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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Anna Tims

Hastings Direct’s failures forced my family out of our home

Phone displaying Hastings Direct Insurance app
Hastings Direct insurance admitted its service had ‘fallen short’ after months of delay. Photograph: Nicholas Jermy/Alamy

Eight months after reporting a leak to our home insurer, Hastings Direct, my husband and I and our two-year-old are still effectively homeless.

Last winter, we discovered that an unnoticed leak beneath our fitted fridge-freezer had caused extensive damage to the floorboards of our kitchen/living room.

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