Extremely poor communication and a complete lack of progress
One star because there is no option for zero.
My sister’s BMW 328i was destroyed when our parents’ home was completely destroyed by fire on 22 June 2026. AAC handled her vehicle claim on behalf of KGM Underwriting Services.
My sister supplied the requested photographs, driving licence, V5C and other documentation shortly after the claim was opened. She also provided photographs showing the condition of the vehicle before the fire, as it was in particularly good condition for its age.
AAC initially offered £10,000, which she did not accept.
She attended an indemnity interview on 18 August. When she subsequently chased for an update, she was told that the interview report did not appear to have been received, although it might have been sitting with the claims team. When she called again, she was given essentially the same explanation and was told it would be chased. She never received a copy of the report.
She also asked what evidence would be required if the valuation were to be reconsidered. She was told that photographs and service history were required, despite photographs and documentation already having been supplied earlier in the claim. It was never made clear whether the information she had provided had actually reached or been considered by the assessor.
Communication from AAC was equally poor. She was repeatedly told there was no need to keep calling and that AAC would contact her when there was an update. They did not.
She emailed AAC on 27 September asking for an update. There was no response. She emailed again on 1 October. Again, there was no response.
She then called AAC on 1 October and was told there had been no movement on the claim. The system apparently still showed it as being with the assessors, although the member of staff also suggested that the report might actually be with the claims team and that the system had not been updated. She was told that someone would be contacted and that she would receive a call back.
That call never came.
Later that day, I escalated the matter to KGM through a formal complaint. The following day, KGM contacted me and said they had been told that indemnity had already been cleared and that my sister had been offered £17,000 for the vehicle.
This was completely new information to us.
As recently as the previous day, AAC had told my sister there had been no movement on the claim. There had been no mention of indemnity being cleared and no mention of an increased offer from £10,000 to £17,000.
KGM subsequently pushed the matter through and confirmed that the £17,000 payment had been sent.
The fact that the claim was ultimately resolved does not change the way it was handled. It should not have required a formal complaint to KGM for the position to become clear and for the claim to finally move forward.
The fundamental problem was the lack of transparency, contradictory information, unanswered correspondence and apparent lack of urgency. We repeatedly had to chase simply to find out what was happening, while being given inconsistent explanations about the status of the claim and the indemnity report.
For someone dealing with the aftermath of a devastating house fire, having to repeatedly chase an organisation simply to obtain basic information about an insurance claim is an entirely unnecessary additional burden.
My experience of AAC has been extremely poor. I would expect considerably better communication, responsiveness and ownership from an organisation responsible for handling insurance claims.
2 octobre 2026
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