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British homeowners are leaving the value of their personal property and contents in the home undervalued leaving their homes underinsured, by £10,000 according to the insurance provider, AXA.
Posted: 2008-12-09
Category: Insurance
People, who are planning to travel over the Christmas period this year, have been advised to make sure that travel insurance is at the top of their list. The expected one million holiday goers, who plan on visiting family and friends overseas, were told by the insurance provider, M&S Money to make sure that they are covered for all incidents that they could face while away.
Posted: 2008-12-09
Category: Insurance
MPs, have recently condemned the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency and apologies to motorcyclists after they misrepresented and stereotyped bike riders as road tax dodgers.
Posted: 2008-08-13
Category: Insurance
The bad driving habits of our parents, have been reported to be leading younger drivers to lose our rag behind the wheel, new research reveals. Road rage is on the increase in the UK, with half of all British motorists affected, and this growing trend could in part be down to drivers imitating their parents’ behaviour behind the wheel, according to the new study.
Posted: 2008-08-13
Category: Insurance
For the 7th year running, debit cards continued to dominate consumer card spending, accounting for 62 per cent of the total plastic card spending during the year, according to APACS, the UK payments association.
Posted: 2008-08-13
Category: Credit Cards
The Bank of England has recently come under criticism from other lending institutions, such as CitiFinancial, that is being too optimistic about the current credit crunch that exists in the UK economy.
Posted: 2008-08-13
Category: Debt Consolidation
Summertime is peak season for those walking down the alter, so Halifax Home Insurance is reminding people, to check that they have enough home contents insurance, to cover the increase in valuable items they may have in their home around the time of their nuptials.
Posted: 2008-08-13
Category: Insurance
It has been reported that around seventeen per cent of British drivers will head abroad, with their cars in the next year, but many could be left with a car insurance headache, for keeping mum on their driving trips.
Posted: 2008-07-22
Category: Insurance
Brits have been hit by a 26 per cent rise in the cost of living over the last two years as everyday bills creep up, according to insurance provider, Combined Insurance.
Posted: 2008-07-22
Category: Insurance
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is warning home owners, who live in areas that are at more risk of flooding, that their properties may not be covered by home insurance policies, unless the Government, intervene and create measures that will limit floods and thus their damaging affects.
Posted: 2008-07-16
Category: Insurance
House prices will take more than four years to rise above their 2007 peak, a wide ranging survey of experts has warned, thus also affecting the mortgage market.
Posted: 2008-07-16
Category: Mortgages
This week marks the UK’s ‘National Bike Week,’ (16th - 22nd June), and as many people will be swapping four wheels for two, Halifax Home Insurance is advising cyclists to be on their guard for bike thieves looking for an easy ride.
Posted: 2008-07-11
Category: Insurance
BUPA International, the health insurance provider has conducted research that has found out the most frequently performed medical procedures, in many places around the world.
Posted: 2008-07-11
Category: Insurance
If you are one of the many British consumers, who are stuck deep in debt, you would probably know, that there are a number of options available, if it ever becomes unmanageable. Bankruptcy is, fortunately, only for the most intractable cases, while the relatively new - and heavily advertised - "Individual Voluntary Arrangement" (IVA) is a kind of half-way house that typically allows property owners to keep their homes.
Posted: 2008-07-11
Category: Debt Consolidation
According to broker, My Mortgage Direct, fewer mortgage borrowers are now signing up for life insurance policies in an effort to save cash, homeowners are ditching life cover.
Posted: 2008-07-11
Category: Insurance