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What is Flood Re?
Launched in 2016, Flood Re is a temporary scheme that provides home insurance to at-risk homeowners. Here’s how it works and how it could help you.
How to weather the storm of market volatility
What is market volatility and what causes it? In this article, we look at investment strategies that can reduce volatility.
Preparing for the new financial year: nine tips to set you on the path to success
The beginning of a new financial year is the perfect time to audit, evaluate, and plan. In this guide, we look at some of the most common areas of personal finance and share nine top tips for financial success.
Guide to pension death benefits and succession planning
Personal pensions are an integral part of succession planning. This guide looks at the complexities of pensions and explores how they can be valuable assets to the loved ones you leave behind.
Landlord insurance: a beginner's guide
Landlord insurance: where do you start, and what do you look out for? It can feel like you’re navigating a minefield when it comes to taking out landlord insurance, our guide can help you find the level of cover that’ll give you peace of mind.
Landlord's guide to notice of abandonment
If a tenant disappears midway through a tenancy agreement, what can you do? It’s important to know what your rights and responsibilities are as a landlord if you find that one of your tenants has abandoned a property.
Landlord insurance vs home insurance
If you have tenants, it’s important that you take out the right protection – because a standard home insurance policy won’t be suitable.
Guide to supply chain risk management and insurance
An organisation’s supply chain greases the wheels of its entire operation, and one broken cog can bring the whole thing grinding to a halt. In this guide, we explore the types of risk, the importance of supply chain risk management strategies, and how insurance can help to protect the smooth running of your business.
Guide to choosing a life insurance policy
Do I need life insurance? How do I choose the right kind? In this article, we explore the different types of life insurance and how this policy can give you, and your loved ones, peace of mind.
Fit for human habitation: what landlords need to know before renting out a property
It’s important to understand what the law requires you to provide for your tenants, and what you should do if there is a problem.
Employer's guide to salary sacrifice pensions
Salary sacrifice schemes operate in the same way as other workplace pensions whereby both you and your employee contribute to their pension fund. All of their pension contributions will be made by you and classed as ‘employer contributions’. Salary sacrifice is also sometimes known as ‘salary exchange’.
D&O insurance: providing protection to your Self-Drive Hire business
Directors’ and Officers’ insurance (D&O insurance) provides cover for the personal losses of a director or officer of a company if they face allegations of wrongful acts whilst executing their duties. We explain why it is worth considering D&O insurance if you have a Self-Drive Hire policy.