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Home insurance

July 2024

  • Aerial footage of the suburban houses and village of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire on a hot, sunny summer day

    Insurance costs are soaring – so here’s how my family cut them

    Tips and tricks for getting the best deals when renewing home insurance and car cover
  • A woman at a computer wearing a phone headset

    Insurance: UK watchdog urged to clamp down on ‘abysmal’ claims handling

    Stories from ‘ripped off’ customers lead Which? to call for ‘meaningful action’ against firms that fall short
  • young woman text messaging on mobile phone while lying on a colourful checked red, orange, yellow and blue picnic blanket on a beach: she has long dark hair and wears large sunglasses, jeans and a pale grey T-shirt

    Money hacks
    Insurance, pets and phones: how to get the best deal on holiday costs

    Know your cabin baggage limits, check insurance cover and roaming charges – and find someone to care for your cat

June 2024

  • A row of houses sitting in the middle of floodwater, with their gardens underwater, seen from an aerial view

    Why has the cost of home insurance suddenly gone through the roof?

  • A subsidence problem can also cause problems getting buildings insurance cover.

    Consumer champions
    Esure refuses to cover my home after policy expired

January 2024

  • Money Hacks 2024 feature - spread WEB

    How to cut your spending: from cashback and loyalty card perks to supermarket deals

    As we struggle with the cost of living crisis, here are practical tips on how to shrink your bills

December 2023

  • Sky set-top box

    UK insurance: ‘My parents paid thousands to protect obsolete products’

    One family paid for 20 years to insure a Sky TV box that was phased out in 2016 because of auto-renew

September 2023

  • The damage that faced Aarifa and Adam when they moved in to their new home.

    You’ve bought a new house. But what if it gets wrecked before you move in?

  • Someone on the phone looks at the Direct Line website on a laptop

    Direct Line to pay £30m to overcharged car and home insurance customers

August 2023

  • Step cracking to brickwork of a brick house caused by subsidence

    Feeling the heat: how extreme weather is pushing up UK home insurance costs

    Subsidence claims rise as climate crisis causes heatwaves, storms and flooding

July 2023

  • People walk along the beach looking at property damaged by Hurricane Ian on 29 September, 2022 in Bonita Springs, Florida.

    People in Florida: have you been struggling to insure your property?

  • Collage of State Farm and suits shaking hands

    Big oil uncovered
    State Farm stopped insuring California homes due to climate risks. But it shares lobbyists with big oil

May 2023

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    For some US residents, it is now impossible to get home insurance - and all because of the climate crisis

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The rising incidence of wildfires means many Californians can no longer insure their property. It’s a sign of what’s ahead for the whole housing market, writes Arwa Mahdawi

April 2023

  • A climbing grey squirrel

    The secret lives of grey squirrels: ‘The telly was off the wall, plates were smashed, furniture was ripped’

    Britain’s 2.7 million greys are on the rampage, starting fires, flooding homes and destroying ancient trees. But is it really right to kill and eat them?

January 2023

  • Haggling over broadband can reap rewards (posed by models).

    Pay in cash – and haggle hard: 15 ways to save money this winter

    There are no easy answers to the cost of living crisis. But if you haven’t checked your benefits or changed your lightbulbs, it might still be possible to make life a little more tolerable

November 2022

  • Vee and Jane

    Cost of living crisis: could taking in a lodger help you pay your bills?

  • Floodwaters near the town of Murwillumbah, NSW, Friday, 23 September, 2022.

    Australians facing prohibitive insurance premiums after climate-related disasters

October 2022

  • Amazon logo

    Amazon to launch UK insurance comparison site

    Firm extends financial services push, taking on big four sites including Moneysupermarket and Go Compare

September 2022

  • City of London financial district

    FCA urges insurers to treat customers fairly amid cost of living squeeze

    Financial Conduct Authority asks chief executives to avoid selling unnecessary products and add-ons

August 2021

  • Shed-office being constructed.

    British lockdown trend for shed conversions leads to spike in fires

    Blazes in outbuildings rose by 16% last year as workers raced to add offices, bars and gyms to their homes
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