January 6th 2009
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Skyrocketing energy costs have been a prime concern for many Brits in 2008 but switching suppliers could save a typical household up to £454 - that's £7,384 million across the entire country.
To help raise awareness, LloydsTSBCompare.com declared December 30th to be 'tackle your bills day' to encourage people to assess their household ...
Despite the level of fear surrounding unemployment and debts in the current environment, an online poll of 2001 British adults between 24th and 28th October 2008 conducted for Barclays Financial Planning by Opinium Research shows a worrying trend of people not providing themselves and their families with a safety net.
According ...
It’s great when you are confident in safety of your money in general, and in your insurance company’s reliability in particular.
Unfortunately, the credit crisis affected virtually every sphere of life, and in times of the financial turmoil, like it is going now, many began worrying about its consequences for insurance ...
Since the economic crisis began, countless businesses across a number of industries have suffered - and ...
Independent research conducted by Prudential reveals that 18% of UK workers say they have reduced the amount they save for an occupational or private pension as a result of the credit crunch. Of these people, 36% do not anticipate they will be able to increase the amount they save into a pension ...
Leading protection provider LV= has announced a major new partnership with Standard Life.
The UK's largest friendly society LV= will now provide its award winning Income Protection Plan and whole of life 50 Plus Plan to the customers of Standard Life, through Standard Life's Direct Telesales team.
Standard Life will manage marketing and sales activity to its UK direct customer client ...
BBC2's Money Programme (Price Comparison Sites: Deal or No Deal) was right to expose the shortfalls of irresponsible price comparison websites. Insurance comparison fared better in the programme than loans or energy websites and it's important to remember despite the programme title that most insurance comparison websites do not focus ...
Six months after the LV= 'State of Retirement' report* first identified the rise of 'FREDs' - people approaching retirement who are Facing Retirement Earnings Doubts - new research shows that 69% of pre-retired people are now more concerned than ever about their financial security. This equates to 7.1m people**, an ...
New research conducted for Prudential shows that more than 4.6 million UK adults have their former bedrooms preserved by parents who cannot quite let go of earlier memories of their children.
A staggering 42% of UK adults (around 4.6 million people) whose parents still live in the family home say their ...
Customers who use the MevsInc service are now able to complete a short application process 24-hours a day, 7 days a week in order to get the cheapest insurance quotes.
Unlike other websites that use nationwide services to fill customer insurance requests, MevsInc.com aims to provide its users with results from insurance companies ...
Prudential, the UK based financial services company, has announced the results of recently conducted independent research which reveals that UK workers are missing out on £5.07 billion a year by failing to join company pension schemes.
The findings from Prudential show that 66% of UK workers (full time and part time) knew their ...
M&S Money, the financial services division of Marks and Spencer, has reported that up to one million people are planning on visiting friends and family abroad this festive season. As such, the financial services company is encouraging those travelling to make sure travel insurance is at the top of their ...
Prior to joining Virgin Money, Rob was Chief Executive at Mortgage Force and has over 20 years experience in financial services. A serial entrepreneur, he has led a number of successful start-ups and has a proven track record of creating significant shareholder value, as well as having been repeatedly elected to ...
LV=, the UK insurance company, has commissioned a new report that has revealed that UK neighbourhoods appear to be in decline, with one in three people (33%) believing that their neighbourhood has gotten worse since they moved to the area. Moreover, a quarter of people said that they would like ...
Insure4USA.com recently announced the launch of their new online service which provides individuals with fast, free insurance quotes from their local insurance representatives. Unlike other websites that use nationwide services to fill customer insurance requests, Insure4USA.com aims to provide its users with results from insurance companies that the individual can meet ...
Flexible retirement solutions provider LV= has improved its enhanced annuity product by increasing the number of medical conditions accepted for enhanced terms under its conventional and with-profits annuities.
In addition to the medical conditions already accepted, customers who have a combination of milder conditions, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, ...
The alliance offers visitors to the Tiscali website a respected online comparison service for those seeking motor, home, travel, life, pet and many other types of insurance as well as advice on how to navigate the crowded insurance market and decipher the small print.
This agreement with Tiscali is the most recent in ...
M&S Money has urged pet owners to ensure medication is securely stored around the house following a large increase in reports of pet poisonings.
The potentially fatal mishap is a growing problem across the UK, with a 34% year-on-year increase in reported cases to Vetfone - a 24-hour advice line available ...
The UK's original and still the best online insurance comparison service, insurancewide.com, breaks new ground this week in a re-launch of its website for insurance-seekers. Its promise to deliver an insurance comparison service for every type of customer sets it firmly apart from other aggregators.
The new service will guarantee accurate live prices ...
With all the auto insurance ads on TV and the internet, people are bombarded by information from carriers claiming to offer the lowest rates. But most consumers don’t want to take the time to shop around. They want quick, easy answers and Cheap Insurance. They don’t want to have to ...
