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Article Archives: from "Sainsburys & Avis Highlight the Benefits of Hiring a Car Abroad", to "Tesco Van Insurance: Debunking the White Van Man Myth". †
Sainsburys & Avis Highlight the Benefits of Hiring a Car Abroad - 27.06.08
Avis has been encouraging Britons motoring abroad to hire cars rather than drive their own. Both on its main British website (avis.co.uk) and its blog (wetryharder.co.uk), the company touts its international customer centres, the ease of registering online and of course the excellent condition of its large and ... [Metasearch: Sainsburys Car Insurance]
Garden Thefts on the Increase - Check your Coverage - 27.06.08
A string of high-profile garden thefts have struck the nation. The Guardian reported in May how thieves have stolen a large amount of greenery from gardens throughout the country. The paper told the story of Margaret Marsden in Sheffield, a 74-year-old pensioner who woke up one day to realize her garden had be ... [Metasearch: Garden Thefts - Home Insurance]
Flexicover Travel Insurance Website to be Overhauled - 28.06.08
This week saw a deeper partnership between Flexicover and Crayon as the marketing trial period ends in success. Crayon were hired to increase registrations and improve customer loyalty through email marketing programs which now result in over 2million targeted emails being sent out each month.
Flexi ... [Metasearch: Flexicover Travel Insurance]
Saga One of the Few Willing to Insure Travelling Cancer Sufferers? - 28.06.08
For people living with cancer, travel insurance presents some decisions which shouldn't be taken lightly. People with certain types of cancer may be fit to travel, and are at little added risk of falling ill while on a holiday. Yet most travel insurance packages will automatically decline insurance for cancer ... [Metasearch: Saga Travel Insurance]
Prudential Life Insurance Test Drives Mobile Phone Payments - 28.06.08
Insurance policyholders in India are taking to the idea of paying their premiums by mobile phone. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, a joint venture between Prudential plc and ICICI Bank, one of India's foremost financial services companies, launched the service two months ago. In a press release, ICICI ... [Metasearch: Prudential Life Insurance]
HBOS, HSBC & Lloyds TSB Rescue and Rename Trouble-ridden Erinaceous Insurance - 28.06.08
Dr. Nicholas Barbon was a true British academic, business and social pioneer. He helped rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666, and then launched the concept of fire insurance afterwards. He was cofounder of a land bank, wrote on advanced economic theories, and was a College of Physicians fellow. Erinaceo ... [Metasearch: HBOS, HSBC & Lloyds TSB Insurance]
Home Emergency Cover - Avoiding the Cowboys in the Wild West ... (and East, North & South!) - 29.06.08
The "cowboy builder" is a great British legend, celebrated in reality TV shows and popular fiction. But it's no fun for thousands of householders who are ripped off by rogue tradesmen. Bad repair jobs not only have to be re-done – often the cowboys do additional damage while blundering around in your attic o ... [Metasearch: Swinton, Norwich Union & Direct Line Home Emergency Cover]
Prudential Surprised Britain's Well-Off Pensioners Don't Seek Their Financial Advice - 29.06.08
Prudential recently issued a press release which says that the average retired couple in the UK has savings and assets of £269,479. That's excluding their pensions. The figure for single pensioners is where you might expect, at close to half that level.Net equity in pensioners' homes (less outstanding mortgage ... [Metasearch: Prudential Over 50 Insurance]
What's All This Noise About RBS Selling Direct Line, Churchill & Privilege Insurance? - 29.06.08
Watching the bidding race for Royal Bank of Scotland's insurance business is a bit like watching the Grand National, with contenders falling out at regular intervals and many of those remaining looking like they'd rather be doing something else. Pre-race: RBS, the hard-driving banking conglomerate, had seen it ... [Metasearch: Direct Line, Churchill & Privilege Insurance]
Swinton Insurance Continues it's Hiring Spree - 29.06.08
With the ongoing credit crunch and slowing economy, times have been tough on UK insurers. Times have been even tougher on their staffs, though, with regular waves of redundancies announced at many of the largest firms. Adding to this has been the steady move of financial and insurance firms online. Having cust ... [Metasearch: Swinton Insurance]
Liverpool Victoria Insurance: Does LV = Young, Hip, Cool? - 29.06.08
Liverpool Victoria began in 1834 as a friendly society, helping the poorest Britons develop a modest degree of savings. Since then it has grown dramatically, offering a full range of insurance and financial services and products. It is also among the profitable of the with-profits insurers - that at a time whe ... [Metasearch: Liverpool Victoria Insurance]
Despite the EU's Control over us, Not Every EU Country has the Same Drink Driving Limit - 30.06.08
Planning a road trip in Europe? Insurance issues are not the only things you need to check on before you go, you should also become aware of the drunk driving restrictions of the countries you are passing through.
