Personal Finance News and Feature Articles

Holiday travel insurance key as medical care costs abroad rise

3 July 2009, 11:11AM
Medical care costs abroad are rising so making sure you have appropriate travel insurance is even more important. [More]

Recession forces people to reassess thier life priorities

3 July 2009, 10:23AM
The recession is forcing many to reassess their life priorities, but even though there are concerns over debt and income levels, most haven't got any income protection or critical illness insurance. [More]

Alliance & Leicester launches Online Saver account paying market leading interest rate

3 July 2009, 8:22AM
Alliance & Leicester, part of Santander, has today launched an Online Saver account paying a market leading interest rate of 3.15% gross/AER. [More]

Life insurance and critical illness cover quicker from Legal & General

2 July 2009, 10:11AM
Legal & General have changed their underwriting criteria for taking out life insurance and critical illness cover, making it quicker and easier to take out the cover. [More]

Car owners change their car but not their car insurance

2 July 2009, 9:14AM
Car owners change their cars regularly but as many are reluctant to change their car insurance so often they could be missing out on an opportunity to save money. [More]

Credit card limits increased without asking

2 July 2009, 8:31AM
With the white paper on credit cards from the government today, it is concerning to see that nearly 6 million credit card holders have received increased credit card limits without asking. [More]

3 UK has cut its data roaming prices

1 July 2009, 5:18PM
3 UK has cut its EU data roaming prices for its Mobile Broadband and Mobile Internet services to below the new European regulatory cap. [More]

Dental insurance gift card from Tesco

1 July 2009, 2:06PM
Tesco Dental Insurance are keen to promote the fact that 'It pays to look after your teeth - after all, they are the only set you have', and to encourage new business are offering a free gift card. [More]

first direct launches new offset tracker mortgage

1 July 2009, 1:25PM
first direct, part of HSBC, has launched a new offset tracker mortgage with the added security of a capped interest rate. [More]

Home insurance buying made easier

1 July 2009, 9:36AM
Buying the right home insurance can be a difficult task but using input from the experts and taking time to compare what's being offered can help make it easier. [More]

Personal loans rates rising

1 July 2009, 9:12AM
Personal loans rates are rising with the average loan rate now up to 9.07%. [More]

75% of energy customers not happy with the way their complaints are handled

30 June 2009, 1:21PM
Consumer research shows that 75% of energy customers are not happy about the way their complaints are handled by the energy suppliers, leading to Ofgem telling them to improve. [More]

Property market may be stabilising as house prices rise

30 June 2009, 10:57AM
There's more hope that the property market may be stabilising as house prices rose 0.9% in June, according the latest Nationwide Monthly House Price index. [More]

Get the cheapest holiday travel money

30 June 2009, 10:18AM
Get the cheapest holiday travel money and don't be fooled by foreign exchange providers offering '0% commission' or 'no commission.' [More]

Great car insurance offer from Sainsburys

30 June 2009, 10:11AM
Sainsburys Finance is offering 2 monthe free car insurance, with an extra 10% off when the cover is bought online. [More]

Top Gear's car insurance advice about fronting could cause big problems

30 June 2009, 9:50AM
In the last episode of Top Gear (BBC1 Sunday evening), the team referenced 'fronting' as a way to keep young driver car insurance costs down but this is illegal. [More]

Sainsburys Finance launches new Internet Saver account

29 June 2009, 3:00PM
Sainsburys Finance has today launched a new Internet Saver account with a special offer rate of 2.8% AER for accounts opened in July. [More]

Virgin Media launch PictureBox movies on demand service

29 June 2009, 9:49AM
Virgin Media today announced the PictureBox movies on demand TV subscription service from Universal Pictures will be available to Virgin Media TV subscribers from July. [More]

Tracker mortgages cheaper but beware of base rate rises

29 June 2009, 9:14AM
Tracker mortgages may currently seem cheap when compared with fixed rate mortgages but with base rate rises likely are they higher risk? [More]

Airlines automatically adding travel insurance at time of booking flights

29 June 2009, 8:54AM
Some airlines are automatically adding travel insurance at the time of booking flights according to Which? Holiday and some are not clearly showing the insurance restrictions or exclusions. [More]