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Archived 2011-05 news:
 | Loans UK: Loans may not be as cheap as people think |
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| 28th May 2011 | Many consumers are being led to believe that the cost of personal loans is especially low at the moment, given the 0.5 per cent base rate, an expert has said.
Ed Bowsher, head of consumer finance at lovemoney.com, noted that data ... | |
 | Savings Accounts: Half of Brits use savings accounts |
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| 26th May 2011 | Standard Life discovered that 49 per cent using such financial services, while 17 per cent use investment-based products.
Furthermore, it revealed that the over-55s are more inclined to save than any other age group.
John Lawson, head of pension policy at Standard Life, explained t... | |
 | Travel Insurance UK: Travel insurance pitfalls may exist for over-65s |
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| 26th May 2011 | Taking out travel insurance can prove difficult for people over the age of 65, especially if they have pre-existing health conditions, one expert has pointed out.
Stewart Rioch, general manager of travel insurance products at Staysure, emphasised that people must declare all their ailments ... | |
 | Car Insurance UK: Car insurance changes just weeks away |
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| 24th May 2011 | The government is calling on motorists to make sure they have car insurance policies in place, as changes to the law will be coming into force next month.
Continuous Insurance Enforcement law will take effect on June 20th, meaning that it will be illegal to own an uninsured car, regardless ... | |
 | Travel Insurance UK: Travellers urged to prepare for disruption |
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| 24th May 2011 | People planning on going overseas in the near future may want to make sure their travel insurance policies are sufficient, as the UK faces another bout of disruption.
Not only are many northern areas being lashed by high winds, but there is also a possibility that air travel could be hinder... | |
 | Mortgages: Mortgage customers aim for 17% deposit |
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| 21st May 2011 | First-time buyers save an average of a 17 per cent deposit for a property before trying to secure a mortgage, the latest research shows.
Santander found that one in five first-time buyers paid between six and ten per cent deposit on the... | |
 | Savings Accounts: Family savings on the rise, poll finds |
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| 21st May 2011 | Families are putting more cash away into their savings accounts than they were at the start of the year, new findings have shown.
On average, a British family has £1,163 in savings and investments, which marks an incr... | |
 | Car Insurance UK: ABI reports rise in car insurance whiplash claims |
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| 20th May 2011 | The amount of car insurance claims for whiplash is on the rise in the UK, with the country now believed to have the highest number of such incidents in the whole of Europe, figures show.
According to the Association of British Insurers (ABI), this rise is due to the number of false claims m... | |
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