Last winter’s floods saw over 13,000 householders make a claim on their home insurance policy. With many claims running into thousands of pounds it demonstrated that having the right buildings and contents insurance can offer excellent peace of mind. While insurers had to deal with thousands of flood claims, new data from the Association of…
Could you and your family survive if you lost one of your sources of income? If the answer is ‘no’, you are not alone. New research from a leading life insurance company has found that half of families in the UK would struggle to support their family after losing one of their main sources of…
Over the last few months there has been plenty of relief for hard-up motorists. The falling oil price has seen the cost of petrol and diesel fall across the UK with fuel prices falling by around a fifth since the summer. However, a leading car insurance comparison site has revealed that while falling fuel prices…
Self-piloted cars could be seen on the UK’s roads in the next few years with several companies already trialling the technology. Now, experts believe that driverless cars could cut the average car insurance by £265 within five years because they will eliminate bad driving – the cause of most accidents on the roads. Motoring insiders…
Over recent years, car insurance prices have been falling and the AA recently reported that the cost of motor cover fell by almost a fifth in the last year. Drivers have benefited from lower premiums as strong competition between insurers and government intervention has combined to drive down prices. However, leading experts have warned that…
One of the UK’s most recognisable names in the life insurance and healthcare market has disappeared over recent months. This winter, PruHealth and PruProtect have become Vitality, an innovative and high quality provider of health and life insurance. If you are looking to compare life insurance and health protection it is likely that Vitality will…
If you’ve received a renewal for your car or home insurance in the last few months your insurer will have let you know how much your premiums will be for the next year. However, few financial companies will also tell you what you paid for your cover in the previous year. Now, that could be…
New research from a leading industry body has found that almost a quarter of holidaymakers head abroad without travel insurance despite the cover helping thousands of people every week. Holidaymakers still travelling without insurance despite cover helping thousands every week image The data from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has revealed that the average…
Consumers will soon have a wider choice of life insurance products after one of America’s leading companies strengthened its presence in the UK. The American International Group (AIG) has completed its acquisition of Ageas Protect, one of the country’s most trusted providers of life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection. The takeover means that…
What’s more important to you – insuring your life or your mobile phone? A new survey has found that that access to a mobile and to broadband was significantly more important in this day and age than making sure your family was protected in the event of your death. More people care about insuring their…
