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Household safes: a Confused.com guide

With mistrust of banks becoming increasingly widespread, more and more people may be looking to stash their cash in their property. For obvious reasons, doing this isn’t without risks.

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Confused.com’s Guide to Life Insurance: Does smoking affect my premium?

Smoking is bad for your health – and your wealth. The UK government levies a large amount of tax to put people off this potentially lethal habit. But you may not know that because of the health dangers of tobacco, it has a serious impact on the cost of life insurance too.

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Do I need home insurance? Tips for non-homeowners

Living under someone else’s roof? It’s still well worth looking into home insurance. Here are some of the more frequently asked questions posed by non-homeowners.

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A Confused.com Guide to Pet Insurance

For many people, pets are part of the family. The sheer joy they bring to a home, plus the faithful companionship they offer, means that these furry friends soon become much loved by their keepers. That’s why, when a pet gets ill or injured, no time is wasted in getting to a vet.

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Life Insurance: Which is best for me – an individual or joint life policy?

Those considering a joint life insurance policy are often married, or co-habiting, couples with dependants they want to protect should they die, or suffer a critical illness.

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Car Depreciation Insurance: A Confused.com Guide

You may have heard of it, you may even have signed up for it, but do you really know about GAP insurance? The truth is GAP insurance could save you money, so follow Confused.com’s guide to why you might need it and when you should buy it.

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A Confused.com guide to income protection

One of the biggest fears for many people is not being able to pay the mortgage - or meet other financial commitments - if they are made redundant or unable to work due to illness or accident.

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It’s Cold Outside, So Make Sure Your Home Is Warm

It’s a bit chilly out. And although pelting snowballs at one another is a whole heap of fun for kids who are home from school, the cold isn’t welcomed by all. Groups such as pensioners are particularly vulnerable to cold weather, especially in light of escalating energy costs.

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10 Cheaper Car Insurance Tips for New Drivers

As all young drivers know, car insurance is pricey. This is because new drivers are, by definition, inexperienced and therefore more likely to get into a scrape. However, there are ways you can drive down the cost of cover.

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A Confused.com Guide to Car Warranties

With nearly 30 million cars in the UK, we Brits really do love our four-wheeled friends… but this love affair comes with a big price tag. Apart from the car itself, other significant costs include petrol, car insurance, road tax and MoT.

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Confused.com’s Guide to Keeping Your Life Insurance Up To Date

Buying life insurance can help ensure your loved ones are financially secure should the worst happen. But once you’ve bought life cover, it’s important to not just put your policy documents in a drawer and forget about them - make sure your cover is kept up to date.

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Confused.com’s Guide to Paying for Your Holiday on Plastic

Should you really be using that credit card? Confused.com looks at the benefits of paying with plastic for that much needed break…

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Get peace of mind with Home Emergency Cover

While your home insurance will pick up the bill for fire, flood or theft, it may not get your heating back on again - so where can you turn to get real peace of mind this winter? Home Emergency Cover to the rescue!

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Keeping premiums down after a motorbike accident: a Confused.com guide

If you've had an accident on your motorbike, there are a few steps you can take to ensure that future premiums don't go through the roof.

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Confused.com's guide to multi-bike cover

You certainly can’t use more than one bike at a time, and rather than insuring each bike separately, you can now put two or more bikes on a single policy, without having to fill in lots of forms.

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Buying your First Home - Step 1: How Much Can I Borrow?

If you’re about to take a nose around that 7-bed mansion right next door to Wayne and Coleen Rooney, hold your horses! Before you even begin house hunting you first need to know just how much money you can afford to borrow – in short, will your mortgage buy a boxy bedsit or a baroque palace?

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Buying Your First Home: A Step-by-Step Guide

Sooner or later the time will arrive for you to wave goodbye to your parents, flatmates, housemates, cellmates (hey, why not?), landlords etc. and venture forth into the responsible world of mortgages and home ownership.

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Confused.com's Guide to insurance for young bikers

They're cheaper than four wheels, they're easier to park, and you can start riding one a whole year before you can get behind the wheel of a car.

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Buying a Second-hand Motorbike

Bikers trying to tighten the financial belt in the credit crunch may look to save money on their new set of wheels by buying a second-hand model.

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A Guide to Motorcycling for Women

Motorcycling was once a male-dominated activity, and biker chicks rode pillion, but more and more women are now donning leathers and a helmet and jumping into the rider's seat.

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