Insurance
Wii wish you a merry Christmas
The spirit of Christmas could turn decidedly frosty this year as a new report reveals how thieves across the UK are planning their top festive season steals.
American Express creates an essential deal
American Express Insurance Services has launched “Essential” - a flexible, new European annual travel insurance product priced from £29.
Gap breaks allowed with new gap cover
Gap travellers need not resign themselves to missing out on special family occasions in the UK as gap travel insurance is entering a new more flexible era.
IHI launches unlimited medical cover on travel insurance
For the first time, anyone taking out travel insurance with international health insurer, IHI Danmark, will have complete peace of mind knowing that they will receive unlimited medical cover through their policy.
New FSA travel insurance regime will protect consumers
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a Consultation Paper setting out its detailed plans for regulating travel insurance sold alongside a holiday – known as Connected Travel Insurance (CTI) – which is mainly sold by travel firms and holiday providers.
Lloyds TSB Insurance: Flooding report
Following the publication of Michael Pitt’s independent review into the summer floods, Phil Loney, managing director Lloyds TSB Insurance said: “The events of last summer were a lesson to us all. But unfortunately it will not be the last time we’ll face a disaster on that scale.
Owners guilty of turning pets into a pudding at Christmas
Slimming clubs and doctors’ surgeries experience some of their longest queues after the excesses of Christmas and New Year, but new research suggests that Britain’s surgeries are also feeling the strain as the nation’s podgy pets pig out on a range of festive foods.
People warned to protect their homes over Christmas period
Christmas should be a time of joy and festive fun but with more than 76,000 households up and down the country the target of unwelcome intruders over the festive period, the merriment could too easily turn to misery for families that are the victim of domestic burglary.
Handbags or manbags
The typical 30 year old buying a new bag every three months will spend on average between £185 and £380 on a new handbag.
CIS sends a little Christmas cheer to worst affected flood victims
Over the summer Co-operative Insurance received some 4500 flood claims as a result of the adverse weather experienced across the UK.
Christmas getaway warning from Halifax
More than four million UK households risk being exposed to burglaries over Christmas according to a new report.
Defaqto launches buy-to-let home insurance table on Aequos
Defaqto has launched a buy-to-let home insurance table for the residential market on its Aequos online database.
Halifax gives homeowners chance to win £1,500
Buy Halifax Home Insurance online between December 1st 2007 and January 4th 2008 for the chance to win £1,500.
Dog owners’ nightmare: Death by chocolate
Chocolate ornaments dangling on a Christmas tree are a naughty lure to humans but for any nosy pooch it could be a fatal temptation. Large quantities can bring on epileptic seizures and in the worst cases death.
Free dental accident cover ends on Friday 14 December
Until next Friday customers can sign up for free dental accident cover with Tesco Dental Insurance. No dental checks are necessary and there is no maximum age.