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What is Direct Line?
Direct Line is an insurance company that provides several types of insurance to people in the UK. They offer just about any type of insurance you can think of, including business, auto, and home insurance.
Other insurance offerings include:
- Pet
- Travel
- Landlord
- Breakdown
- Cycling
- Tradesperson
- Over 50s Life
- Life
What Is Direct Line's Cancellation Policy?
doesn't have a complicated or extensive cancellation policy, and it's relatively the same across all insurance options. However, if you've made a claim during your coverage period, or a claim has been made against you, you may have a little more trouble canceling your insurance.
Their Cancellation Policy states the following:
- You'll receive a full refund if you cancel your insurance before it begins.
- If you cancel within 14 days of the coverage or when you receive your documents, you'll receive a full refund Breakdown coverage and/or for any premium paid.
- You will not receive a refund if, during the coverage period, you have made a claim or a claim has been made against you.
- If canceled after 14 days, you'll receive a partial refund.
How to Cancel a Direct Line Policy or Auto Renewal On Your Own
You'll have to go through their website or call their customer service line to cancel a Direct Line policy. You do not have the option to cancel your insurance policy in person.
To cancel a Direct Line auto-renewal:
- Before renewing a policy, Direct Line will send a renewal invitation before taking payment.
- Look over the renewal invitation to be sure you want to cancel the auto-renewal.
- If you want to cancel your Direct Line policy, call 0345 246 8706.
- Speak with the customer service representative and let them know you don't want to renew your policy and want to cancel.
- The customer service representative will then cancel the automatic payment and/or your insurance policy.
Customer Service
At first glance, Direct Line is a great insurance company. However, customer reviews tell a different story when it comes to customer service. You may be able to get a good representative on the line, but the wait times are long and many of the representatives have been described as rude and unwilling to help. There seems to be a high chance calling the customer service line will cause issues when trying to cancel your policy or auto-renewal.
| Direct Line Customer Support Information | |
| Customer Support | Virtual Assistant |
| Online Portal | My Account |
| Phone Numbers | 0345 246 8706 / 0345 878 5141 |
| Available Hours | Monday to Friday: 8am - 7pm
Saturday: 9am - 5pm |
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What Are the Best Alternatives to Direct Line?
Considering Direct Line is an insurance company, there are many alternatives to it in the UK. Here are a few of them:
- Budget Insurance Services - provides home and auto insurance
- Admiral Group - provides auto insurance
- Hastings Direct - provides car, bike, and van insurance
- eSure - provides general insurance
- Budget Direct - provides auto insurance equal to the market value
Cancel Your Direct Line Auto Renewal with DoNotPay
Canceling an auto-renewal or insurance policy can be difficult. Insurance companies often don't want people to be able to cancel, so they tend to give customers a hard time when trying to do so. Fortunately, you can avoid the hard part of cancellations with the help of DoNotPay!
How to cancel in 3 steps:
- Log-in to DoNotPay and search for the Manage Subscriptions product.
- Provide the name of the subscription service you want to cancel.
- Provide your account details such as email address and username.
Once you submit the details, we'll work on canceling your subscription! We'll even try to get a refund on your behalf.
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