News

Car Finance Payment Holiday: FCA Asks Lenders For More Debt Solutions

Coronavirus is pushing the UK into a deep recession, as millions of jobs vanish, small businesses go bust and lots of self employed people are reduced to claiming for benefits as the lockdown continues. Furlough […]

News

Landlord RGI Insurance Faces Crossroads, Says GlobalData Report

Many private landlords are finding that the government is encouraging tenants to stop rent payments for three months. Those same tenants however expect landlords to continue making repairs to fixtures and fittings, as well as […]

Insurance claims

Charles Taylor Gains Medical Escort Status for Repatriations

Charles Taylor Assistance has been awarded a Commercial Aviation Medical Escort Accreditation from the European Air Medical Institute (EURAMI) – as a standalone accolade. EURAMI’s mission is to promote high quality aeromedical transfers throughout Europe […]

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Which? Warning Highlights Travel Insurance Sector’s Trust Issue

Which? is warning urgent action is needed to protect consumers who face losing large sums of money amid a breakdown of the system of travel protections. The consumer champion has been inundated with messages and […]

Insurance Regulation

Corona Update: FCA Issues Mortgage & Loan Payment Advice

The FCA has today published new guidance for mortgage lenders and administrators, and small business lenders. This supports the announcements made by the Chancellor earlier this week. Interim Chief Executive, Christopher Woolard said: ‘We want to […]

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#CancelEverything: Travel Insurers Begin to Exclude CoronaVirus Risk

Updated 13.03.2020; Admiral, Churchill and Direct Line have suspended the sale of travel insurance until further notice. Existing policyholders ARE covered, no new policies are being offered. AXA, CoverWise and Insure & Go have all […]

Technology

Issta Teams Up With Setoo on Ski Holiday Insurance Product

Israeli travel agency, Issta, the largest in Israel, is offering a first-of-its-kind pre-bought service that protects its customers against poor ski holiday experiences. The service is operated by Setoo’s insurance and protection-as-a-service platform. The Ski Protection Guarantee is offered to Israeli consumers on the Issta website when […]

Insurance claims

Will CoronaVirus Cause a Spike in Fake Travel Sickness Claims?

Horwich Farrelly, the insurance industry fraud experts believe that COVID-19 could bring a different threat for the holiday and insurance sector as David Scott, Partner, Horwich Farrelly explains: “History tells us that it will only […]