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New caravan insurance policy from LV=
A new caravan insurance product from LV= will protect equipment and awnings as standard, meaning customers are covered for items such as beds, generators and bottled gas equipment. The policy includes cover for accidental damage or theft of the caravan anywhere in the British Isles and for up to 60 days in Europe. It also [...]
Common sense is worth £844 a year
Common sense is a valuable trait, but exactly how valuable is revealed in a new study which puts a financial value on this age-old attribute. The research, commissioned by online insurer Quotemehappy.com, charts consumer spending behaviour and attitudes to reveal that those who apply common sense save on average £844 a year. The study of [...]
One in seven will retire with no pension
One in seven (14 per cent) people planning to retire this year will depend on the State Pension as they have no other pension, according to new research from Prudential. The insurer’s Class of 2013 research, the latest of the annual studies conducted by Prudential since 2008, tracks the financial plans and expectations of people [...]
Brits are sitting on £2.1bn of forgotten holiday money
Britons are sitting on billions of pounds-worth of left over holiday currency, according to a new report from Debenhams Personal Finance. The average person has almost £60 of foreign currency in their homes, which adds up to a national total of £2.1bn in unused cash – prompting the launch of a new card to help [...]
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Households kept in the dark on smart meters
Despite more than two million smart meters already appearing in homes and businesses around the country and the mandated roll-out due to kick-off next year, new research from uSwitch.com reveals that over half of consumers (55 per cent) still don’t know what a smart meter is or does. Smart meters are already appearing in homes [...]
No break from holidays for Brits
British travellers are continuing to holiday abroad, with 46 per cent planning to travel abroad as much as or even more frequently than they did five years ago. That is according to research from Tesco Travel Money, which also found that 35 per cent of holidaymakers plan to take a break in the next three [...]
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