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Landlord’s Insurance+ Launched by HomeLet This Week
On Monday, December 14th, HomeLet – an insurance firm that has been specialising in the development of insurance products for landlords, tenants, estate and letting agents since the birth of buy to let – announced launch of its long-awaited HomeLet Landlord's Insurance+, one of the most comprehensive insurance policies for landlords to... Read more
LV= Home Insurance Warns Against Online Shopping
According to the latest research carried out by LV= Insurance, a registered trademark of Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Limited, UK citizens will spend approximately £132 million buying counterfeit Christmas presents online this winter. The survey was performed by Opinium Research on behalf of LV= Insurance among 2308 UK residents aged 18... Read more
Aviva to Remain Barclays’ Provider of Home Insurance
Barclays and Aviva recently announced that they are renewing their contract, agreed in 2005, under which Aviva remains the sole provider of home insurance to Barclays’ customers. The renewal of the existing contract between the bank and the insurance provider till the year of 2015 might mean that their partnership has been successful in the... Read more
HomeServe Insurance Reports High Profits despite Flooding in the UK
Despite the recent events in the United Kingdom, HomeServe Plc has just reported its profit from the core business for the first 6 months of 2009, which turned out to be high enough. Let us remind that HomeServe Plc specialises on emergency home insurance, covering such issues as broken boilers and washing machines. The insurance provider claimed... Read more
Adrian Flux Insurance Launches New Services
Adrian Flux Insurance Services – UK insurance broker – has recently announced the launch of special expertise services for homeowners struggling to get home insurance. It comes as no surprise that sometimes dream houses cause a lot of problems for their owners, particularly when it comes to home insurance. Oftentimes, insurance providers are... Read more
Diamond Home Insurance to Be Available through Heath Lambert
Heath Lambert, UK insurance brokers, has recently made an announcement suggesting that the firm agreed partnership with Admiral Group and will become its sole provider of Diamond Home Insurance – group’s popular female-oriented insurance product. Moreover, Heath Lambert also cooperates with Admiral Group on the Elephant project –... Read more
RSA Insurance Reports Market Improvements
UK branch of one of the world’s leading insurance companies - RSA Insurance – recently reported a 4% increase in insurance premiums seen in the 9 months of 2009. RSA Insurance, previously known as Royal & Sun Alliance, posted net written premiums of £5.03 billion pounds. The firm also claimed that its business is recovering on... Read more
HomeLet Insurance Sales Double in Six Months
HomeLet, a British insurance provider specialising in insurance solutions for tenants and landlords, recently reported that its product sales almost doubled. Introduction of a new insurance product called Tenants Contents Insurance+ resulted in a 121% increase in the number of contents insurance policies sold in September 2009. Moreover, HomeLet... Read more
Swindon Fined for Breaching Payment Protection Insurance Sale Requirements
On Wednesday, October 28th, the Financial Services Authority ordered Swinton, one of the leading UK insurance brokers, to pay a fine of £770,000 and to offer refunds to thousands of its customers as the investigation carried out by the City watchdog found out that the insurance broker committed several failures when selling payment protection... Read more
Time for UK Homeowners to Recalculate the Cost of Home Insurance Has Come
This week, according to major UK household insurers, is expected to bring the number of home insurance claims 350% up. Such holidays as Halloween and Bonfire Night, which are traditionally associated with fireworks and bonfires, bring scary consequences not only to homeowners, but to home insurers as well. This week is also a time for many... Read more