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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

Falling hotel prices make city breaks cheaper across Europe

Falling hotel prices make city breaks cheaper across Europe

Post Office report reveals that prices are lower than last year in two-thirds of cities
City Costs Barometer (www.postoffice.co.uk/citycosts) also reports price falls from pre-lockdown levels in 92% of cities that are exempt from Government quarantine rules
Hotel costs have plunged since lockdown: falls of over 20 per cent found in 14 cities
Eastern European cities dominate best value t

Overseas destinations that will give ‘more bang for your buck’

Overseas destinations that will give ‘more bang for your buck’

Post Office reveals what sterling’s current value means for holidaymakers

Sterling is stronger year-on-year against 80 per cent of the top 40 holiday currencies and will stretch further in all 40 destinations compared with last summer
The pound’s biggest gains are against the Chilean peso and Turkish lira
City break tourists visiting Budapest will get 10 per cent more for their pounds

Holiday forecast looks brighter as prices fall abroad

Holiday forecast looks brighter as prices fall abroad

Post Office Travel Money Holiday Money Report reveals 2020’s best value hotspots (www.postoffice.co.uk/holidaymo... reveals falling prices in over three-quarters of resorts and cities worldwide
15 per cent year-on-year price fall makes Sunny Beach, Bulgaria cheapest for tourists
Japan powers past South Africa to become best value for long haul travellers
Chile, Japan, Poland and Tobago a

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

Post Office appoints Royal London to grow its Life offering

Post Office appoints Royal London to grow its Life offering

New agreement will give customers more choice and accessibility

New product range will be launching throughout 2017

Access to new products across additional digital channels

Post Office Money has taken a major step in growing its life business by appointing Royal London as its new life insurance partner.
Working with Royal London will enable Post Office Mon

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