The law measures drunkenness as Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) expressed as a perce ... [Metasearch: Drink Driving]
Post Office Protection Policies - Is it too late to protect yourself from the credit crunch fallout? - 30.06.08
Yes, it's true you can insure yourself against being made redundant. No, you can't do it once you already know that you're probably going to lose your job. As tremors from the worldwide credit crisis extend into all corners of the economy, there are a lot more people wondering how safe their jobs are and what ... [Metasearch: Post Office Insurance]
Legal & General Leading the Pension Buyouts - 30.06.08
As pension buyout action continues to climb in the UK, Legal & General is proving to be a major player. The company recently said it had put in quotes for a total of £20billion of pension buyout business. Simon Gadd, who heads L&G's annuities operation said the first billion pound buyout can't be far off - hal ... [Metasearch: Legal & General Insurance]
Sainsburys Travel Insurance - Not just for the overseas jaunts - 30.06.08
More Britons are taking their holidays within the country - a good measure of the impact of the rising costs of everything, especially petrol and airfares. Recent research shows that UK residents take more than 50 million domestic holidays a year, spending £10.9 billion. And Sainsburys, the supermarket that al ... [Metasearch: Sainsburys Travel Insurance]
Churchill Throw Themselves Under the Celebrity Bandwagon - 30.06.08
Who said insurance is boring? The new TV commercial for Churchill will have your head spinning as you try to fathom the thinking behind such a move. Here's the deal: three men in a leafy garden, chatting to a dog. This premise is fine because it's Churchill Insurance's nodding dog, which is well established in ... [Metasearch: Churchill Home Insurance]
Residential & Commercial Fuel Thefts on the Rise - 01.07.08
Theft of fuel from farmers' storage tanks was going on for months before the death of a farmer's wife during a robbery last month brought it to national attention. Rosemary Dove, 68, of County Durham, collapsed and died on June 22, after she and her husband returned home to discover a thief in the act of steal ... [Metasearch: More Than & NFU Insurance]
Zurich Insurance States a fifth of Britons Believe "Credit Crunch" is a Myth - 01.07.08
It's impossible to review any of the country's major (or even minor) media sources today without repeatedly coming across the term "credit crunch." MSN.UK, BBC, Guardian, Telegraph and others not only report regularly on the topic, but often have whole sections devoted to it. We are no exception of course: bro ... [Metasearch: Zurich Insurance]
Child Car Seats Should Always be Replaced After an Accident (ROSPA) - 01.07.08
After a minor accident, a child car seat may look completely unharmed. The seats appear rugged to the naked eye, and are usually kept in the rear so are not the first item you check for damage after an accident anyway. However, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) conducted studies that co ... [Metasearch: Sainsbury's & Norwich Union Insurance]
Kwik Fit Insurance's Ron Hewitt Joins Chamber of Commerce - 01.07.08
Ron Hewitt may be one of the most dynamic figures in modern British insurance. He was a former Managing Director at Kwik Fit and Director of Operations at the RAC. He took over Kwik Fit when it was losing substantial amounts of money: by the time he left the firm in 2002, it had the fastest rate of growth amon ... [Metasearch: Kwik Fit Insurance]
Glastonbury Festival Goers Warned to Check Their Coverage - 01.07.08
The recent Glastonbury Festival was deemed by most people to be a great success, with bands ranging from the soulful notes of Amy Winehouse to the stolid working-class folk artist Billy Bragg. The festival continues to grow in global importance, not only attracting international acts, but international travell ... [Metasearch: Zurich Insurance]
Swinton & Endsleigh Advancing in Young Driver Insurance Discounts - 01.07.08
Traditionally, young drivers have high insurance rates. Young males have the highest rates of all, as they compose a large percentage of drivers involved in accidents each year. They also have short driving records, so insurers can only assume that any particular young driver will be a significant risk compare ... [Metasearch: Swinton & Endsleigh Insurance]
Norwich Union - Outsourcing jobs to India doesn't always mean call centres - 02.07.08
British firms have steadily outsourced many of their operations to South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). The cost savings of doing so are potentially enormous, and the area has a large and well-educated English-speaking population. With long ties to the area, British firms are thought to have ... [Metasearch: Norwich Union Insurance]
BIBA Criticise RAC Policy Coverage (or Dude, where's my car cover?) - 02.07.08
Recently the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) criticised the RAC for industry variances in its comprehensive car insurance. BIBA noted that the RAC's policies do not follow the industry standard of covering other cars third party. That is, if you drive another person's car under your RAC policy, yo ... [Metasearch: RAC Car Insurance]
Norwich Union to Drop Pay-as-you-drive Insurance - 02.07.08
Telematics is the concept of car electronics, usually "boxes" of some sort or another, providing feedback to drivers. Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most well-known form of telematics: telling the driver where he or she is anywhere on planet earth and helping them navigate to their destination. However ... [Metasearch: Norwich Union Insurance]
Zurich Insurance - They can afford a holiday home but not a burglar alarm? - 02.07.08
Zurich Insurance's Private Clients division, which caters to the insurance needs of wealthier individuals, has published a survey which shows that owners store an average of £15,200 worth of contents in their holiday homes. Some leave as much as £100,000 of possessions inside these homes.
