Win A Car With The AA

AA Motor Insurance is offering it's customers the chance to win a car just by getting a quote online! Every customer that gets a quote online will be in with a chance to win a Ford Focus worth £12,500.

The competition ends on 30th November so there is only a short period of time left to enter.

So, get your AA car insurance quote today.

Tesco Car Insurance Offer

Here's news of new car insurance offers from Tesco Financial.

Tesco Car Insurance – 15% Online discount, FREE 15 Point Car Safety Check, FREE Car Essentials Pack worth £5.95

Tesco Value Car Insurance – Multi-car discount if someone in your home is already insured with Tesco.

Visit our Tesco Insurance section to find out more!

Tesco Pet Insurance: 50% Discount

Tesco Pet Insurance are offering customers a 50% discount when you buy online pet cover between 8th October and 13th November.

Click here to obtain your free quote.

Tesco Home Insurance 50% Discount

Tesco are running an offer until 11th December where you will receive a 50% discount on their home insurance.

Killer Sandcastles More Dangerous Than Sharks

I love unusual statistics and a recent story in The Telegraph caught my eye.

The personal insurance industry is awash with statistics and they are used as a main element in the equation to determine the cost of a policy premium. The insurance companies know for example statistically how many people receive novelty slippers as a Christmas present and not too surprisingly manage to fall down the stairs in them that very day. I doubt however that the following statistic is factored into the calculation for personal accident and life cover.

Research by a leading doctor (published here) shows that Americans are more likely to die from sandcastle holes in the beach than being killed in a shark attack. Dr Bradley Maron (Harvard Medical School) has undertaken research that shows that since 1990 in the US 16 people have died as a result of falling into holes dug in the sand but only 12 people have died from a shark attack. Dr Maron says

Typically, victims became completely submerged in the sand when the walls of the hole unexpectedly collapsed, leaving virtually no evidence of the hole of the location of the victim.

Not a nice way to go!

Post Office Financial Reaches 1m Customers

Post Office Financial Services reports that it has now acquired their one millionth customer. The joint venture with Bank of Ireland was setup three years ago to offer various personal finance products. The Post Office now sells 1 in 50 of all car insurance policies in the UK. In 2006, it issued 1 in 25 of all new credits cards. We promote the Post Office credit card in our credit card centre.

Managing Director Alan Cook said:

Post Office Financial Services entered the market with the aim of challenging what other financial services providers were offering. Gaining one million customers in about 1000 days confirms we were right. People want easy to understand, good value products.

I'd find it interesting to see the figures detailing where the customers came from. How many came via the counter and how many cam via the internet?

Off On Holiday? Then Get Home Insurance

A report from Halifax Home insurance suggests that more than 1m holidaymakers return home to find:

• their homes burgled
• vandalised
• spoilt by burst pipes
• damaged by storms
• fire damaged

The annual repair bill from the above and others is expected to be as much as £2.3 billion this year the bank said. Unfortunately for homeowners in The Midlands, they are most likely to return home to encounter a disaster of some sort whilst Scots are least likely to.

So, either move to Scotland or make sure that your home insurance is up-to-date! And while we're on the topic did you know that if you still have home insurance from the bank or building society that provided your mortgage then the chances are you'll find cheaper cover elsewhere?

Swiftcovered: Quotes In 60 Seconds

For those of us that can't abide call centres (like me for instance, I can't stand waiting in a call centre queue), a totally online car insurance offering is just what we need.

Swiftcover are an internet based company that don't do call centres or even the post - you deal with them online, via email or by text. The savings that they make by not having call centres are passed on to policy holders via cheaper insurance premiums. Swiftcover suggest that 7/10 people save money when getting their cars swiftcovered. The quote engine provides you with an insurance quote within 60 seconds - so that's fairly swift too.

So, if you want to avoid call centres there is an alternative to consider.