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Insurance is a Waste of Money! And Which? Tells us Why
Banks and financial firms are forever dreaming up new ways to sell insurance products that no one wants or needs. Despite scandals like the billions of pounds of compensation paid for fleecing customers with payment protection insurance that failed to … Continue reading
Self Employed and Small Businesses Working From Bed
The self-employed based at home are taking full advantage of wireless networking and gadgets as 20% confess they spend at least an hour a day making calls, dealing with email and working from bed.
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Quick Guide to Street Party Insurance
What’s the worst that can happen at a street party – maybe a few bumps and bruises and some broken glasses. Not in New Zealand, where the roof of a house collapsed as dozens of drunken revellers bounced the night … Continue reading
Posted in Home Insurance, Insurance
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Car insurers pledge more help for older drivers
Older drivers should find buying car insurance easier thanks to a new deal between the government and the insurance industry. From April 6, 2012, if an insurance firm or broker cannot offer cover to an older driver because their policies … Continue reading
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Insurance Comparison sites are not always good value, says Which?
Insurance comparison sites clamouring to save customers money are failing to deliver the best policies, claims consumer champion Which. The Insurance Blogger has long argued that the first factor someone looking for insurance should disregard is price. The best way … Continue reading
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Spare keys lock homeowners out of insurance claims
Sometimes the Insurance Blogger wonders how anyone can ever make a successful insurance claim when so many exclusions in the small print work against consumers. Handing out a spare key to a friend or neighbour is the latest to add … Continue reading
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Are Car insurance No Claims Discounts Worth Protecting?
In the living nightmare that is renewing car insurance, the quoted cost never seems to be the same as the premium a motorist pays because of the extra bits and pieces added on to a policy. The optional extra that … Continue reading
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Yet more stupid insurance statistics we can live without
If companies are looking for cuts to give customers cheap insurance cover, then top of the chops should be the staff that supply stupid statistics for press releases. Day after day, insurance companies release facts and figures aimed at catching … Continue reading
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Car Insurance Keywords Top Driver’s Web Search Table
Cheap car insurance remains one of the most popular insurance search terms online, according to a survey by web data analysts Greenlight. The latest figures – for January 2012 – show half of the searches for insurance were for car … Continue reading
Posted in Car Insurance, Insurance
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Guide to Unoccupied Property Insurance
Unoccupied property insurance is for homes left empty for 30 days or more that are not already covered by standard policies. Most homes and building insurance firms will reject claims if the property has been empty for 30 days or … Continue reading
Posted in Home Insurance, Landlord Insurance
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