Insurance

Home-owners pay for privilege of monthly insurance instalments

Paying monthly for home insurance can add an average 11.89 per cent to the cost of the original premium with some insurers.

Nationwide rewards older Flexaccount travellers

From Wednesday 21 September 2011, Nationwide Building Society will become the only UK financial services provider to offer free travel insurance (as part of a free current account) to those aged up to 75.

M&S Money ‘build your own' travel insurance

M&S Money has launched a new travel insurance policy which can be custom built according to travellers' individual requirements.

Brits hoard antiques and gold as recession continues to bite

Brits are filling their homes with valuable old, rare and unusual possessions as recession continues to bite, according to the Moneysupermarket.com Monitor.

New valuation service launched for insurance brokers

Legal expenses insurance and broker services company, MSL Group (MSL) has launched a new facility that enables brokers to introduce an accurate valuation service to their clients for insurance claims purposes.

Students urged to study the insurance small print

As students prepare to go to university, comparison site Gocompare.com has warned parents and young people to do their homework on insurance and study the small print.

Don't lose everything when you lose your smartphone

Many consumers are not taking steps to protect the personal information they have stored on their mobile computing devices, such as laptops and iPhones, according to research by Churchill Home Insurance and Garlik.

UK's uninsured driving hotspots identified

Despite the overall drop in uninsured driving in the last five years, the rate of progress to reduce the UK's level of uninsured driving is being held back by illegal motorists in the West Midlands and West Yorkshire, according to new figures released by MIB, the body which manages the Motor Insurance Database (MID) and provides compensation to innocent victims of uninsured and untraced accidents.

Ask who? Most drivers don't know about insurance database website

Ninety three per cent of drivers have never checked whether their car is correctly listed as insured on the Motor Insurance Database (MID), which is now being used to compare insurance records with DVLA data, under new continuous insurance rules.

Majority of drivers comfortable with buying car insurance online

Eighty six per cent of consumers are comfortable with researching and buying motor insurance online without professional advice, according to a survey by Defaqto.

Get snappy with Petplan Equine’s Photo Comp at Blenheim

To celebrate Petplan Equine’s sponsorship of the Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials in Oxfordshire, the UK’s number one pet and equine insurance provider is giving spectators the chance to win a Panasonic Lumix FS35 Digital Camera, worth over £150!

Petplan supports ‘Don’t Cook Your Dog’ campaign

With the weather for the rest of September predicted to be warm and sunny, an ‘Indian Summer’ may be on its way and Petplan, the UK’s largest pet insurance provider, is helping to raise awareness and proud to be supporting the campaign to help save lives during the warm weather.