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Are you looking for true lifetime cover for your pet and thinking about More Than pet insurance?

If so, be aware that More Than does not provide true lifelong cover but do offer great value for money with up to £7,000 in vet fees per condition with no time limit to claim that amount as well as a 20% online discount.

 

Per condition cover, not the same as lifetime

More Than pet insurance will give you £7,000 to spend in vet fees for each unrelated illness or accident. There is no time limit for claiming that amount, so you could claim on a condition for a few years depending on the costs. Fo

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The number of car insurance claims being made resulting from a run in with a pothole in the road has increased sharply compared to the same time last year, AA car insurance has revealed. More potholes have appeared in Britain’s roads following the coldest spell of weather the country has seen for 30 years, and the AA is urging the Government to provide additional funding for repairs to “stem the pothole epidemic.” Whilst AA car insurance claims for pothole damage are four times higher than in the same period in 2009, the insurer speculates that there are even more accidents being caused by potholes than they are aware of, which are not claimed for because drivers cannot always justify the cost of making a car insurance claim when it might be cheaper to pay for repairs themselves.

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Full-blown consumer scam

Good Morning America aired an excellent segment this morning warning viewers about bogus health discount plans and limited benefits plans. Scam artists are taking advantage of the perfect storm of high health care costs, people losing jobs (and thus, their health coverage) and consumer’s not knowing the difference between these plans and full-blown coverage.

The Coalition’s Jim Quiggle brought this story to GMA several weeks ago after our research started showing the number of cases surfacing around the country was growing at an alarming rate. Thi

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Drivers who do not protect their no claims bonus could face increases in their car insurance premiums of as much as 73 per cent if they have to make a claim, research from moneysupermarket.com has revealed. Paying an additional premium to protect their no claims bonus – to prevent premiums rising as much if they make a claim – can save drivers a significant amount on their car insurance, the comparison website shows, but if a claim is never made it can seem like a waste of money. Protecting a no claims bonus adds £62 to the average car insurance premium, the research found, and the longer the no claims discount is protected without a claim being made, the less valuable it seems. Th

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Finding the right dog for you and your family can be time consuming. There’s a lot to consider: breed, size, character, colour, budget… but when you finally find the right puppy, it’s now time you thought about getting it insured against expensive and unexpected vet bills.

I have heard a lot of horrific stories when it comes to puppy insurance, so I thought I’d put together 4 simple tips to help you protect your new friend safely.

 

1. Research pet insurance before you buy your puppy

As soon as you get your new dog, you want to be able to insure it straightaway. If you d

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Insurance costs are a necessary evil. While we may never be happy to fork over the costs of our monthly insurance premiums on our house or cars, we certainly will jump for joy on the day we may actually need to file an insurance claim and count our blessing the policy is there for us. Insurance rates have certainly grown in the last few years. We can expect the amount to increase as well. But there are ways to get a better deal and reduce the amount of money we have to shell out each month.
Here are some tips to get you started saving on your insurance costs:

Call your insurance agents and negotiate savings on your policy.  Reducing the cost of your insurance policy can result in hundreds of dollars of savings per year.

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