Everyone know’s not to accept the renewal price from your existing provider on your Car insurance and home insurance. After mortgages, this is the most effective area to limit your spending by finding new quotes. According to the AA, shopping around can save the average buyer £214, while buildings and contents insurance tumbles from £320 to£200. Why not get some quotes from the internet, and if you don’t spend at least one lunch hour a year finding a better deal then I wish I had as much money as you!.
1. Investigate your payment protection insurance
Overpriced and oversold, PPI is one of the most profitable products formed by the finance industry. It can add £3,000 to the cost of a £7,500 personal loan. But many people were sold it who can’t possibly make a claim against it and they can now demand their premiums back.
Lots of claims companies advertise on daytime television, promising to obtain you a refund but they will take 25% of whatever you win. Instead, use the Fiancial Ombudsman Service which is free and they are helping 4 out of 5 people missold . Helpfully, it offers a factsheet on how to make a complaint about PPI which you can find at financialombudsman.org.uk
2. Cancel your mobile phone insurance
Naive youngsters are strongly pressured in phone shops into spending between £50 and £70 a year on this kind of insurance. Airtime abuse is not covered which is the greatest risk (where the phone is stolen and used to make international calls), and if you lose your phone you can always claim for it under your home contents cover for personal belongings.
Just ring your bank, stop the direct debit and job done!.
3. Rethink your life insurance
You don’t have to keep you life insurance policy for the whole of the policies term. Just because the life insurance was sold to you with your mortgage doesn’t mean you have to stick with that provider for the life of the home loan. the policy can be canceled at any time to get a cheaper deal. With longevity improving (ie. fewer people dying), insurers have been cutting rates for more than a decade.
If you are in a job at a big employer, it is likely to offer “death in service” benefit worth up to three times your annual salary, and often a lot more. Do you really need all that life insurance cover on top as well?
4. Don’t pay for travel insurance you don’t need
Step 1 An EHIC card provides free or reduced cost treatment in EU countries
Step 2 Check your home insurance policy. most cover your belongings ouside your house.
Step 3 Check your private medical insurance policy, if you have one. These often pay treatment costs incurred abroad. when you are only travelling to Europe, the only real benefit that travel cover brings is cancellation cover. Ask yourself if that is really worth premiums that are often pounds 100 or more for a family.
For those who travel outside the EU, travel insurance is a must, though. Annual policies are always besty if you intend to travel more than opnce a year don’t pay for what you don’t need. For example, if you don’t ski or snowboard, you don’t need winter sports cover.
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