Age Concern and Help the Aged is demanding that the insurance industry stops discriminating against older people, especially when it comes to motor and travel insurance.
Research carried out by the charity suggests that one-third of insurers place a maximum age limit on their travel insurance policies, while those that do offer cover for older travellers […]

The Tory party has said that it would insist that energy companies supply sufficient gas and electricity  as part of a plan to guarantee energy security.
The Conservatives’ scheme is aimed at  incentivizing power firms to build added capacity and intervene over supply contracts and storage facilities to protect gas supplies in the winter.
Tory leader […]

In a bid to help UK households manage their gas supplies, British Gas will team up with Vodafone UK to supply British households with ’smart meters’.
The move, which will see all customers of British Gas using ’smart meters’ by the end of 2012, aims at making gas monitoring a bit easier for consumers and […]

Changing to a new current accounts provider can be a quick and easy way of making the pennies stretch further. 
Research carried out by banking giant Santander revealed that 81% of people have recently made changes in order to reduce their cost of living.
More than half (55%) said they were searching around for the best […]

The Government has announced extra funding of £180 million for Post Offices under a “major expansion” of financial services offered by the network.
The new money is on top of £1.7 billion currently being invested in the 11,500 branches, with the aim of making them more sustainable.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said: “Since the global banking crisis […]

The recent recession has given rise to a sharp hike in the number of spurious motor insurance claims filed.
According to research carried out by LV=  around 40% of solicitors have experienced a rise in the number of dodgy insurance claims.
And of those, more than half (52%) involved fake car accidents.
In one case, someone put in […]

British drivers under the age of 25 are less likely to claim on their car insurance than those in some of their European counterparts, including those in Spain, France and Germany and are considered a better insurance risk overall.
According to research from Axa, motorists under the age of 25 years old in the UK are […]