{"id":84444,"date":"2018-04-03T23:32:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T16:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rac-facing-refund-costs-over-breakdown-cover-renewal-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T00:03:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:03:29","slug":"rac-facing-refund-costs-over-breakdown-cover-renewal-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rac-facing-refund-costs-over-breakdown-cover-renewal-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"RAC facing refund costs over breakdown cover renewal letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nInsurer accused of breaching transparency FCA rules that require policyholders to be clearly shown previous year\u2019s paid premium for comparisonThe RAC could be forced to offer refunds to up to 1 million breakdown recovery customers after its policy renewal letters failed to prominently display the previous year\u2019s premium. Under transparency regulations introduced a year ago by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), companies have to clearly show the amount the customer paid the previous year alongside the renewal price.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2018\/apr\/03\/rac-facing-millions-in-refund-costs-over-breakdown-cover-renewal-letters\" target=\"_blank\">RAC facing refund costs over breakdown cover renewal letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Insurer accused of breaching transparency FCA rules that require policyholders to be clearly shown previous&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-lY0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17664,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/beware-your-breakdown-cover-going-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":84444,"position":0},"title":"Beware your breakdown cover going up","date":"June 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Car owners should check renewal notices to avoid a surprise premium riseCar owners who buy annual breakdown cover are being warned to check their renewal notices closely after Direct Line more than doubled one Leeds woman\u2019s annual premium without explanation.Sue Sharp*, who also buys her home and car insurance\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37671,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/racs-breakdown-in-trust-as-charity-gets-a-6000-bill\/","url_meta":{"origin":84444,"position":1},"title":"RAC\u2019s breakdown in trust as charity gets a \u00a36,000 bill","date":"December 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r James Hewson\u2019s Land Rover was damaged as it was towed away \u2013 but he was the one left out of pocketWhen James Hewson\u2019s Land Rover Defender broke down in north Wales, he was thankful that he had cover with the RAC, knowing that it would most likely do a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57444,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renewing-your-rac-cover-dont-let-them-jack-up-the-price\/","url_meta":{"origin":84444,"position":2},"title":"Renewing your RAC cover? 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