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‘Tin-eared’ RSA insurance chief criticised after praising Britain’s flood defences By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 27 February 2020 The boss of RSA Insurance insisted Britain’s flood defences had ‘done a better job than in prior years’ – despite the devastating storms leaving thousands … Read more
Halifax hiked my home insurance by 29%, so could it tell me why? SIMON LAMBERT on trying to pin down his loyalty penalty By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 06:00 GMT, 20 February 2020 | Updated: 09:00 GMT, 20 February 2020 At the start of the year, I was sent a renewal letter by my … Read more
New Chancellor Rishi Sunak set to crack down on £340m-worth of insurance tax loopholes in his first Budget New Chancellor to stop insurance tax loopholes thought to cost £340m a year Some insurance policies are adding a tax of 20 per cent to their premiums Other insurers were said to be failing to report all … Read more
Final salary pension pots locked as financial advisers can’t afford rising insurance costs By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 18 February 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 18 February 2020 Savers face being locked out of their pension pots due to the rising costs of financial advice insurance. Workers can only access … Read more
More than half a million people are trapped with life insurance that could force them to choose between unaffordable premium hikes or a devastating drop in payout money. The controversial investment-linked insurance policies were popular decades ago, but have since been all but abandoned by customers and firms after an explosion in complaints. As the … Read more
JOHNNY TIMPSON: We encourage men to talk about mental health but do worries about insurance in the future cause some to suffer in silence? By Johnny Timpson For This Is Money Published: 09:15 GMT, 18 February 2020 | Updated: 09:15 GMT, 18 February 2020 Johnny Timpson, a financial protection specialist at Scottish Widows, says that … Read more
Now flood victims are targeted by copycat insurance websites appearing at the top of Google searches By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 11 February 2020 | Updated: 09:48 GMT, 12 February 2020 Flood victims are being targeted by copycat websites paying to appear at the top of results for Google … Read more
Back on the slopes: Lucy White had taken out travel insurance before her accident in 2018, but it was still a hard fight to get a payout Lying immobilised on my back in a French ski resort trauma centre, after a nasty fall in which I’d broken two vertebrae, I was relieved to find out … Read more
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The room in front of me has been decked out to look like any other living room at this time of year. Tinsel is hanging over picture frames on the wall, a festive throw is on the sofa and wrapped presents sit under the Christmas tree decorated with fairy lights and baubles. But, in just … Read more