Insurance
Specialists are not always cost effective
Insurers marketing themselves as ‘women-only’ or specialists for the elderly are not automatically the best value option for these consumers.
Tesco Home Insurance throws in 10% extra cover for gifts
Tesco Home Insurance is helping out over Christmas by giving customers an automatic 10% increase in their contents cover for the festive season.
Christmas uncovered!
Forget December, the Christmas period kicks off earlier every year, with most high street lights flicking on in November. But research from Abbey Home Insurance has found that shoppers who start buying their Christmas presents this early may not be covered.
Christmas claims: hazards to insure against
Shopping trips to the Christmas markets in Europe attract a large number international travellers every year, along with opportunistic pickpockets waiting to get their hands on your shopping cash.
Sainsbury’s home insurance calls for MOTs for homes
As winter approaches Sainsbury’s Home Insurance is urging home owners to make sure that they look after their properties.
LV= improves its award winning income protection
LV= has announced that it is making significant improvements to its award winning income protection product range, to make the product simpler and more attractive to both financial advisers and their clients.
Get peace of mind with NFU Mutual’s ‘Santa Clause’
Rural insurer NFU Mutual reveals that people are getting into the festive spirit and being as generous as ever this Christmas, with more than 3 in 10 (39%) respondents to an online web poll indicating that they would be spending between £150 and £300 on Christmas presents this year.
Homeowners advised to conduct winter property ‘health’ check
With the average home in England and Wales now costing more than £230,000, it makes financial sense to check the upkeep of our homes, ahead of a possible assault from the winter elements over the next few months.
Avoid the nightmare before Christmas
‘Tis the season for excessive spending and this year Brits are set to spend an average of £385 each on Christmas presents for their friends and family. This means that across the UK around £18.3 billion worth of gifts will be sat underneath Christmas trees this December.
Why it doesn’t pay to be a self-styled ‘celebrity’
With more and more average Joes turning ‘celebrity’ over night from reality TV shows like Big Brother and X Factor, online car insurance specialist, elephant.co.uk will now be accepting ‘celebrity’ as an occupation for their car insurance customers.
Zurich launches commercial vehicle insurance on FCEDI
Zurich’s UK Broker Division is today launching a new product for light commercial vehicles which will be available initially through Open GI, SSP and CDL software houses.
Don’t drive abroad without these checks
British motorists planning on driving on the continent this Winter are advised today by the comparison website Insurancewide.com to check European motoring laws to avoid unnecessary fines and holiday chaos.
Europ Assistance named Insurer/Underwriter of the Year 2007
Europ Assistance UK & Ireland has been named International Travel Insurance Journal Insurer/Underwriter of the Year. The award was presented to Giorgio Daboni, Director of Risk & Underwriting at Europ Assistance at the fifth annual International Travel Insurance Conference in Venice on 9 November 2007.
Hated ‘hand-me downs’ worth £50 million
The nation is hoarding £50 million worth of inherited items and hand-me downs that they don’t actually like according to home insurance provider Abbey.
AXA protection account revises rates
AXA has revised its rates for Level Life Cover, Decreasing Life Cover, Guaranteed Level Life or Earlier Critical Illness Cover and Guaranteed Decreasing Life or Earlier Critical Illness Cover.