Liverpool Victoria announces endowment surpluses
Liverpool Victoria, the UK's largest friendly society, announced today that all of its currently maturing mortgage endowment policies would receive a surplus on top of th...
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Treat complaints fairly, endowment firms told
Mortgage endowment providers were yesterday ordered to improve their complaints procedures.
The Financial Services Authority said some firms were adding insult to injur...
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Should I remortgage with Abbey now it's been taken over?
Q I have had a mortgage with Abbey since February 2003. I previously had a mortgage with them for ten years at my last house, so you could say I carried the mortgage on t...
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Women keep deal on lower car insurance
Women will continue to enjoy cheaper car insurance than men, following a British-led rebellion against an attempt by the European commission to brand the practice as ille...
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Endowment sellers told to improve complaint procedures
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) issued a warning today to mortgage endowment providers to deal with complaints properly and not to side step them by sending custom...
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November sees fall in borrowing
British consumers' borrowing frenzy may have cooled as the level of lending to individuals and the number of mortgages taken out sink, reports out today showed.
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Elderly sold most loans 'recklessly
More than 50 per cent of mortgages and loans that are taken out by the over-50s are either 'reckless or irresponsible' says the head of a charity set up to help borrowers...
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December falls add to house price fears
House prices fell in December, the Nationwide reported yesterday, dragging the annual rate of property inflation to its lowest for nearly three years.
The news, coming ...
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Queen's 'great sorrow' at death of Ogilvy
Sir Angus Ogilvy, the aristrocratic businessman who married the Queen's cousin but insisted on paying his own mortgage, died yesterday at the age of 76. He succumbed to a...
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Couple claimed ?26,000 benefits for dead children
A husband and wife conned taxpayers out of nearly £26,000 by claiming almost five years' worth of benefits for their two dead children, Birmingham crown court heard ...
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