with rage, from a failed attempt to hire one of your carpet cleaners from the local DIY centre, I’m writing to tell you that you’re idiots.
I appreciate that one would require proof of identity and reliability before letting someone hire one [...]

A semi-white night for me tonight; less the bright, stark white of the purposeful stayawake and more the dim, misty grey of the worried insomniac. At least it’s given me the opportunity to get ahead with one or two bits and pieces, like (of all things) travel insurance for the most complicated journey of my [...]

Online forms make wildly inconsistent decisions on what data is worthy of capture, and how that data is to be structured and classified; editor links to a very unusual one here, and mentions in passing how they almost always omit “Dr.” Recently I’ve been looking for car insurance quotes online, and it struck me how [...]