Home Insurance
Saga increases home and motor cover during December
Saga Insurance increases home contents and motor insurance cover throughout the month of December. To allow for extra gifts being carried in the car, Saga Motor Insurance doubles its personal belongings cover to £2000. Saga Home Insurance increases its contents cover by 10% to cover gifts in the home.
Home insurance customers missing out on huge savings
Sainsbury's Finance issued a challenge to the home insurance market as new research revealed that home insurers continue to lag behind car insurers in terms of rewarding customers with no-claims discounts.
Recession shouldn't mean skimping on insurance
It might be a credit crunch Christmas with sales at their lowest for 30 years but experts are still predicting total spending of £82.3 billion in the three months to January 1st with record online sales, Virgin Money says.
Make sure you’re not under-insured this Christmas
Now that the winter nights are drawing in and Christmas is just around the corner, esure home insurance is urging UK homeowners to make sure they aren't under-insured during this year's festive period.
Savings not the only thing you should be protecting
Abbey Insurance warns home owners to be protected as analysis highlights relationship between recession and a rise in burglary.
Brits going away this winter warned to check home insurance
Before the ‘I'm a Celebrity' participants arrive in the jungle next week, they would do well to check that their home insurance covers their assets while they are away, warns Confused.com.
50% off Tesco Home Insurance
Tesco Home Insurance has launched a massive 50% discount offer for new customers on either Standard or Finest cover.
Householders urged to mitigate insurance risk
Householders are being hit with catastrophic losses from easily preventable events, warns specialist insurance broker Stackhouse Poland in a drive to educate on prevention rather than cure.
Discretionary council tax discounts for those affected by floods
Floods Recovery Minister John Healey announced that 25 councils helping over 1,500 flood-hit families pay their council tax bills will share over GBP1.2million Government funding.
Fire risks being ignored
Two in five Brits (40%) are failing to check regularly for fire hazards in the home, despite being aware of the dangers, according to research from Halifax Home Insurance. Incredibly, of those that have previously experienced a fire in the home, over a third (38%) still do not check for hazards regularly.
Don't double up on insurance
Picking up a bargain is likely to be the top of shoppers' minds as purse strings continue to tighten across the UK, yet thousands of pounds may be wasted in the run up to Christmas as Brits buy unnecessary in-store insurance policies.
Beware of rocketing claims on Bonfire Night
Alarming figures from Tesco Home Insurance highlight the worries of Guy Fawkes night. British home owners are in danger of being victims on 5 November with claims up on the average by a massive 240%.
All I want for Christmas is...
...freezer contents cover, somewhere to hide the presents, an outdoor security light and a partridge in a pear tree.
1 in 7 wake up to average £117 damage from trick or treaters
For many children, Halloween is a time for some fiendish fun, ghostly games and a chance to dress up. However there is a darker side as some older youths, under the guise of a Halloween trick or treat, throw in a bit of vandalism for good measure.
Confused.com adds Halifax to home insurance panel
Confused.com announces the addition of Halifax to its continually expanding home insurance panel. Halifax will offer unlimited buildings cover for customers' homes, unlimited cover for their general contents, up to £5,000 worth of cover for high-risk valuable items, accidental damage cover for contents, and an online discount of up to 35%.