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British Insurance urges consumers to hold their nerve with PPI

Posted in: Insurance
Consumers reeling from record food and fuel prices and a proposed 40% hike in utility costs are being urged by independent Payment Protection Provider, British Insurance, to ensure they have the means to pay their bills, should accident, sickness or unemployment occur.

Borrowing

One in ten in the dark about their level of debt
Concerns rising about coping with debt mountain
Image conscious consumers tempted into debt by cars

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British Insurance urges consumers to hold their nerve with PPI
Insurers get D minus on gap year cover for students
A quarter of Britons spend over £200 to replace damaged contents

Business Finance and Insurance

Over one million small businesses do not use a business account
Over a million prompted to consider their own entrepreneurial ideas

 

British Insurance urges consumers to hold their nerve with PPI

Posted in: Insurance, Featured Article
Consumers reeling from record food and fuel prices and a proposed 40% hike in utility costs are being urged by independent Payment Protection Provider, British Insurance, to ensure they have the means to pay their bills, should accident, sickness or unemployment occur.

Insurers get D minus on gap year cover for students

Posted in: Travel Insurance, Featured Article
Students looking to take time off with a gap year could between them shell out £59m* more in travel insurance than is necessary, warns Brian Wright, Managing Director of Karmainsurance.com

One in ten in the dark about their level of debt

Posted in: Borrowing, Featured Article
As a nation, we're in the dark about our finances, according to new research released by CreditExpert.co.uk today. The survey reveals that despite 96 per cent of us claiming to be familiar with our current finances, when questioned further it appears that many of us do not have a clear picture of our credit commitments.

Concerns rising about coping with debt mountain

Posted in: Borrowing
Increasing numbers of people who owe money to banks and finance companies are concerned about their ability to manage their debts, new research* from MoneyExpert.com reveals.

A quarter of Britons spend over £200 to replace damaged contents

Posted in: Home Insurance
Have you ever spilt red wine on the carpet, knocked over a vase or watched in amazement as a toddler decides to draw on your sofa with a biro? With Britons spending an average of £3,299 on decorating and home improvements in the last three years,* the value of our home contents is a significant investment.