Insurance Articles, Editorials and News from Top Quote Online
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Britons Losing Out Over Mortgage Protection Insurance
published on the 26th May 2008
“Leading insurance firm, Columbus Direct, has released the results of its research into insurance lenders and borrowers in the UK. The research, conducted in March this year, suggests that British families maybe paying over-the odds for their mortgage...” read more
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Rates of House Repossessions Sky-Rocket
published on the 26th May 2008
“The Ministry of Justice released figures this month that show a considerable increase in the number of home owner facing legal actions heading to the repossession of their homes. There have been 37,740 in the last 3 months, which is a 17% increase on...” read more
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Looming Redundancy Crisis for House Building Firms
published on the 25th May 2008
“The Home Builders Federation have warned government ministers that unless action is taken to support the industry, house building companies will have to make sweeping redundancies within their work forces. The federation is pressing the government...” read more
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Credit Crunch Hits Income Protection Insurance
published on the 24th May 2008
“Sales of Income Protection Policies (IPPs) have fallen drastically in last few years, according to new figures released by Swiss Re. The reports, available through the links above, show that the total sales of IPPs in 2007 totalled at a mere...” read more
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Bacterial Meningitis
published on the 23rd May 2008
“Unlike viral meningitis (which tends to be less severe) bacterial meningitis occurs most commonly in people who live in close quarters to each other, making university students, barracked soldiers and those in prison most susceptible. The...” read more
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UK Citizens Shy Away From Insurance
published on the 23rd May 2008
“Britons face financial ruin if we were ever to face a natural, or unnatural, disaster of any real magnitude. Aside form the obvious damage to our living environment and economy that a large natural disaster would bring, recent research by the Norwich...” read more
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Motor Neuron Disease (MND)
published on the 22nd May 2008
“Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a disease that is both progressive and neuro-degenerative. This means that it attacks the upper and lower motor neurones within the Central Nervous System. This degeneration ultimately leads to weakness and muscle...” read more
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Aphonia - The Complete Loss of Speech
published on the 22nd May 2008
“Aphonia is when the vocal chords cannot meet together to vibrate when air from the lungs passes between them, meaning that no sounds can be produced and thus no words. Complete speech loss is a profoundly affecting condition upon the person...” read more
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Deafness
published on the 21st May 2008
“There are thought to be 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK, with nearly 700,000 of these being profoundly (or completely) deaf. Although people can be born deaf, the most common cause of hearing loss happens a long time after we...” read more
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Caffeine and Dementia
published on the 21st May 2008
“Previous studies that have cited coffee consumption as a potential defence against Alzheimer's disease may be explained by new research published in the excitingly named Journal of Neuroinflamation, which shows that a daily cup of coffee can...” read more
