How to protect your garden goldmine

As thieves grow aware of the rich pickings on offer, Mark Atherton says to check that you have sufficient cover

Beware bogus excuses from card companies

Consumers are urged to fight for their rights as an increasing number of insurance claims are rejected

Army of unqualified tradesmen botches repairs

Insurers warn about a surge in botch home jobs carried out by a growing army of unqualified traders

Insurers take a hard line in tough times

Genuine claimants are suffering as the recession sparks a sharp rise in fraud

Aviva's 'free' cover is costly

How to drive down the cost of car insurance

It is possible to reduce your premiums by hundreds of pounds and stay protected

Payment protection insurance explained

Pearl pays price for capital boost and debt cut

Life assurer faces multimillion-pound loss after a deal to trim £3 billion debt burden and bring in new equity investors

Disaster cover costs rise for art collectors

Insurers are growing increasingly worried about their exposure to regions where there is a high risk of natural disaster

Aviva halves windfall for customers

Insurer disappointed policyholders when it halved a planned cash windfall for almost a million with-profits customers

Aviva gets brand awareness for its bucks

With an estimated £80m final bill, the rebranding of the insurer may go down as the most expensive in corporate history

Tell me why - I dont like Monday

Aviva will hope to add to the mass of corporate takeovers over the past two decades that have led to new names that have stuck

Aon move sparks warning of more cuts

Decision to cut contributions to scheme appears to signal withdrawal of employers from pensions arena, says consultant

Aviva calls time on free pensions for staff

UK's biggest insurer to introduce a minimum contribution for staff pension scheme and raise its maximum contribution

Q&A: what has happened at Aon UK?

UK subsidiary thought to be first large British employer to cut company contributions to its money-purchase pension scheme

Aon slashes payments to pensions by up to half

Insurer is cutting payments to its workers’ defined contribution pension schemes in the UK in a bid to shore up costs

Bonus cuts for three Standard Life directors

The Edinburgh-based insurance group cuts payouts for its top executives after a crucial measure of profitability drops