A Mansfield man was almost left out of pocket after his insurance company voided his policy and accused him of being dishonest about his occupation. Leon Widdowson, 22, was involved in a collision on Wednesday, May 3, and after weeks of calling and emailing Eridge Underwriting Agency Ltd, he was told that his policy was void.
The company claimed that Leon was not a sales assistant as he listed whilst arranging the insurance, but that he was a car salesman, an occupation he stopped weeks before taking out the policy ahead of starting his new job selling number plates at PLATES4 Ltd.
Leon had taken out temporary van insurance on a vehicle that he was intending to buy off a friend so that he could test drive it for two or three weeks to make sure it was right for him before going through with the purchase, which he has since done. The policy was for two or three weeks and started on April 26, 2023, almost three weeks after he left his job as a car salesman at Widdowson Motor Sales.
