UK Insurance News

A report from Sainsbury’s Finance claims that 30% of pets in the UK are overweight and at extreme risk of illness because of it. The study found that one in ten pets are severely overweight and that three in ten were above the recommended weight for their breed.
A similar poll of vets verified the findings, [...]

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Credit scores affect insurance rates: Find out what you can do to get the best rate possible.
If you are suffering from a low credit score, you can, unfortunately, experience double discrimination: not just denied access to financial products, from mortgages to insurance, but penalised by being charged extra for those that you do obtain.
Taking the [...]

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Simple Insurance have launched a new Carvan Insurance offering policies covering both Static Caravans and Touring Caravans.
Figures issued by the National Caravan Council claim that there are 335,000 UK owners of static holiday homes and a staggering 498,000 owners of touring caravans. On top of that there are an additional 112,000 motorhome owners, making this [...]

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An innovative low cost approach to insuring provisional licence holders while learning to drive has been announced by the award winning Marmalade company in conjunction with the high street motor accessories giant Halfords. The product could save young learners and their parents hundreds of pounds as well as worry and heartache.
Provisional Marmalade and Halfords have [...]

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The UK Government is considering making it compulsory for dog owners to take out insurance against injuries to third parties and damage that their pet may cause, as the number of dangerous breeds continues to escalate across the country.
Under the proposed law changes owners will also be required to micro-chip their dogs and are considering [...]

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