Family
How to Make Your Home Safe for Your New Arrival
You’ve managed to get through cravings, hormones, labour and you’ve got your new arrival home from the hospital. Now, you need to start thinking about all the daunting things you have to face – like home-knitted monstrosities from well-meaning elderly great-aunts.
The rising cost of designer kids
Everyone knows that children are expensive. In fact, the average cost of raising a child to the age of 21 is over £210,000 according to research by insurer LV= The cost now equates to roughly £27.50 a day, £836 a month or £10,040 a year.
Don’t undervalue your life!
Most of us know the importance of life insurance. Yes, it’s not the most pleasant of topics – but it could help secure your family’s financial future. Many people are unsure of how much life insurance they actually need, or fail to update their level of cover so they have sufficient protection in place. There [...]
Insurance guide for new mums and dads
A new arrival in the family is an exciting (and often sleepless) time. A new baby will no doubt bring about changes to your daily routine and lifestyle – but will your insurance needs also be affected? Here are 3 considerations:
Could your tearaway teenager cost you your insurance?
Last month we posted on the topic of disclosing criminal convictions when applying for insurance. The post was in response to the recent best practice guidelines laid out by the ABI and UNLOCK to help people with past criminal convictions get a fair deal from insurance. We thought we’d delve a little deeper into the [...]
Games consoles: Family fun or disasters waiting to happen?
This Christmas, two new games consoles are being launched in direct competition with the massively popular wireless Nintendo Wii. Consoles with motion sensors are big business, but is greater player movement a menace? A new way to play In 2006 Nintendo launched the Wii. This modern console moved away from traditional controller-based games and introduced [...]
Baby babblings: how to baby-proof your home
With a new arrival in my family this week, my thoughts have turned to all things baby! After visiting the latest addition at her home, I was amazed by the amount of ‘kit’ needed for the little one. The basic baby essentials do seem to be enough to equip a small army. Every possible baby [...]
