16th August 2008
What causes whiplash? Whiplash occurs when the soft tissue in the spine is stretched and strained after the body is thrown in a sudden, forceful jerk. The injury most commonly occurs in car crashes involving sudden deceleration, but the injury can also oc...
16th August 2008
Holidays abroad don't always go without a hitch. Every year UK travel insurance companies receive thousands of claims for compensation from unlucky holidaymakers. The most common claims tend to be for lost baggage, cancellation or medical expense.
Bu...
16th August 2008
Want a cheap unsecured personal loan? It was relatively simple a year ago to get one at a competitive interest rate. Now, six months of financial turbulence and credit crunching has put most lenders on red alert.
Obtaining the best interest rate is tou...
16th August 2008
Individual voluntary arrangements or IVA debt help is mostly used in the UK, Spain, and Europe and sometimes in Mexico. When an individual or family suffers from too much debt and can't repay it, they consult with an IVA debt management consultant.
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16th August 2008
One of the most important things to do after having had an accident, or if you have experienced a personal injury of any kind that is not your fault, is to find yourself a good personal injury solicitor. However, new research has revealed that potential c...
16th August 2008
The world's biggest insurer, American International Group Inc, replaced CEO Martin Sullivan after it suffered two quarters of record losses from risky mortgage bets and its share price more than halved over the past year.
Sullivan is the latest Wall ...
16th August 2008
The last budget speech saw an increase in car tax and a 2p rise in fuel costs effective from October 2008. Critics believe that these increases will put a strain on car drivers who are already paying the highest ever prices for fuel, another bone of conte...
16th August 2008
If you got involved in an accident and you need immediate medical aid, insurance might be helpful. You can also use it if due to sickness, you cancel your trip.
Also, if your tour operator gets bankrupt, you need to get your non-refundanble expense be...
16th August 2008
Conditional Fee Agreements have been in place since 1995 but when they were first introduced they only covered a limited number of cases until it was extended in 1998 to cover all civil cases, with the exception of family proceeding.
The introduction o...
16th August 2008
In legal terms this is what is called as 'personal injury'. Unless you have an insurance policy of some kind that covers you, your best option is to seek compensation is through a solicitor who offers 'a no win no fee' or 'conditional fee' service.
If ...
15th August 2008
If you watch daytime TV for an afternoon you can't fail to notice the huge number of adverts for loans that crop up between programmes.
These ads claim that they can solve all your money problems by consolidating all your debts into “one simple mo...
15th August 2008
You have fallen in love with your ideal home, and your offer has been accepted. There is just one snag - you can't get shot of your old house quickly enough and the deal is at risk of falling through. A bridging loan may be the only way to keep the deal o...
15th August 2008
Students shouldn’t be tempted to save by skimping on insuring their possessions. The average student owns around £3,000 worth of property. One-quarter of students living in halls will be robbed, with most burglaries happening in the first weeks of term...
15th August 2008
With credit becoming harder to get and more expensive to repay, the idea of staying loyal to the lenders who already supply you with cards, loans and mortgages can seem absurd. If there are better deals out there, why not go for them?
But before you la...
15th August 2008
Recently, there has been a tidal wave of bad news for anyone who relies on credit - and that means almost all of us. Repossessions are at an eight-year high, property values are falling and lenders are turning down up to 60% of applications for credit car...
