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8/2/2016
Daniel, Solicitor
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Well the issue is, the insurance company will argue that he should not have been driving at any stage as he is not named on the policy.
That is the issue.
They will claim that you were not upfront about who would have been the drivers and thus claim the excess.
File a complaint here:
https://www.fos.org.au/
They can make a judgement call, however I would suspect that they will rely upon what is stated above regrettably.
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