Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Income protection insurance policies now allow skilled workers more control to clearly define events covered. You can now receive a payout if you are no longer able to perform your own specific job or activity, rather than having to be incapable of all activities within your profession.
Tags: Aviva, Best Maxi ISA, Critical Illness Insurance, Financial Ombudsman Service, Fixed Rate Mortgages, Health Insurance, Income Protection Insurance, Mortgage Application, Personal Insurance, Remortgage, Retirement Income
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Aviva is offering customers the option to cut the cost of their health insurance by limiting the amount of cover their health policy provides. If you will pay the first £5,000 of your costs you can gain a discount of up to 65%. Agree to pay the first £3,000 of your own costs, and have a discount of up to 50%.
Tags: Aviva, Best Illness Policy, Best Maxi ISA, BP, Financial Ombudsman Service, Health Insurance, Mortgage Application, Personal Insurance, Retirement Income
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Investment advice is still a service that only the minority is availing of, warns Principle First. “Only 20% of consumers in the UK are seeking financial and investment advice, shocking statistics for something that should be so important.” With the lack of investing advice, many people have poor-performing ISA’s or bonds, and have not adequate pension [...]
Tags: Health Insurance, Homeowner Loans, Investing Advice, Investment Advice, Kellogg's, Online Investment Advice, Repossessed Spanish Property
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
Consumers with a critical illness which comes in mild and more severe manifestations can often find themselves at odds with their insurance provider, over the validity of a claim. A more flexibile option is ‘severity-related’ critical illness insurance, which offers a partial payout for less severe episodes of critical conditions.
Tags: Contribute To A Pension, Critical Illness Cover, Critical Illness Insurance, Critical Illness Policy, Financial Ombudsman Service, Health Insurance, Mortgage Application, Personal Insurance, Prudential, Remortgage, Retirement Income, Second Home In Spain
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
Most of us have a life insurance policy, to ensure that our family is provided for at the end of our life, but far fewer of us have critical illness insurance.
Tags: Contracted Out Of SERPS, Contribute To A Pension, Critical Illness Advice, Critical Illness Cover, Critical Illness Insurance, Critical Illness Policy, DWP, Financial Advice, Financial Ombudsman Service, Friends of the Earth, Health Insurance, Independent Financial Advice, Inheritance Planning, Legal & General, Remortgage, Retirement Income
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
The pitfalls of arranging your own life insurance cover, health insurance, home insurance and motor insurance online or via price comparison websites have been highlighted in new guidelines by the Association of British Insurers (ABI).
Tags: ABI, Association Of British Insurers, Banks Northern Ireland, Best Illness Policy, Buying Life Cover, Cash ISAs, Financial Ombudsman Service, Health Insurance, Inheritance Tax Advice, Inheritance Tax Liability, Interest Only Mortgage, Life Cover, Life Insurance, Life Policy, Retirement Income
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
Aviva is planning premium discounts on its critical illness insurances for those who have come through cancer, and would therefore not have cancer cover in their policy.
Tags: Aviva, AXA, Best Maxi ISA, Contribute To A Pension, Critical Illness Cover, Critical Illness Insurance, Critical Illness Policy, Financial Ombudsman Service, Health Insurance, Inheritance Planning, Legal & General, LV=, Pensions and Retirement, Remortgage, Retirement Income, Tax Guidelines, Tchibo, Zurich
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
A new draft law is set to dramatically improve the quality of cover provided by critical illness, health insurance and other insurance products.
The new legislation, to be tabled in Parliament by the Law Commission on 15th December 2009, will transform the way that insurance companies treat claimants who make innocent mistakes when applying for insurance cover.
Tags: Aviva, Best Maxi ISA, Critical Illness Insurance, Financial Ombudsman Service, Financial Planning Advice, Health Insurance, Home Insurance, Insurance Claims, Personal Finance Education, Remortgage, Retirement Income, Seek Financial Advice, Travel Insurance
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Customers who buy an ‘immediate needs annuity’ to fund their nursing home fees can now benefit from money-back guarantees for their family, if they die during the early period of the annuity. An ‘Immediate needs annuity’ is designed to provide the costs of paid-for nursing home care for life, for those already suffering from physical or mental disability, [...]
Tags: AIB Bank, Financial Ombudsman Service, Health Insurance, Inheritance Tax Liability, Life Insurance, Loan Insurance, Minimum Retirement Age, Office of Fair Trading, Pension Annuity, Pensions Annuity, Retirement Planning
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
The Association of British Insurers is this week to present latest proposals to clear up consumer misunderstanding of key terms and conditions of health insurance policies.
The list of concerns the ABI has raised serves to highlight for consumers the pitfalls in the small print of health cover.
Tags: Association Of British Insurers, Best Illness Policy, Critical Illness Insurance, Financial Ombudsman Service, Health Insurance, Mortgage Application, Permanent Health Insurance, Personal Insurance, Remortgage, Remote Financial Advice, Retirement Income
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