Insuring ... [Metasearch: Zurich Home Insurance]
Adventure Travel Insurance Coverage: Check the Fine Print - 02.07.08
Britons are steadily travelling beyond the EU. This is particularly true for young university graduates, who now commonly take a gap year to travel abroad before starting their careers. Even those taking out travel insurance before they go, however, run a real risk of being underinsured or uninsured for the pl ... [Metasearch: Adventure Travel Insurance]
Unaccompanied Minors: Covering Kids Travelling Abroad - 02.07.08
British minors are travelling abroad in greater numbers and at younger ages than ever before: visiting cousins in Canada, going on school trips to Italy or simply having a look about the world with or without parents. In many cases, minor travel is still essentially the family overseas jaunt with parents or gu ... [Metasearch: Child Travel Insurance]
Barclays Supporting Mugabe's Regime? - 03.07.08
There doesn't seem to be much debate surrounding what should be done in Zimbabwe. If you go by the polls that have been taken by all the newspapers, the population here seem to be demanding that the world step in and take over the election process over there. Of course, I don't remember such an uproar when Ton ... [Metasearch: Barclays Insurance]
Halifax asks: Is Newlywed Home Contents Coverage Adequate? - 03.07.08
Halifax Insurance recently released its own unique take on newlywed home contents insurance. They implied that many newlyweds are not properly insured regarding their home contents. They stated that newlyweds usually accumulate substantial amounts of gifts, possibly increasing the total value of their home con ... [Metasearch: Halifax Home Insurance]
GoCompare.com Reminds Mortgage Hunters to Shop Around for Applicable Insurances - 03.07.08
A July report by gocompare.com suggests many homeowners may be stuck with insurance policies from their lenders that they didn't really want. According to their research, 20% of homeowners buy their home insurance from their lenders, and of that number 12% feel they were pressured into doing so. Gocompare Chie ... [Metasearch: GoCompare.com & Post Office Insurance]
Bicycle Theft Surges in Britain: do you know if you are insured? - 03.07.08
The cost of petrol has climbed a great deal over the last year, and many experts forecast that it will only continue to do so over the coming months. Some Britons are driving less, and this in many cases involves replacing a car commute with a bicycle one, whenever feasible. Apart from saving pounds through le ... [Metasearch: Post Office & Swinton Bicycle Insurance]
American Express Travel Insurance offers Gap Year Coverage for Career-Leavers - 03.07.08
Gap years are not just for new college grads anymore. Part of this is because of the change in career paths that many Britons now take. Instead of taking a job for life, many of us may change jobs several times in our lifetime. More importantly, as with college grads, a "gap" is opening up between one job and ... [Metasearch: American Express Travel Insurance]
HSA loses to National Health in Advertising Complaint - 03.07.08
Private medical insurer HSA has long had a running battle with the National Health Service (NHS). It has taken advantage of its surveys that noted many Britons were fed up with long waits for NHS dental treatment, and the lack of NHS dentists at many locations. Moreover, many dental patients who did go to NHS ... [Metasearch: HSA Health Insurance]
Prudential Insurance: the Payout Fallout - 03.07.08
Last month, we reported on how Prudential Insurance decided not to pay out cash windfalls to its policyholders. To recap that article, these windfalls would have come from inherited estates (sometimes termed orphan assets), cash surpluses built up over time in the company. Some of these monies are paid out to ... [Metasearch: Prudential Insurance]
Legal & General Increases Sales Training for their Commission-Losing Financial Advisors - 04.07.08
Till now, timeshare reps have been the accepted demons of the hard sell market. Unfortunately in this (rather quickly and crudely coined) "credit crunch" time expect to see finance related products pushed just as hard as commissions drop for the usual suspects such as mortgages and credit cards.
