Insurance

Steps to limit flood damage to your home

This weekend will see parts of the country experience heavy rain and gale force winds. As the country is told to prepare for the bad weather (with many areas placed on weather warning), Confused.com offers tips on how to protect homes as bad weather moves in.

RIAS home insurance multi-media advertising campaign

Over 50s specialist insurance provider RIAS has launched a new home insurance advertising campaign, across both TV and radio, to extend its consumer offering into the market following the development of its new brand vision and proposition.

Sainsbury's Finance warns against underinsurance

Sainsbury's Home Insurance is warning homeowners to take better home security precautions to protect themselves against burglary and theft, following the news that domestic burglaries have risen by 2.8% in the three months to the end of June this year compared to the same period last year.

MORE TH>N Premier insurance offering

MORE TH>N has launched a new product, MORE TH>N PREMIER, which will allow customers to completely self-manage all their insurance needs from one convenient web location, while offering protection far superior to traditional policies.

Brits plan to visit foreign Christmas Markets

With many UK stores decked with festive gifts, the Christmas season is officially around the corner. Yet, despite the recession and the weak exchange rate, research from Confused.com has revealed that 19% of Brits are planning to soak up the atmosphere and visit foreign Christkindlemarktes this year.

Lucky Andrew scoops a Skyline R33

Christmas has come early for one petrolhead – thanks to performance and modified car insurance broker Swinton Specialist!

Argos launches financial services price comparison site

Argos, the UK’s leading general merchandise retailer, has announced the launch of its new financial services price comparison website, Argos Compare (argoscompare.co.uk). At launch, the service will be the only comparison site offering cash-back on both home and car insurance.

Retirees take on new challenges

There are more than 11 million retired people over 50 in the UK and research by Saga Home Insurance has revealed that almost 7 million (65%) of these retirees have taken up new hobbies since leaving work.

Householders fail to protect from fire damage

Almost half of all householders are still failing to take basic steps to protect the home from fire, a leading home insurer has found.

Government urged to speed electronic insurance certificates

AA Insurance has called on national and local authorities to go easy on drivers whose documents may be caught up in the postal strike.

Having a smashing time on the ski slopes?

Nearly 2.8 million will be hitting the ski slopes this winter season, according to new figures from esure travel insurance - a 50 per cent rise on last year.

Insurer offers up to 45% off plant premiums

In a bid to combat the growing issue of constructional plant theft, Allianz Engineering is offering significant premium discounts, of up to 45 per cent, and generous theft excess reductions to clients who show a proactive approach to plant protection.