LV= insurance is ignoring us while our house literally falls apart
A sign showing LV=’s promise, which sounds hollow after years waiting for action after a subsidence claim. Photograph: Graham Hunt/AlamyView image in fullscreenA sign showing LV=’s promise, which sounds hollow after years waiting for action after a subsidence claim. Instead of authorising the repairs recommended by independent experts, LV= has spent years stalling and proposing inadequate, superficial patching methods.Three years on, significant cracking in the interior walls has caused a radiator to shear away.
- ▪A sign showing LV=’s promise, which sounds hollow after years waiting for action after a subsidence claim.
- ▪Photograph: Graham Hunt/AlamyView image in fullscreenA sign showing LV=’s promise, which sounds hollow after years waiting for action after a subsidence claim.
- ▪Instead of authorising the repairs recommended by independent experts, LV= has spent years stalling and proposing inadequate, superficial patching methods.Three years on, significant cracking in the interior walls has caused a radiator to s
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| Publication time | Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:00:56 GMT |
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A sign showing LV=’s promise, which sounds hollow after years waiting for action after a subsidence claim. Photograph: Graham Hunt/AlamyView image in fullscreenA sign showing LV=’s promise, which sounds hollow after years waiting for action after a subsidence claim. Photograph: Graham Hunt/AlamyConsumer championsInsuranceLV= insurance is ignoring us while our house literally falls apartWe are living in a collapsing property because of cost-cutting and delays over our subsidence claimAnna TimsTue 29 Sep 2026 02.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 29 Sep 2026 02.02 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleLV= General Insurance is forcing a family with three young children to live in a collapsing home because of cost-cutting and delays.We lodged a claim for subsidence damage to our extension and…
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