Insurance
Ensure cover for your new car offers model value
With the new 09 car registration number out on March 1, motorists shouldn't be lulled into assuming a new car will always be more expensive to insure than an older model, according to moneysupermarket.com.
AA launches Caravan Essentials cover
AA Insurance has launched a new ‘value' caravan insurance policy, for caravans worth up to £10,000. Christened AA Caravan Essentials it is aimed at the average family owning a lower value caravan, used mainly for UK touring.
Top ratings awarded to NFU Mutual ’s personal insurance range
Top independent research company Defaqto has awarded 5 Star Ratings to large rural insurer NFU Mutual for its home, motor and annual travel insurance policies.
Young people are ignoring Life Cover
The number of young people who are buying life cover and other forms of financial protection is at an all-time low.
FSA leaves policyholders in the lurch
As the Financial Services Authority backtracks on its commitment to stop mis-selling costs being charged to inherited estates, Which? chief executive, Peter Vicary-Smith, says: "The FSA has, once again, left policyholders in the lurch and sided with the financial services industry.
Sainsbury’s offers ‘30-30-30’ offer on home insurance
Sainsbury's has announced that it is launching a fantastic '30-30-30' offer to customers purchasing both buildings and contents insurance together.
Cash-strapped Brits plan to cut insurance in 2009
More than five million Brits (12%) plan to cancel or reduce one or more of their insurance policies over the next 12 months, in a bid to save money during the recession, according to research by insurer LV=.
AXA PPP healthcare boost for Child Accident Prevention Trust
AXA PPP healthcare will be donating £20 to the Child Accident Prevention Trust for every sale of its medical insurance policy designed exclusively for children - First Healthcare.
Cost-conscious customers compare prices in global recession
With the current economic crisis, individuals and companies with private healthcare policies are looking to reduce their costs by comparing healthcare policies on the market. Private healthcare is not seen as a luxury for many ex-pats working overseas, but a necessity.
Bikesure celebrates success of One2Five insurance scheme
There has been a huge rise in the sales of mopeds, sub-125 scooters and sub-125 motorbikes in recent years. Specialist motorbike insurance broker, Bikesure is now insuring twice as many scooters than it was 18 months ago, and has seen the biggest increase since it launched the One2Five insurance scheme in May 2008.
Don’t let home insurance become a casualty of belt tightening
At a time when it’s reported that domestic burglaries have risen by 4% and cases of burglary or robbery have risen in three quarters of English and Welsh police forces, Age Concern Insurance Services is urging homeowners not to cut back on essentials like home contents and buildings insurance.
Protect your income during the credit crunch
With UK unemployment at the highest level since 19971, consumers are more worried than ever about the risk of redundancy.
Brits paying over the odds for buildings cover
Nearly one in three (30%) Britons think that rebuild cost of their property is the same or more than the current market value, according to Confused.com.
LV= joins budget car insurance panel
LV= has added its ABC Insurance private car product to a number of BGL Group car insurance panels. Initially, the product will appear on the Budget, Dial Direct and QuoteMart panels and is expected to go live on other panels, including those of BGL's affinity arm, Junction, during the course of 2009.
AXA increases life cover age limit to 85
AXA has raised the age limit on its life cover from 70 to 85 in response to changing social trends.