Insurance
Money News: Final salary plans on way out
Published: 06 May 2007
Half of the generous final salary pension schemes offered by UK companies could close to existing members by 2011, according to new findings from Aon Consulting.
Windfalls land in the with-profits wilderness
Published: 08 April 2007
Questions Of Cash: Why can't I claim for theft from bag?
Published: 31 March 2007
Q: My fiancé and I went on holiday to Lisbon last year. Despite travelling business class, we found when we got home that my fiancé's hold luggage had been ransacked, somewhere between check-in at Lisbon airport for the return journey and baggage reclaim at Heathrow. Six items of jewellery worth £1,349 had gone.
Return of the insurance broker
Published: 24 March 2007
Critical illness cover moves to heal the wounds
Published: 18 March 2007
Uncovered: the skiers who end up skating on thin ice
Published: 04 March 2007
Ask Sindie: Hit by a lorry and shunted around by the insurer
Published: 18 February 2007
Bike theft costs cyclists £65m a year
Published: 17 February 2007
An epidemic in bike theft is costing cyclists £65m a year, according to research published today by Direct Line Home Insurance. The insurer said that 1,200 bikes were now stolen in Britain every day, the equivalent of 439,000 over the course of a year.
Money News: Competition watchdog probes policies that 'fail' consumers
Published: 11 February 2007
Expensive payment protection insurance (PPI) sold by lenders and credit card providers will be subject to a full-blown investigation by the Competition Commission (CC).
Insurers turn down £44bn in claims
Published: 10 February 2007
The British insurance industry turned down almost £44bn of critical illness, income protection and life assurance claims last year, according to new research from Prudential.
David Prosser: Will no one rid us of these villains?
Published: 10 February 2007
Have you ever watched the hour-hand of a clock and tried to spot it moving? After a while, you know that it must have done because it's no longer in quite the same place, but the movement was so slow that you never saw it happen.
Money News: Shoppers to be compensated in store-card cover crackdown
Published: 04 February 2007
Tens of thousands of shoppers could be in line for compensation after GE Capital Bank, the company behind the high-street store cards offered by retailers such as Debenhams and Topshop, was fined £610,000 for failing to sell payment protection insurance (PPI) properly.
Run for cover: Buy-to-let home insurance
Published: 31 January 2007
Money News: Insurers given warning over 'misleading' promotions
Published: 21 January 2007
Insurers have come under fire from the Financial Services Authority for using "misleading" savings claims in their advertising that cannot be substantiated.
HIV: insurers get out of their straight jackets
Published: 10 December 2006
Young drivers offered a way out of bumper bills for cover
Published: 12 November 2006
They aim to fight global warming, but then they burn a hole in your pocket
Published: 05 November 2006
Beached: it's illegal at work but 'ageism is rife' in travel cover
Published: 05 November 2006
Money News: Loans.co.uk is fined £455,000 as City hit squad strikes again
Published: 29 October 2006
The Financial Services Authority has fined credit broker Loans.co.uk £455,000 for failing to treat its customers fairly over the sale of payment protection insurance (PPI).
ID theft: we're throwing away £1.7bn a year
Published: 22 October 2006
Money News: PPI providers 'are still failing their customers'
Published: 22 October 2006
Payment protection insurance (PPI) is to be investigated by the Competition Commission after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) decided that the cover is "failing consumers".
Sam Dunn: The case of the missing Equitable evidence
Published: 22 October 2006
Advisers admit mis-selling as complaints clock counts down
Published: 21 October 2006
Consumers to wait a year for new payment protection rules
Published: 21 October 2006
The Financial Services Authority, the UK's chief City regulator, will take up to a year to crack down on mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI), prompting consumer groups to warn customers off the sector.
Sam Dunn: Can insurance on the web earn our trust?
Published: 15 October 2006
