UK Insurance News

AEGON Scottish Equitable was acknowledged as Best Pension Service provider in the Moneyfacts 2009  Investment Life and Pension Awards announced this week.
In the same category Standard Life were highly commended for their efforts  and Scottish Life were given a commended status in the awards.
Scottish Widows, part of the Lloyds banking group was awarded the Best [...]

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Despite common elective, cosmetic and dental surgery costing up to 89% less overseas, the majority of UK consumers (74%) are too worried about something going wrong to travel abroad for treatment says P J Hayman.
These were the findings of the research undertaken on behalf of the specialist travel insurance provider who is launching travel insurance [...]

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Sainsbury’s Finance are urging student’s to check that their parents’ home insurance policy includes cover for personal belongings when they move away to university digs – not all policies offer this cover and as always with insurance it is best not to make assumptions.
Research has shown that the average student carries around £3,500 worth of [...]

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The RAC, now part of the Aviva group, are launching a campaign to make UK drivers aware of their bad habits and help improve the behaviour of the average motorist.
The Road Respect campaign identifies the worst and most frustrating driving habits following a survey that found a third of UK motorists ‘get mad’ with other [...]

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Motorists who drive in the UK with no insurance are getting away with murder – quite literally, as evidence suggests that uninsured drivers are five times more likely to have an accident and are responsible for around 160 deaths on the road each year.
And yet when charged for ‘driving without insurance’,  under new government proposals, [...]

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