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Coronavirus restrictions have had a massive impact on many peoples’ ability to work and earn.  With millions of workers now being furloughed on reduced pay or worse, losing their jobs, household finances are being placed under enormous strain.

Customers renewing policies or buying their first policy advised to buy cover for their normal behaviour and not base it on their lives under COVID-19 restrictions

GoCompare shares 5 tips for guarding against financial fraud

• Sales of travel insurance still up over 170% following coronavirus outbreak¹;
• Buy early message getting through: Biggest surge of sales is now to cover Easter and Summer holidays;
• GoCompare issues updated ten-point plan for travellers;
• Travellers urged to check details of cover, get SAFI and to cover their staycations.

Test failures for popular car brands like Mazda, MG, Subaru and Vauxhall mean owners of these vehicles should be extra vigilant 

• The cost of car insurance for 17-year old drivers has fallen by nearly 50% since 2012
• More first cars are now bought using PCP or lease finance than using a personal loan
• Driving lessons cost an average of £528.00

GoCompare offers travel insurance advice ahead of the Easter break as Coronavirus travel disruption increases

Storm Dennis has left thousands in the position of having to claim on car and home insurance

GoCompare explores the five key inflationary pressures set to impact prices this year

GoCompare calls for action on renewals to ensure benefits of switching continue    

• “The Decade of Switching” - 8 out of 10 UK consumers switched provider for at least one financial product in the 2010s
• Over half of UK adults (56%) switched car insurance provider in the last decade;
• 39% didn’t switch any of the most common financial products in last 12 months.