As a recent survey revealed that more and more women are choosing to splash out on designer handbags, the need for insurance to cover these expensive purchases is more important than ever. With 1 in 3 women admitting to spending between £150 and £500 on a handbag, plus when you add in the cost of [...]
Swiftcover.com are set to move into home insurance cover, it has been announced. The ambitious company hope to bring something new to the insurance sector of home cover by offering customers more flexibility within their policies. Swiftcover.com believe that many standard home insurance policies cover items which are unnecessary, the example given was that cover [...]
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According to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) fraudulent claims in the UK hit an all time high last year with 122,000 bogus claims being detected worth an estimated £840 million. The figures reveal a 14% increase in the number of rogue insurance claims being made when compared to the previous year. However the ABI [...]
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Top UK car insurer Admiral has announced its plans to move into providing home insurance cover from next year. Admiral is currently responsible for insuring 6% of the cars on UK roads and also owns the price comparison website confused.com and elephant.co.uk. The insurance company now hopes to expand its product base by moving into [...]
Buy-to-let landlords have been warned about the importance of taking out adequate insurance on their home by one of the UK’s leading insurance comparison website moneysupermarket.com. Whether you’re considering renting your home out as an investment, to make extra money, or because you’re unable to sell at the moment, you’ll need to take out specific [...]
Home insurance providers are poised for an influx of claims as the children prepare to break up from school for their 6-week long summer holiday. Research conducted by insurance broker Swinton found that a large number of their customers revealed they had made a claim on their home insurance policy after damage was caused by [...]
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A recent survey conducted by moneysupermarket.com found that the average home owner in the UK is losing £132 a year, which works out as £937 million collectively, by simply letting their home insurance renew without shopping around to get a cheaper deal. 29% of those who took part in the survey said they let their [...]
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This is the question being asked by insurance experts after it was revealed that a third of Britons spend more on their garden than any other part of their home, so if you are one of those keen gardeners who likes to splash their cash on their outdoor space, it’s essential you check your garden [...]
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Experts are predicting a rise in insurance rates ahead of tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) budget announcement from the Chancellor, George Osborne. Insurers are bracing themselves for the worst as many fear the rate of tax which applies to personal insurance policies could be about to double from its current rate of 5% to raise an extra £2 [...]
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M&S Money Insurance is advising cyclists to check that their home contents insurance policy covers their bicycles in case of theft or damage. The comments have been made after the insurance company carried out a survey which discovered that 76% of UK households own at least one bicycle. The poll also revealed that one quarter [...]
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