UK Insurance News

Aviva will launch a £9million advertising campaign on Boxing day, in an effort to ditch it’s former name Norwich Union. The campaign is set to run for six months and will feature celebrities who have changed their names before finding success.
The ad’s will run on tv, in print and online throughout the UK and will [...]

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Travel firms that sell Connected Travel Insurance, that is insurance sold alongside a holiday to you and me, have until 1st January 2009 to apply for authorisation with the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
In a regulation set last year companies that do not authorise with FSA, can either become an agent for an authorised firm or cease [...]

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The commercial and liability specialist APC underwriting has launched a new office and surgery policy aimed squarely at the UK’s two million plus home based businesses.
APC research has shown that over 14,000 home based businesses are launched each week in the UK, representing 60% of all start ups. The underwriter is aware that historically it [...]

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Insurance company AXA says that millions of Britons are under insuring their personal belongings, following a survey by the company revealed a massive £255billion shortfall.
The average, customer estimated, home contents value is £29,000, while AXA say that figure is £9,000 short of the real average value of contents. The company has warned that in worst [...]

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