Money Saving News for June 2009
- Life insurance provider finds credit crunch is harmful to the health - 2nd June, 2009
Life insurance provider Saga has conducted a study which reveals that the credit crunch is affecting the way people treat their healthcare.
The poll revealed that 27 per cent of people in the UK have cancelled a fee-based health appointment recently because they consider the cost to be prohibitive in the current economic climate... - Record utility bills rebate to be paid by E.ON - 1st June, 2009
Utility bill customers on Age Concern's Energy Services tariff are set to receive some financial relief, it has emerged, as energy supplier E.ON will make a record payout.
Age Concern announced that customers on its special tariff - offered in conjunction with E.ON - would receive payouts totalling more than £4 million this year, following the coldest winter on record... - Internet banking security systems updated - 1st June, 2009
NatWest and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have announced changes to their internet banking security systems which they claim will help reduce the potential for breaches.
The two financial service providers, which are both part of the RBS group, are introducing an online security system called the Rapport, from software provider Trusteer.
Rapport will be used on all basic bank accounts offered by the banking groups. In a statement, the banks quoted research which revealed that more than half of online malware attacks go undetected... - Savings account in the UK sees interest rate increased - 1st June, 2009
One savings account in the UK has seen its interest rate increased this recently, despite the lack of change in the Bank of England's base rate.
Scottish Widows has increased the variable rate offered on its Direct Transfer Account to 3.01 per cent for clients' personal savings for the first six months after they open the account... - Home insurance provider sees redundancy enquiries rising - 1st June, 2009
LV=, which provides home contents insurance for thousands of people in the UK, has reported an increase in the number of customers calling up with enquiries about redundancy.
The firm said that it had experienced an increase of around one-third in the number of employment-related calls to its legal advice help lines - part of a 21 per cent increase in the overall number of enquiries... - Britain's got car insurance winners 'may be different' - 1st June, 2009
Dance group Diversity may have won the finals of Britain's Got Talent, but according to one website they may not necessarily come out on top if the competition was about who could get the cheapest car insurance quotes.
According to Confused.com, Susan Boyle, who came second in the final, may see her car insurance premiums double if she chooses to move to London and take up singing as a full-time career...