Insurance
Post Office offers £30 towards winter fuel payments with Over 50s Life Cover
The Post Office is offering customers £30* towards their winter fuel bills when they take out Over 50s Life Cover.
London, Leeds and Bradford - UK insurance burglary claim hotspots
Homeowners in London, Leeds and Bradford are the most likely in the UK to make a claim for theft or burglary on their home insurance policy, and are paying 20 per cent more for their home insurance, according to analysis by MoneySupermarket.
Sliding scale: £3.5m car damage in ice and snow
Over the period Friday to Monday, 18-21 January, AA Insurance has taken over 500 claims of which over 45% were related to snow and ice. On Monday, half of all claims were weather related.
New Sainsbury's Bank car insurance customers could get up to 1/3 off
Sainsbury's Bank is offering new car insurance customers up to 1/3 off their premium, based on their circumstances and loyalty information.
One month on from EU gender ruling and young women pay the price
A referendum may be a long way off, but young women will be wishing for a very swift exit from the EU.
Slip-slip sliding away ends with a claim
The heavy snow falling over many parts of Britain on white Friday has, up to 3.45 pm today (18th January) brought in 182 car insurance claims already, compared with the 129 average expected for the whole of a typical January Friday. Of those, approaching half (43%) are snow and ice related.
Most expensive breeds of cat
There are around 8 million cats in the United Kingdom – approximately 20% of all households have at least one cat.
Male motorists more at risk of winter mishaps
One in four drivers (26 per cent) has been involved in a motor accident in snow or icy conditions, with six per cent claiming to have done so in the past 12 months, according to research from Santander Car Insurance.
Ageas enhances critical illness cover for new customers
Ageas has further enhanced its critical illness cover (CIC), offering customers additional peace of mind for their protection needs.
Helpful van drivers could get caught out by lack of cover
A study of commercial van drivers by AXA Business Insurance highlights the drawbacks of van ownership as owners are called upon by others to borrow their vans for personal purposes.
Leaving it late to arrange travel insurance could prove a costly mistake
ABTA estimate that around six million overseas holidays will be booked in January and money saving comparison site Gocompare.com is advising holidaymakers to arrange their travel insurance sooner rather than later, because leaving it to the last minute means losing some valuable cover.
Young female drivers feeling the impact of gender ruling
Young female drivers are feeling the impact of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling on the use of gender to price car insurance, according to analysis of 1.3 million quotes through MoneySupermarket, while young male drivers are seeing the benefit as prices have fallen.
Over 3m homeworkers potentially operating illegally, warns AXA
As the number of people who work from home continues to rise, statistics from AXA Business Insurance suggest that the majority of the 5.4million homeworkers in the UK are, probably unknowingly, operating without the insurance cover they need and over half are potentially breaking the law in the process.
Ageas adds more value with Best Doctors on life insurance
Ageas Protect has extended its existing partnership with Best Doctors to give new life insurance customers access to expert medical opinions as soon as their policy goes on-risk.
Perils of travelling without insurance
Whether people are searching for sun, sea, or snow this winter the cost of holidays can soon add up. But, as travelling costs escalate, many are choosing to cut corners on insurance and may come to regret it.