Insurance
Secure unoccupied industrial premises warns Aviva
With around 20% of UK warehouses and factories unoccupied, Aviva is warning property owners of the need to take all necessary precautions to secure vacant buildings.
Young people buying life cover remains low
The number of young people who are buying life cover and other forms of financial protection continues to remain worryingly low.
Drivers urged to take care over May Bank Holiday getaway
Last May Bank Holiday weekend saw 11 million Brits take to the roads, with heavy traffic and a spate of accidents leading to congestion on many major routes.
M&S Pet Insurance offer top tips to potential pet owners
With April being National Pet month (3 April - 3 May) and RSPCA Week running from 26 April to 2 May, M&S Pet Insurance is offering top tips to potential pet owners.
Direct Line reveals ‘Crash for cash’ hotspots
Analysis by Direct Line has identified the UK's top ten ‘crash for cash' hotspots, as the insurer steps up its fight against fraudsters who cost every other motorist an average of £44 a year and delay payments for genuine claims.
Protect your garden treasures
With a double-whammy of Bank Holidays on the horizon, Brits will already be keeping their fingers crossed for good weather as well as thinking of barbeques and parties, so moneysupermarket.com urges those sprucing up their gardens and planning ‘al fresco' entertaining to ensure their garden treasures are well protected.
UK patients impatient with the NHS
People are turning to DIY diagnoses while they wait to find out what's wrong with them according to new research.
Alarm bells should still be ringing for car insurance renewals
Gocompare.com urges consumers not to be fooled by respite in premium increases. Lee Griffin, business development director of leading insurance comparison website Gocompare.com, comments on the AA's premium index:
UK drivers paying over the odds for multi-car insurance
Nearly a third of UK households with more than one car could be paying as much as 60% over the odds for their motor insurance, new figures reveal.
Searches for premium travel insurance increases
As airlines attempt to tackle the backlog of passengers stranded abroad, and try and restore some normality to their fight schedules, research by comparison site moneysupermarket.com found traffic to its travel insurance site increased by 27 per cent since air travel disruption started.
Sainsbury's Home Insurance offers £50 shopping vouchers
Sainsbury's Home Insurance is offering £50 of Sainsbury's shopping vouchers to new customers applying with a Nectar card for combined buildings and contents cover.
Junction acquires B&B motor and home insurance business
Junction, the UK's fastest growing affinity specialist intermediary, has announced its acquisition of Bradford & Bingley's motor and home insurance business.
swiftcover.com helps travellers stranded by volcanic ash disruption
Online insurer swiftcover.com says that its travel insurance policyholders will be covered if their travel plans have been disrupted by the volcanic ash cloud over Europe.
Defaqto wedding insurance Star Ratings
With the traditional wedding season upon us, Defaqto has expanded its Star Ratings reports of financial products to include wedding insurance.
Are your digital downloads insured?
As Brits swap the cinema for movie downloads and tiny MP3 players replace racks of CDs, digital content in the home is becoming increasingly more valuable, but people may not realise the risk of losing it all according to moneysupermarket.com.