Insurance
Insurance: Insurers hit out at flood 'failures'
Published: 10 October 2007
Insurers launched a savage attack on the Government yesterday, accusing ministers of "letting down millions of homeowners and businesses" over flood defences.
Julian Knight: 'Mis-selling' is the word – be bold enough to use it
Published: 30 September 2007
It was déjà vu last Wednesday when the Financial Services Authority (FSA) released its findings from a "mystery shop" of payment protection insurance providers. PPI is designed to meet the loan if you can't repay it due, say, to injury or losing your job.
Lenders aren't getting the message on PPI mis-selling, says the FSA
Published: 30 September 2007
Credit card, loan and mortgage providers are still mis-selling payment protection insurance (PPI) despite warnings and a series of regulatory fines, according to the Financial Services Authority.
Are price-comparison sites the real deal?
Published: 23 September 2007
You need cover? Tesco drive
Published: 16 September 2007
Supermarket giant Tesco is entering the fast-growing online market for helping drivers to choose a motor policy.
Floods bring chance of frozen insurance premiums to HSBC customers
Published: 09 September 2007
HSBC is giving new and existing mortgage customers the chance to fix their buildings and contents insurance premiums until 2012.
You got the results. Now get covered
Published: 19 August 2007
Spain tops holiday theft poll
Published: 19 August 2007
British holidaymakers are more likely to be victims of theft in Spain than anywhere else in Europe, a survey has revealed.
Travel light on cover and it could be a holiday in hell
Published: 22 July 2007
Insurance lenders bow to watchdog over sales of payment protection
Published: 15 July 2007
Lenders have agreed to change the way they sell payment protection insurance online in response to a move by the Financial Services Authority.
Insurance: Policyholders facing premium hike in Norwich Union review
Published: 08 July 2007
Thousands of Norwich Union (NU) customers could face higher insurance premiums if a pilot scheme is rolled out across the UK.
Watchdog to patrol travel agents on sale of 'bundled' insurance
Published: 01 July 2007
Holidaymakers are set to benefit from better protection after the Treasury decided that the Financial Services Authority should regulate all travel insurance sales.
Europe backs compensation call for Equitable Life policyholders
Published: 24 June 2007
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed a report on the failure of the UK Government to protect Equitable Life policyholders from the company's financial problems - and called on it to compensate victims.
Insurance: British holidaymakers are travelling too light
Published: 03 June 2007
One in four Britons "chance their luck" by going on holiday without any travel cover.
Why cheap travel insurance could be a false economy
Published: 19 May 2007
Money News: Final salary plans on way out
Published: 06 May 2007
Half of the generous final salary pension schemes offered by UK companies could close to existing members by 2011, according to new findings from Aon Consulting.
Windfalls land in the with-profits wilderness
Published: 08 April 2007
Questions Of Cash: Why can't I claim for theft from bag?
Published: 31 March 2007
Q: My fiancé and I went on holiday to Lisbon last year. Despite travelling business class, we found when we got home that my fiancé's hold luggage had been ransacked, somewhere between check-in at Lisbon airport for the return journey and baggage reclaim at Heathrow. Six items of jewellery worth £1,349 had gone.
Return of the insurance broker
Published: 24 March 2007
Critical illness cover moves to heal the wounds
Published: 18 March 2007
Uncovered: the skiers who end up skating on thin ice
Published: 04 March 2007
Ask Sindie: Hit by a lorry and shunted around by the insurer
Published: 18 February 2007
Bike theft costs cyclists £65m a year
Published: 17 February 2007
An epidemic in bike theft is costing cyclists £65m a year, according to research published today by Direct Line Home Insurance. The insurer said that 1,200 bikes were now stolen in Britain every day, the equivalent of 439,000 over the course of a year.
Money News: Competition watchdog probes policies that 'fail' consumers
Published: 11 February 2007
Expensive payment protection insurance (PPI) sold by lenders and credit card providers will be subject to a full-blown investigation by the Competition Commission (CC).
Insurers turn down £44bn in claims
Published: 10 February 2007
The British insurance industry turned down almost £44bn of critical illness, income protection and life assurance claims last year, according to new research from Prudential.
