Insurance

Female insurance specialist Sheilas' Wheels is likely to cut prices for male drivers but raise costs for women when new rules banning the use of gender for setting insurance prices come into force.

Young women can beat likely price hikes by getting car insurance now, as costs are likely to soar for many in December.

The motor insurance industry is to face a full-blown investigation after competition watchdogs said the market wasn't working for consumers and found premiums were being pushed up by £225 million a year.

Holidaymakers still need to watch out for optional extras being automatically selected when booking flights online.

A whopping £512 million was paid out to victims of payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling in July, the latest figures from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) reveal.

Lloyds TSB and MBNA are the worst of the major banks for wrongly dismissing complaints, new data published by the Financial Ombudsman Service reveals today.

Students heading to university this autumn can expect to spend an average £9,250 a year on the cost of living, according to research published on the day A Level results come out.

Banks, building societies and credit card providers are making it easier to reclaim payment protection insurance (PPI), following a campaign by MoneySavingExpert.com and consumer group Which?. However, there is still more work to do.

With the summer festival season in full swing, there are a number of steps you can take to protect your belongings, and your wallet, if all goes wrong.

HSBC has taken a further £341.6 million hit to cover mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), it has been announced today.