L&G ... [Metasearch: Legal & General Insurance]
RAC Insurance: Check your tyre's age, not just tread depth - 04.07.08
Traditionally, many drivers are concerned only with tyre wear. In fact, visiting most tyre company websites or tyre research sites, a topic repeatedly covered is "tyre tread depth". Even those of us with minimal car repair skills are encouraged to check our treads' depth from time to time, and replace tyres wh ... [Metasearch: RAC Car Insurance]
Travel Insurance: Esure warns on travel medical costs, Tesco says baggage loss more common - 04.07.08
Britons preparing to travel abroad, particularly when on holiday, are almost invariably upbeat. They are eager to visit the cafes of France, the wilds of Kenya or the streets of New York. Unfortunately, in all the excitement it is very easy to forget to make all the proper travel preparations - travel insuranc ... [Metasearch: Esure & Tesco Travel Insurance]
Esure Notes Pest and Vermin Infestations are Up - Do you know if you're insured? - 04.07.08
We were all unsettled by the recent BBC television program about many of the unsanitary conditions that plague British hospitals. The news report highlighted problems not only with cleanliness, in fact, but with infestation of insects, rodents, and other vermin.
The problem is not confined to the m ... [Metasearch: Esure Home Insurance]
SwiftCover.com Insurance Release Car Theft Figures - 04.07.08
Is your car likely to be stolen? Many people assume that if their car is not a luxury vehicle or high-end sports model, it may be at little risk of being targeted by thieves. Statistics do bear out that these sorts of vehicles are at some risk - both from joy riders seeking to have a spin in a flashy car, and ... [Metasearch: SwiftCover.com Car Insurance]
Five out of Eight Forecourt Second Hand Cars Found to be Un-Roadworthy - 04.07.08
Hertfordshire second-hand car dealers lived down to their reputation in a test conducted by the Trading Standards Institute in June - more than half the vehicles tested proved to be unroadworthy. Officers from Trading Standards, coordinating with Hertfordshire police, posed as members of the public to buy lowe ... [Metasearch: Second Hand Cars]
58% of Brits Say They Will Not Buy Travel Insurance - To Save Money? - 04.07.08
Readers browsing through our travel stories will find a repeated theme: go where you want to, have all the fun you want, and come back with great stories. Just remember to carefully plan all the practical details of your journey in advance: including finances and insurance. Yet, it appears that many Britons ar ... [Metasearch: Norwich Union Travel Insurance]
Youth Vandalism - Have you Given Up Too? - 05.07.08
Recently the news media has been given over to youth gangs (with great glee it appears in the reporting of girl gangs) who have gone on vandalism sprees around Britain and not all regarding the "big city incidents" we've seen on the BBC, or in the Guardian or Telegraph. The crime seems to be surging in the cou ... [Metasearch: Direct Line Car Insurance]
American Express Travel Insurance Researches the Most Common Pre-Travel Arguments - 05.07.08
It's common for travellers to have a few disagreements before going off together on holiday. People may have different concepts of what constitutes a "good holiday," including destinations, accommodations, and itineraries. In a July press release, American Express UK revealed some interesting facts about holid ... [Metasearch: American Express Travel Insurance]
£16,000 to rescue a cow? Nation's Animal Loving Nature vs. Nation's Lack of Animal Insuring - 05.07.08
Recently, the media was filled with stories about a stranded bullock that was rescued by Defence authorities. The hapless animal was carted to safety in a net, swaying beneath a military helicopter. While the story may have warmed animal-lovers' hearts and apparently sent a message that no cost was too great f ... [Metasearch: RSPCA Insurance]
Insurance Fraud: Victimless Crime? More like £40 cost to every honest policyholder - 05.07.08
It is a staple of many films and TV shows that a financially strapped character decides to make a false insurance claim - most often on a car that is "stolen" or damaged intentionally by him. Humour ensues as the character is later trapped in a web of conflicting lies as the insurance claims staff find loophol ... [Metasearch: Insurance Fraud]
Halifax Insurance Painting the Town - 05.07.08
Many insurers are keen on having staff participate as volunteers in community events. It shows that the companies are good corporate citizens and allows them to "give back" to the towns, cities and neighbourhoods where they operate. It is also, needless to say, great public relations to see insurance staff pic ... [Metasearch: Halifax Insurance]
Prudential Insurance Changes Style for New Inferno Ad Campaign - 05.07.08
The Inferno Creative Group is famous for creating adverts for hip, cool items and services such as those for Blackberry, Honda and Budweiser. The Group has won a number of awards for its adverts, which tend to target a younger, tech-savvy crowd. So it surprised many that Prudential chose Inferno to design its ... [Metasearch: Prudential Insurance]
FSA and BIBA clash with insurance comparison websites - 05.07.08
In May, the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) released a report that implied many insurance comparison sites were not fully "comparing" all the potential insurance products that a person might buy. There were several key elements in the FSA report, but the ones that stand out the most were inclusiveness, v ... [Metasearch: Insurance Comparison Websites]
Title Deed Insurance: What is it? Do you need it? - 06.07.08
There are some things you never hear of until you hear about them every day. Subprime was one of those. Title insurance is going to be the next, and that's no coincidence.
