Household Insurance

Neos Expands Smartphone Home Insurance App Coverage

Neos, the UK’s first smart home insurance provider, launches nationwide today, bringing homeowners a totally new and unique combination of home protection and insurance.  Neos wants to revolutionise the way consumers protect and insure their […]

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Market News: Hiscox Expands TV Campaign with C4 Property Show

Specialist insurer Hiscox has teamed up with Channel 4 to launch a new property makeover TV series Best Laid Plans. You can see the opening episode of the ten-part show here; http://www.channel4.com/programmes/best-laid-plans  The programme launched on Saturday (14th October) and […]

Household Insurance

Westminster should probe comparison sites

If yesterday’s hearing at the House of Commons Environment select committee on floods proved anything, it is that they must include comparison web sites and major distributors within their probe. Aggregators’ low-fi approach to selling […]

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ABI repeats flood challenge to UK Government

The Association of British Insurers has released a statement, calling on the Government to commit to a joint solution to ensure long term affordable flood insurance for high-risk households. The ABI described the current state […]

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Update: Marsh UK flood cover has insurer backing

Global broking group Marsh said its affordable flood insurance plan has “critical mass”, despite pessimism from one commentator today.

Marsh and its sister company Guy Carpenter announced ‘Project Noah’ which they claim can secure affordable flood insurance for at risk properties in the UK, only to have the idea chastised following a tweet from an Insurance Edge reader.

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Insurers to lead unwanted elderly customers towards correct aisle

INSURERS UNABLE TO offer cover because of age restrictions  will have to direct the applicant towards an appropriate provider, according to new rules announced today. In a speech to the Age UK conference, Otto Thoresen, […]