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July 10, 2024

What is the difference between Motor Trade insurance and Fleet insurance?

It can get confusing when you have to pick one type of insurance over another. If you’re running a business, the whole question of insurance can become something of an administrative nightmare – you want to protect the business as far as you can yet draw the line at buying insurance you might not need. […]

Home insurance: making sure you are properly covered

In times of inflation the prices of all goods and services are likely to rise. Home insurance is no exception. Yet despite high weather-related claims during a succession of bad winters, average premiums for home insurance increased by only 3% during the first quarter of 2024, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) recently. […]

June 12, 2024

Need to know: Gadget insurance

In the many stages of human development, we’ve reached what can be called the Gadget Age. From computers, laptops, and tablets to network servers, from smart televisions to smart telephones, from printers to scanners, and to home security or sound systems, gadgets are everywhere – and a practically indispensable feature of everyday life. So indispensable […]

Public liability insurance – who needs it?

Though it’s typically not a legal requirement (unless, for example, you run a horse-riding establishment), if you operate any kind of business, public liability insurance offers financial safeguards that could end up saving your very enterprise. So, let’s take a closer look at why this widely employed insurance is sought by so many businesses and […]

May 14, 2024

The benefits of car breakdown insurance

The modern motor car probably doesn’t break down as often as in the past. But when it does, you can be sure it’s when you’re least prepared and most reliant on it getting you from A to B. That’s when you’ll be thanking your lucky stars for having decided on that small investment in breakdown […]

Landlord insurance and having the correct sum insured

Landlord insurance safeguards the owners of buy to let property by protecting their business and business assets. It typically incorporates several features – including public liability indemnity and compensation for loss of rental income in defined circumstances – but the critical protection is against loss or damage to the let property itself and (if required) […]

April 10, 2024

How to make a car insurance claim

None of us like to think it may happen, but in the event of an accident in your vehicle, would you know what to do? How to make a car insurance claim If you’re involved in a road traffic accident, you will need to prepare to make a car insurance claim – or, at the […]

GAP insurance – how am I affected by the changes?

Do you have or did you think about arranging GAP (Guaranteed Asset Protection) insurance when raising the finance to buy your car or motorcycle? Either way, you will have discovered that many GAP insurance providers – under pressure from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – have agreed to temporarily suspend the issue of any new […]

March 11, 2024

Working from home – insurance matters

Following the successive lockdowns during the recent Covid pandemic, many people were clearly forced to work in any way they could from home. Perhaps the bigger surprise, though, is how working from home – or “hybrid” working (a little from home and a little from the office) – has persisted once the pandemic has passed. […]

Things to check when getting car insurance

Perhaps because it’s a legal requirement, arranging or renewing your car insurance can seem like a merely routine chore. In fact, the agreement between you and your insurer involves much more than that – essentially based on mutual trust. For that trust to work, you each rely on full disclosure of all the relevant information: […]

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