Common in other countries, such as the USA, title insurance covers a loss arising from any defect in the title deeds to any rea ... [Metasearch: Title Deed Insurance]
Top Breakdown Recovery Services ... We Think. Can you trust surveys? - 07.07.08
Recently, Auto Express released its survey of top recover service providers - the results surprised many people. According to the survey, the top, in order, are:
Top Recovery Breakdown Services according to Auto Express:
1) GEM
2) Autonational Rescue
3) RAC
4) Nation ... [Metasearch: Breakdown Recovery Services]
Lloyds TSB Insurance: Think twice before Quitting Work due to Petrol Costs - 07.07.08
Petrol costs have gotten so high that they have become a pain to general British commuters. As we've written elsewhere here, some of us are confronting the problem through various means: (trying to) use public transportation, more or walking or bicycling. In a May press release, however, Lloyds TSB profiled a ... [Metasearch: Lloyds TSB Insurance]
The Home Swapping Craze: Are you sure you're insured? - 07.07.08
Home swapping has become an interesting trend, a part of social networking and globalisation that allows homeowners to "swap" their homes for another - whether in the United Kingdom or around the world. The person you swap with is not generally a total stranger, but someone you meet up with online at one of th ... [Metasearch: USwitch & Esure Home Insurance]
Endsleigh Insurance: Still by and for Students? - 07.07.08
Endsleigh has one of the most interesting histories among British companies. Founded by the National Union of Students (NUS), it developed into a major British insurer. However, Endsleigh still maintains students as a core market, and it has several products and services (such as young driver and student conte ... [Metasearch: Endsleigh Student Insurance]
Esure Pest Insurance: Did the media fall for a bit of a PR scam? (us included!) - 07.07.08
A little while ago, we had a story on pest sighting increases in Britain. Our report, as with many others on that same story in the British media, quoted a July press release by esure. In that release, to recap, esure reported vermin and pest sightings up 23% in some areas of Britain, and over 62% in London. T ... [Metasearch: Esure Pest Insurance]
BUPA Health Insurance: Mainstream Insurer to Cover UK Workers in the EU - 07.07.08
Medical tourism refers to the growing trend of people travelling abroad for medical treatment. It is mainly a result of globalisation. More specifically, there are technologically advanced medical sectors in some developing countries. Though the treatment there approximates what one could expect in an advanced ... [Metasearch: BUPA Health Insurance]
Another Plan to Cut Fuel Prices? - 08.07.08
In June, Britain's Daily Express newspaper proposed its own solution to climbing fuel prices, claiming its plan could slash 14p off the price of every litre. The Express' plan, which it described as "the opposite of the controversial fuel price escalator" the Government uses, would be funded by taxes on North ... [Metasearch: Automotive Cost Savings]
Norwich Union's Flood Map: An Improvement or Duplication? - 08.07.08
Geography always plays a very important part in home insurance. Insurers carefully ascertain whether any particular residence is exposed to natural catastrophes like fire, storms or other phenomena. The importance that geography plays in insurance hit home this year and last as a large number of homes were flo ... [Metasearch: Norwich Union Home Insurance]
Self-Invested Personal Pensions: More Gains vs More Risks - 08.07.08
"How will I fund my retirement?" That question is being asked by millions of Britons nowadays. The answer is far more complex than in the past. One reason is that retirement today is a crossroads of living standards, income, financial risk and longevity. Though private and public pension schemes have evolved i ... [Metasearch: Pensions]
Tesco Van Insurance: Debunking the White Van Man Myth - 08.07.08
The commonly held idea that van drivers are the first to honk their horns, cut you up at the lights and succumb to road rage is a myth according to a new survey released by Tesco Van Insurance. In fact the opposite is true. According to the statistics, van drivers make fewer and smaller claims compared to car ... [Metasearch: Tesco Van Insurance]
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