Insurers started to cut prices after the Government unveiled measures to reduce fraudulent whiplash claims but premium falls may rise again unless tougher measures are brought in. Young drivers aged 17 to 22 who normally have the most expensive insurance saw the biggest falls, with nearly a quarter being shaved off the cost of their policies by the end of this year. ...read
Ruth Lythe for the Daily Mail's recent articles
Phone blocks can't stop cold calls: Homeowners still being contacted by nuisance callers despite signing up to service to block them
The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is a register of households that have requested not to be contacted by marketing companies or salesmen. If a firm is caught ringing them, they can be hit with a fine and their owners prosecuted. Money Mail has previously revealed that readers are still being bombarded with calls. ...read
Why your holiday cash card could be frozen: Car hire firms, restaurants and hotels can secretly ringfence extra cash on prepaid currency cards
Currency cards — where you load euros or dollars onto a type of credit card — have soared in popularity in the past few years. But Money Mail can reveal that as well as taking payment for the services they provide, many restaurants, bars and car hire firms secretly ring-fence an extra chunk of cash on these cards. ...read
July 2014
- Soaring numbers of borrowers caught out by rogue websites offering fake cheap loans that cost 7,000%
June 2014
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