UK Insurance News

Latest research from AA Insurance shows that we are, or will be, paying 10% more for buildings insurance than we were a year ago. The AA findings suggest that the average premium for buildings insurance in the UK has risen to £223.92 a year.
The premium increase has been put down to rising claims for damage [...]

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Award winning motor insurance business Kwik Fit Insurance have announced an incredible record for the number of motor policies issued in one day, the Lanarkshire based insurer says that they achieved 1,500 car insurance sales in the 24 hour period.
The record represents the strongest day of trading since the company was formed in 1995.  Kwik [...]

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Are we getting clumsier in the UK? Or is it that we now own so much hi tech equipment that insurance claims are bound to increase. Or maybe there is an element of insurance fraud in the following findings in a report from John Lewis Partnership’s Home insurance business Greenbee.
The report says that home insurance [...]

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The number of H1N1 swine flu’ cases almost doubled last week to 100,000 in the UK and continues to spread every day, so how do you stand if you are travelling abroad and what doe’s your travel insurance cover or exclude?
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) offers the following general guidelines:

Travel insurers will treat swine [...]

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Aviva has announced the launch of a press and television campaign aimed at those of us contemplating retirement, that urges potential retiree’s to shop around for the best annuity rates rather than just accept figures from their current pension provider.
The Insurance company says that it is possible to boost income by as much as 10% [...]

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