Life Insurance: The best financial decision of my life

Life Insurance: The best financial decision of my life By Geoff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Updated: 09:01 ET, January 16, 2011 When Andrew Green started having fits of coughing, he didn’t think much of it. But they insisted and he went to the doctor. happy memories: Tracy Green, who lost her husband Andrew, … Read more

Surrenderers pay a lot for life insurance

Surrenderers pay a lot for life insurance by Stephen Womack Updated: 10:25 a.m. EST, Jan 30, 2011 Ex-smokers see their cash burn as they pay for life and sickness insurance. Florida bound: Thanks to the savings, the Williams family plans to visit Disney World More than three million ex-smokers pay an estimated £316m extra for … Read more

How life insurance sold on a mortgage can cost you £7,500

£7,500: The cost of the mortgage life cover by This Is Money Updated: 05:00 EST, March 16, 2011 Banks have been accused of selling homebuyers exaggerated life insurance when signing up for a mortgage. ‘protection’: Read how Sarah Ferris avoided stealing the life cover below Insurance sold on a £200,000 mortgage can cost up to … Read more

Life, Critical Illness and Income Protection Insurance: The Basics

Insurance protects you from the worst By Joe Thornhill Updated: 07:05 ET, May 23, 2011 Insurance against the consequences of death or critical illness may seem like an unnecessary expense, especially when budgets are under severe strain. nightmare: Donna Fletcher was hit hard by the events, but thankful she had insurance But the cover can … Read more

Payments for ferret bites, catapult strikes and dueling injuries: how a culture of compensation has existed since the Victorian days

Ferret bites, catapult strikes, confusing poison with sleeping pills: How bizarre insurance claims have been around since Victorian days The farmer, who was bitten by a rat, received £132 and the merchant bumped his eye with rice at a wedding for £50 By Daily Mail Reporter creature: 03:40 EST, July 14, 2011 Throwing away fruit … Read more

Why Inger calls NatWest’s Sajid a ‘guardian angel’: Cashier’s advice helped avert financial disaster when illness struck

How the Income Protection Insurance paid me £1,200 a month when I fell ill By Geoff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Updated: 06:37 EST, September 5, 2011 Whenever Inger Wallis visits her bank, she always tells the cashier, Sajid Fanny, “You’re my guardian angel”—much to his embarrassment. She had been saying this ever since … Read more

Canceling vital insurance to save money could be tragically wrong economics

Canceling vital insurance to save money could be tragically wrong economics By Joe Thornhill Updated: 03:58 EST, November 6, 2011 Canceling vital insurance to save money could prove a tragically wrong economy, consumers are warned. Evidence suggests that financial stress causes families to stop paying premiums on policies that provide valuable protection against loss of … Read more

Life Insurance: How shedding pounds can lower your health coverage bills

How shedding pounds can lower your health and life coverage bills by Stephen Womack Updated: 07:39 ET, February 13, 2012 Shedding some weight around the middle could add several pounds to your back pocket. Life, health and sickness insurers are concerned with clients’ weight and set premiums to reflect the larger medical risks associated with … Read more