Insurance
LV= announces enhancements to protection offering
Protection specialist LV= has announced enhancements to both its income protection and critical illness cover.
Allianz helps motorists with free app launch
Allianz's new online-only car insurance offering, Your Cover insurance, has developed a free iPhone and Android application called ‘Find & Drive', designed to help make motorists lives easier.
Homeowners urged to review home contents policy
With inflation rises and an increase in gold prices, NFU Mutual is urging homeowners to review their home contents policy so as to avoid the risk of underinsurance and the hassle a major loss could cause.
Out with the old and in with new car reg
With March's new car registration well under way and ‘11' plate cars sitting on forecourts waiting for new owners, motorists tempted to get behind the wheel shouldn't be lulled into assuming a new model will always be more expensive to insure than an older one, according to moneysupermarket.com.
Terminal illness doesn't have to mean an end to travel
Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson’s film, ‘The Bucket List’, saw two men with terminal cancer planning the trip of a lifetime, based on a list of things to do before they ‘kick the bucket’.
AllClear talks travelling with cancer
During Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, leading specialist medical travel insurance provider, AllClear, is talking about travelling with prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is part of the Prostate Cancer Charity’s work to raise awareness, promote early diagnosis and encourage treatment options.
Yorkshire reduce Mortgage Protection Insurance rates
Yorkshire Building Society has announced that it will be reducing its Mortgage Protection Insurance rates (MPI) in a bid to help customers cope with rising living costs.
Canine rescue centre wins Petplan charity prize draw
The Dumfries & Galloway Canine Rescue has won a valuable donation of £500 from the UK’s favourite pet insurance provider, Petplan, for the second time after being the first ever charity to win this donation six years ago.
Young female drivers to be hit with premium increases
Confused.com is warning young female drivers that their motor insurance premiums may be about to rocket, and is urging them to shop around for new motor insurance cover.
British pet owners paying the price for ‘pet-ty crime'
Britons are internationally renowned animal lovers, however, mixing a four-legged friend with the family sofa can be a costly recipe for disaster.
Boost family's protection at no extra cost
Research by Sainsbury's Life Insurance has revealed that the monthly average market life insurance premium has decreased for three quarters (74)% of customer profiles over the last 12 months.
LV= reports rise in critical illness and income protection payouts
Protection specialist LV= has published its 2010 protection claims record, which shows an increase in claims paid on both critical illness and income protection policies. 93.5% of all critical illness claims, and 92% of income protection claims were paid in 2010, both up from 90% of claims paid in 2009.
Shop around for home insurance and you could save over £90
New research from Confused.com has revealed that 13% of households have never switched home insurance provider, and 70% have been with the same provider for more than a year.
Motorists waste £1.7bn on automatic car insurance renewals
With the new ‘11' car registration plates out next week (1 March), it is prime season for motorists to renew their car insurance. However, drivers are set to waste £270 each, or £1.7 billion collectively, by sticking with their existing insurer and not shopping around, according to moneysupermarket.com.
SMEs concerned about e-risks and cyber crime
In light of the Government's new report which states that UK cyber crime costs the UK economy £27bn a year, research by specialist small business insurer Hiscox reveals that nearly a quarter (22%) of SMEs are concerned about e-risks and cyber crime.