Homecall Plus household call-out firm collapses

Homecall Plus household call-out firm collapses

Originally posted by 5corpio

A firm which provided cover for plumbing, heating and other emergencies in the home has collapsed.

Homecall Plus of Furthergate, Blackburn, has been put into compulsory liquidation after a creditor petitioned the Official Receiver in Blackpool.
As well as plumbing problems, it dealt with drainage and electrical failures, and provided gas safety checks.

Some 10,000 customers who bought policies up to 3 December 2010 should still receive cover.

The service was a form of insurance, described by its website as a warranty and "a comprehensive extension of the cover provided by your household insurance".

Those policies were underwritten by Brit Insurance, which is honouring them.
However, there is concern that any customers who signed up after 3 December last year could be left without cover.

It is uncertain whether they would be able to make a claim to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The FSCS has yet to........Read more HERE

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5corpio commented

21 September 2012, 16:33

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Insurance company directors face 13-year ban

The Insolvency Service has disqualified four directors of emergency home insurance company Homecall + Limited for between four and 13 years. Following an investigation by the official receiver’s Public Interest Unit (North), Brent James Hartley, John Steven Williams, Rebecca Elizabeth Hartley and Carole Ann Williams have been banned from promoting, managing or becoming directors of a limited company. Homecall, which was based in Blackburn and Burnley, was wound up on 10 May 2011 owing creditors and shareholders £8.3m after a petition by a finance company that was owed £800,000.....Read more here: Insurance company directors face 13-year ban

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Homecall Plus household call-out firm collapses

Homecall Plus household call-out firm collapses