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Post Office reveals the most common misconceptions about life insurance & finds a fifth of people with cover are unsure how the policy pays out

The most common misconceptions surrounding life insurance relate to how the policy pay out works and how life assurance differs from insurance. Providing financial security for their family is named the most popular reason for taking out life insurance. Policy holders were just as likely as those without life insurance to fall victim to misconceptions.
Almost a fifth of people (18%) wit

Bulgaria’s Bansko is cheapest for family skiing

Bansko regains top spot for cheapest family skiing but Italian resorts rate as best value overall

• Bulgaria’s Bansko is cheapest for family skiing out of 25 ski resorts surveyed • Italy trumps Austria, France and Switzerland to take four of the top five places in the Family Ski Resort Report (www.postoffice.co.uk/familyskiing) • Prices have fallen in six of the most popular European resorts – but families can expect to pay over 10 per cent more in Grindelwald and Kranjska Gora

Post Office Travel Smart Index analyses the common travel mishaps across 49 destinations for UK travellers

Post Office Travel Smart Index analyses the common travel mishaps across 49 destinations for UK travellers

Two in five travel insurance claims for cancellation or baggage

-Brits left £540 out of pocket from cancelled holidays and incidents abroad1 -Thailand, New Zealand and Sweden top the bill as the destinations with the most claims2 -37% of UK travellers still regularly travel without travel insurance
Post Office today launch the Annual Travel Smart Index, analysis of claims an

Post Office partners with Taurus Insurance Services to provide brand new gadget insurance product

Post Office partners with Taurus Insurance Services to provide brand new gadget insurance product

Post Office has entered the gadget insurance market with the option of a single or multiple gadget policy. 36% of adults in the UK own four or more types of gadgets, one in six will accidentally damage their gadget.* Loss, theft and damage are all covered as standard, as well as unauthorised usage and worldwide cover. Flexible claims solutions with options to use Apple genius bars or provide

It’s Golden Boldies Not Golden Oldies As 55 And Overs  Get Adventurous On Their Holidays

It’s Golden Boldies Not Golden Oldies As 55 And Overs Get Adventurous On Their Holidays

Over a quarter of 55 and overs are more adventurous on holiday than when younger
27 per cent have taken part in action sports like canoeing, trekking and snowboarding and a third plan to do so on future holidays
Most of all, Golden Boldies have the cycling bug: over 1-in-10 have cycled on recent holidays and 15 per cent will do so on their next trip abroad
Boldies’ bucket list is surprisi

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