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Life Insurance and Smoking: The Facts for Smokers and Quitters

What you need to know if you’re looking for life cover and you smoke or if you are thinking of quitting for Stoptober! Smokers do pay more for life insurance, fact! Insurers take the risks posed by smoking seriously and if you smoke your premiums will cost more. So, kicking... Read More

Had a Baby? Have a Plan: Money Tips for New Parents

Having kids means laying the financial foundations for your family. A visit from the stork changes a lot of things. Hopefully, your financial priorities would have changed months ago – planning and budgeting for the new arrival, setting up savings accounts, and not forgetting the appropriate insurance, to safeguard your... Read More

Random Acts of Kindness – Pay it Forward

Whilst fumbling around at the bottom of my handbag to find any loose change that may be hiding to pay for a car park, I was overwhelmed by one woman’s act of kindness. I didn’t know this woman, she was a complete stranger but to spare my further frustration she... Read More

Back to School, Back to Reality, Back to Life (Insurance).

Going back to school can mean different things to different children and to different families. For my daughter it has been an exciting time – starting senior school for the first time – the prospect of meeting new people and feeling very grown-up is motivating. For other children the thought... Read More

The Elephant In The Room: Talking About Life Insurance

It’s not exactly a round-the-dinner-table topic – discussing life insurance can seem daunting at any time. The thought of dying isn’t a nice one, but unfortunately, it’s one that may have to be confronted should you want to safeguard your family’s future. Dealing with this harsh reality is essential for... Read More

Life Cover – A Must For Millenials

Survey shows age group are most likely to rank life insurance as ‘important’. Picture the scene; a smartly dressed, sensible saver, approaching retirement whilst reading the paper – sits across from a tech-savvy, TV-watching, Emoji-using Millennial who is clicking away on their smartphone. Which of these two typecasts would you... Read More

Lessons In Life Insurance

Industry Calls For Protection Education in Schools Industry experts are proposing that insurance and protection are classed as a ‘financial skill’ and should be made a key module in personal finance education. As of September last year, for the very first time, personal finance education became part of the UK’s... Read More

Office Workers Worst Off for Wellbeing

New stats show that white-collar work is working against us. Office jobs have had their fair share of bad press recently, but now a study has found the situation could be even worse than reported – over a third of office workers spend less than an hour a week on... Read More

Mind The Gap!

Around 6 million British homes at risk - mortgages potentially left unpaid, as individual’s cover remains inadequate. Many Britons are leaving themselves vulnerable to the potential shortfalls of the so-called ‘life assurance protection gap’. This is where life insurance payouts fail to meet the costs that the policyholder originally intended... Read More

What Tops Your List of Essentials?

Broadband beats insurance on shoppers’ priority list. When it comes to shopping, which items would you say come top of your list? Food? A nice home? What about technology items, such as broadband or your mobile phone? Or what about peace of mind? In an ideal world, protection products would... Read More

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