http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Phil+Benson Finances Phil Benson Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=273800&ca=Finances With the Royal Bank of Scotland deciding to sell its insurance business, experts are predicting this move to trigger other banks into reconsidering whether owning an insurer is a worthwhile strategic policy. Bankers expect that lenders will decide the providing of a vast array of insurance and banki... Finances Phil Benson Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=273802&ca=Finances The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said that credit card companies should make it more straightforward for consumers to compare deals and shop around for the best arrangements. This comes following research by the OFT that showed 70 per cent of card holders had not assessed which provider would b... Finances Phil Benson Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=273803&ca=Finances Unsecured lending jumped suddenly during February 2008 by £2.4 billion it was revealed by the Bank of England, which is claimed to be as a result of a rise in students seeking loans to cover tuition fees and maintenance costs. This is the claim by the Financial Times who said that student loans tot... Finances Phil Benson Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=273804&ca=Finances Building societies in the UK saw a fall of more than £1 billion in their mortgage lending during March 2008 according to published home loans data. They also observed a drop in advanced net loans from £1.8 billion to £580 million compared to the same moth of 2007. This decline which equates to a 68... Finances Phil Benson Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=273805&ca=Finances Traveller’s who are thinking of hiring rental vehicles whilst they are abroad, are being urged to check exactly what cover their car insurance provides. The warning comes in the wake of one British holidaymaker who was involved in two minor accidents in Germany, being left to pay huge excess penalti... Finances Phil Benson Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=272591&ca=Finances With APACS revealing credit card fraud had risen by 25 per cent in 2007, research from Saga found that people aged less than 50 years old, and especially men, are more likely to be the victims of card fraud or identity theft. This they say is down to the fact that younger people tend to have multipl... Finances Phil Benson Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=272592&ca=Finances The British Bankers Association has revealed that the number of mortgages being offered by large high street banks has fallen by 39 per cent. A total of 38,704 new loans for buying a home were approved by major banks in April 2008, compared to about 65,000 being agreed to in April 2007. The drop i... Finances Phil Benson Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=257385&ca=Finances The months during winter have been identified as the worst time of the year for motor accidents in Britain as severe weather affects both road and car conditions across the country. It is also a busy time for Car Insurance companies who deal with thousands of claims from motorists during the wintry...