Blogs from December 2013
Christmas is just around the corner and many families in the UK will decide to buy a pet for their family or close friends. However, a pet comes with many new responsibilities and costs such as vets’ bills if you do not have a comprehensive pet insurance policy. Advances in research and technology are helping to increase the average lifetime of family animals, which is obviously a good thing. On the other hand, older pets are much more susceptible to injury and illness and vets’ bills can quite [...]
James Savery, 19 December 2013Read More...
The UK government has been doing their best to increase the number of international insurance companies acting domicile in the UK, and this movement has been well received by industry leaders. The thought behind it is that it will enhance the UK’s competitive market position in the insurance sector, which will only bring benefits to the country. The government revealed an ‘Insurance Growth Action Plan’ last week, which was designed with the help of various leading UK insurance bodies. They comme[...]
James Savery, 12 December 2013Read More...
Six of the UK’s major insurance firms are set to invest a total of £25bn in government projects over the coming year. The six firms are Scottish Widows, Standard Life, Friends Life, Prudential, Aviva and Legal & General. These insurance firms are going to put their investments into a revamped National Infrastructure Plan coming from the treasury, which provides funding for infrastructure schemes such as roads, railways and fibre optic broadband rollouts. The new investments will provide £375bn f[...]
James Savery, 05 December 2013Read More...