Many holidaymakers will embark on their annual break without any travel insurance and people taking to the roads in Europe are failing to take out breakdown cover. A study by the Money Advice Service reveals that 53 per cent of people in the UK are planning to take a summer holiday, but half of these [...]
The insurance market is failing to keep up with social changes according to a new study by comparison site Confused.com. With more people marrying later in life, the site claims that traditional insurance products are failing to meet the needs of the increasing number of people who are joining up with friends to buy a [...]
The AA is launching an innovative car insurance policy called Drivesafe which could help younger drivers save up to £850 a year. Younger drivers already pay substantially higher premiums than other motorists and these costs are increasing. A new study by Confused.com suggests insurance costs for younger driver have gone up by 5.7 per cent [...]
Every year British consumers waste £150 million on late payment credit card charges, Confused.com has revealed. Research by the price comparison site found one in four (26%) credit card holders have been charged at least once in the last 12 months for missing a late payment. Nearly one in 11 (8.5%) have been charged three [...]
Children’s education on money matters should begin in primary school so conumers know how to manage debt in adulthood, a financial expert has claimed. Zoe Stevens of Confused.com said financial education would help the consumers of the future learn to maintain a high credit rating so they can access the best value loans and credit [...]
Confused.com has announced a new incentive to encourage consumers to switch energy providers using its price comparison service. Consumers who use the price comparison site to change providers for gas and electricity will be rewarded with up to £30 cashback. Site users will be given £15 for each fuel type they switch. Some energy providers [...]
If you’re unlucky enough to crash your car twice this winter you could find yourself paying double for car insurance, according to Confused.com. Some insurers researched by the price comparison site more than trebled the cost of insurance premiums after two accidents. Confused.com said drivers should take extra care at the moment because icy winter [...]
Car insurance premiums are set to rise dramatically in 2010, Confused.com said this week. The price comparison site made the comment after Zurich announced a 20% hike to the cost of car insurance. “Zurich’s announcement has not come as a surprise,” said Will Thomas, Confused.com head of car insurance. “It is anticipated others will follow [...]
Householders who are made redundant could be hit with a further blow of increased home insurance premiums, new research has found. A study by Confused.com found homeowners could face higher insurance premiums if they are unemployed. The price comparison site said this is because insurance firms factor in the likelihood of customers defaulting on payments [...]
Credit card holders can make “staggering” savings by paying off more than the minimum repayment each month, Confused.com claimed this week. A credit card debt of £5,000 could take up to 36 years to pay off for consumers paying the minimum repayment, the price comparison site said. Paying back an extra £10 per month would [...]
Student households are more than twice as likely to be burgled compared to the average home, Confused.com has revealed. The price comparison website released the figure as thousands of new students prepare for their first term at university. Confused.com also said students shouldn’t assume their possessions are covered on their parents’ home insurance policy. “Separate [...]
Brits are wasting more than £500 million a year by failing to shop around for the best deal on their home insurance. Research by Your Money, in conjunction with Confused.com, found that homeowners are spending an annual £508 million more than they need to on home insurance - equivalent to £180 per household. A second [...]
Record numbers of holidaymakers are searching for the best deals on travel insurance at price comparison website Confused.com. Travel insurance enquires at the site are up 63% compared to this time last year – a trend Confused.com expects to see continue throughout the summer. Single trip insurance is proving the most popular, with seven in [...]
Many UK drivers treat their cars as cupboards-on-wheels, using them to store valuable goods including sat navs, books, glasses and sports equipment. Around 7 million motorists store items worth more than £200 in their vehicle, with 2.8 million of these storing items worth more than £400, recent research discovered. Youngsters and Londoners cite lack of [...]
Brits taking a well-earned break abroad are paying up to six times the going rate for travel insurance. Research by price comparison site Confused.com found that insurance bought in a travel agent can cost nearly 500% more than the best value policy. For example, the cheapest cover for a single adult spending a week in [...]
Confused.com has welcomed Alistair Darling’s cash for scrapped cars scheme, announced in this week’s budget. The price comparison site described the initiative - which pays motorists up to £2,000 for handing in their old car to update to a brand new model - as ‘fantastic’. It is hoped that in addition to giving a boost [...]
A recent study by price comparison site, confused.com, has established that motorists with penalty points can pay up to 60% more for their car insurance than those with a clean licence, paying on average £370 more. Furthermore, the news is bad for younger motorists, as the research discovered that a 21-year-old female driving a 1.3 [...]
Barclays appoints new chairman
Barclays has announced the appointment of Sir David Walker as its new chairman. He will take over from Marcus Agius who resigned from the role after Barclays was fined £290 million by regulators in the UK and US for manipulating Libor, the interbank lending rate. The appointment of Sir David, a respected and experienced banker, [...]
Post Office stepping up mortgage offering
The Post Office is expanding its mortgage service with the introduction of mortgage specialists in its branches. Mortgages have been available from the Post Office since 2009, but applications have had to be made online or over the phone. It currently offers mortgage with deposits as low as 10 per cent and plans to enhance [...]
Help Loan closed after breaching money-laundering rules
Payday Loan company MCO Capital has been closed down by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and fined £544,000 after failing to check the identity of its borrowers. The firm, which traded as Help Loan, was targeted by criminals and cheated of more than £1.5m by the fraudsters due to its negligence. The criminals stole [...]
Health insurance becoming unaffordable warns Bupa
The rising cost of private healthcare is pushing health insurance in the UK up to unaffordable levels, according to international healthcare group Bupa. A lack of competition among private hospitals has led to the cost of treatment rising, and the insurer says that this could lead to health insurance becoming unaffordable. An increase in the [...]
Bank of England forecasts zero economic growth
The Bank of England does not expect the UK economy to grow at all this year according to its latest quarterly report. It had previously forecast growth of 2 per cent for 2012 but recent gloomy economic data has led to the growth forecast being revised downwards. The forecast for medium-term growth has also been [...]
Standard Chartered in money-laundering scandal
Standard Chartered has become the latest UK bank to be accused of illegal activity. It has been accused by the New York department of financial services of hiding $250 billion worth of illegal transactions with Iranian banks between 2001 and 2010. The US regulator claims that the bank, which has wholesale banking, corporate finance and [...]
Economy benefiting from PPI refunds
The UK economy is receiving a welcome boost from compensation paid by banks to customers who were mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI). British banks have already paid out £9 billion after it came to light that they had been routinely mis-selling insurance policies designed to protect repayments on mortgage, loan and credit cards. With payouts [...]
Average house price falls to £161,000
House prices fell in July, to an average of £161,094 across the country, after increasing in the previous two months. Prices fell by 0.6 per cent in July, compared with the previous month, according to the Halifax House Price Index. Average prices are also 0.6 per cent lower compared with July 2011, the Halifax said. [...]
Tesco to offer club card points on mortgages
Retailer Tesco is launching mortgage products through Tesco Bank, allowing Tesco Clubcard holders to earn points on repayments. It is offering mainly fixed-rate deals, with interest rates ranging from 3.19 per cent to 5.09 per cent and a minimum deposit of 20 per cent. With many fixed-rate deals currently offering interest rates of below 3 [...]
Holidaymakers shun travel insurance and breakdown cover
Many holidaymakers will embark on their annual break without any travel insurance and people taking to the roads in Europe are failing to take out breakdown cover. A study by the Money Advice Service reveals that 53 per cent of people in the UK are planning to take a summer holiday, but half of these [...]
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