With the UK NHS becoming more and more overstretched people have started raising serious concerns on the long term future of this institution. The UK NHS is unchallenged around the world, though many health tourists have been known to have left the country without paying dues. With the current recession period in the UK, and funding becoming more and more difficult, many people are thinking of private Health Care Insurance for themselves and their families. Read the rest of this entry »

All homeowners have been warned by Halifax Home Insurance to take positive measures to avoid subsidence risk as temperatures are expected to soar this summer and less rains expected than previous year. Homeowners leaving especially in the south-east of England should be cautious of high risk because of clay-based soil and higher temperatures. Read the rest of this entry »

Foreign exchange specialist HiFX suggests that in the coming days, British Travel Insurance customers could find their holidays less expensive. According to HiFX, pound is likely to become stronger following the announcement of European Central Bank or ECB that sterling was up by 0.36 per cent against the Euro. Currency strategist Marc Cogliatti said that though foreign trips could become less expensive it will not reach the low as it was two years ago. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are applying for Pet Insurance online, then Tesco is offering 35% off on pet insurance for new customers. Pet owners consider their pets as part of their family and Tesco is just helping customers with a good deal in times of recession. More than three quarters of the women treat their pets as their friend and talk to them like a person while a third prefer the company of their animals than humans. Read the rest of this entry »

Is marriage on the cards? If you have decided to take the vow ‘I do’ in this current economic situation, ensure that you have got your Wedding Insurance for the big day. While there has been a significant drop in the number of weddings in the UK over the last decade, yet the cost of wedding has been spiralling every year. Read the rest of this entry »

Halifax Home Insurance reveals that one in ten homeowners do not have their goods insured in their Home Insurance policy. Most of them do not have their home contents covered or are unaware of the value of the contents. Almost half of the respondents interviewed in the survey have no idea of the value of their belongings and almost three-quarters have never had their valuables assessed by an expert. Read the rest of this entry »

Good news for Sainsbury’s home insurance customers as they are offering a 25% off on its home insurance customers as it understands that the cost of running a home has increased in recent years. Sainsbury’s Home Insurance did an individual study and found out that the average cost of mortgage repayments, bills, and household outgoings is around £11,455 a year which is actually 2.6% more than running a house some two years ago. Read the rest of this entry »

Travel insurance policy has come a long way and now Insurefor’s new Travel Insurance policy provides you with all the more reason to have a policy when you are on the move. The latest policy from Insurefor will protect people from strikes, plane hijacks, and even redundancy. Insurefor is claiming its new policy as the most comprehensive travel insurance policy. Read the rest of this entry »

Latest figures from the Association of British Insurers or ABI reveal that 13% of the people have decided to scrap their Life Insurance policy in this economic downturn. The ABI says that customers are either ignoring prompts to renew their policies or are canceling them altogether in order to save money in such difficult economic times. The research shows that 13% lesser people have life insurance cover than at the time when recession started. Read the rest of this entry »

With the approaching summer months, there has been a surge in the travel insurance enquiries according to Confused, an insurance service provider. Compared to last year, the firm has registered a rise of almost 63 per cent the number of people enquiring for travel insurance policies. Out of this 63 per cent, 55 per cent enquired for single cover insurance and while 45 per cent searched for the Annual Travel Insurance policy. Read the rest of this entry »