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Internet AIDS Shopping Around for Finance Deals

By Jeremy Gates The internet is transforming so many personal finance transactions by making it easier to compare online the relative attractions of mortgages, bank accounts, personal loans, home or car insurance, credit cards and other financial products. Consumers clearly like to shop around: about 90 per cent of income earned by www.moneysupermarket.com comes, directly or indirectly, from commission earned by sales. The site makes annual profits of pounds 30 million and could be wort...

Admiral Insurance 'Multi-Car Couple'

By Smith, Geoff Why did I agree to do this? Simon Butler (my other half in the creative director role here at Grey) is away on holiday, and the workload has quadrupled. I've been meaning to watch the ads from this week's Adwatch table for two days now, but I just haven't had the time. It's lunchtime and either I watch 20 executions or ring around for yet more insurance quotes on my new car. So, ads or call centres in Glasgow? Ads or waiting in a 'your phone call is important to us, please...

Your MONEY: Play the Name Game and Save Big Money ; CASHPOINT

By John Husband A CREATIVE job description can cut your car insurance by a third, but be careful - get it wrong and the price goes up. Insurers raise premiums if they think your job makes you a bigger risk, so altering your job title can save you money. A barrister, for example, would pay pounds 459 to insure a Fiat Brava. Say you're a lawyer and it drops pounds 83 to pounds 376. A bricklayer may be charged pounds 321 but call yourself a builder and the premium jumps to pounds 374. ...

Co-Op Members Share Pounds 158,000

By DAVID JONES Business Corres CO-OPERATIVE Group members in North Wales are to share a pounds 158,000 dividend payout for the half year under a newprofits scheme. Payments of up to pounds 175 will be made by the consumer-owned group to almost 19,000 members in the region who qualify as a reward for their custom. Mark Robinson-Field, the group's Welshpool-based secretary in Wales, said: "Last yearwas a good one for the groupas awhole and, following the launch of our newmembership scheme...

Crist: PIP Session is Possible: Gov. Crist Said a Special Session to Discuss the State's No-Fault Auto Insurance Law is Possible, but That He Isn't Sure When It Would Occur

By Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald Jun. 28--TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday he "would be in favor of a special session" on auto insurance to be called before Florida's no-fault law expires on Oct. 1 but he wouldn't commit to how soon the session might be. Because Florida lawmakers have failed to renew the law, it will expire in October, leaving thousands of drivers free to carry no insurance at all. Crist acknowledged that because many drivers may see their insurance ...

Thanasin Insurance's Future Rests With Chinese Partner

By Bangkok Post, Thailand Jun. 26--The future of troubled Thanasin Insurance now hinges on its Chinese partner, TSB Trading Co, now that property tycoon Boon Vanasin has decided to back away from a deal. "I am committed to investing no more than 400 million baht in Thanasin, but the company has been found to need up to 560 million baht to cover its liabilities," said Dr Boon, who earlier had offered to lead a group with Chinese partners to rescue the debt-ridden firm. However, Dr Boon s...

Hospitals Want Extension of No-Fault Law Required Personal Injury Protection Auto Insurance Will Expire on Oct. 1.

By URVAKSH KARKARIA A hospital lobbying group asked Gov. Charlie Crist Tuesday to call a special legislative session to hash out the future of no- fault automobile insurance before the state law sunsets Oct. 1. Rather than drag out the law, state Sen. Jim King, R-Jacksonville, would like to see it replaced. The Florida No-Fault law requires drivers to purchase personal injury protection, which pays up to a maximum of $10,000, regardless of fault, for injuries caused in an automobile crash...

A Premium Job

Your occupation could dramatically cut the cost of your car insurance, research has revealed. Website confused.com, which is owned by Cardiff-based Admiral, shows a legal professional would pay only pounds 376.22 for a Fiat Brava if they were to describe themselves as a "lawyer", but if call themselves a "barrister", the insurance would increase to pounds 459. (c) 2007 South Wales Echo. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.

Hospitals Pass Resolution Asking for Special Session on PIP

By The Bradenton Herald, Fla. Jun. 26--TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Hospital Association Board of Trustees is asking Gov. Charlie Crist to call a special session on no-fault automobile insurance before it expires on Oct.1. More than four million Floridians have no other motor vehicle insurance coverage besides personal insurance protection and property damage liability, the resolution states. Furthermore, 40 percent of all patients treated for motor vehicle crashes in Florida's hospital e...

WALES: Computer Comparison Sites Attacked ; Your MONEY

By JEREMY GATES THE internet is transforming so many personal finance transactions - by making it so much easier to compare online the relative attractions of mortgages, bank accounts, personal loans, home or car insurance, credit cards and other financial products. Consumers clearly like to shop around: about 90% of income earned by www.moneysupermarket.com comes, directly or indirectly, from commission earned by sales. But comparison sites are under attack in a campaign by insurer Dir...