Insurance giant LV has stopped selling travel insurance due to coronavirus, in a move described by one expert as ‘alarming’.  In a message on its website, the company said it was ‘unable to give’ new customers travel insurance ‘at the moment’, and said it had ‘made the difficult decision to pause the sale of travel … Read more

In our Money Pit Stop series, we ask an investing expert to give This is Money readers a free portfolio makeover. A young Kent couple are planning for a comfortable retirement, which will include a six-month dream holiday travelling around South America. Andy and Emma meant to take the trip far sooner, but put it … Read more

The Formula 1 season kicks off in Melbourne on Sunday. Not even the coronavirus outbreak is likely to stop Lewis Hamilton topping Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 F1 wins and equal his seven world titles this year. Six different road-car makers are competing in the 2020 championship, including four that produce cars ordinary motorists can … Read more

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Rishi Sunak’s budget is kicking savers while they’re down By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 23:16 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 23:21 GMT, 11 March 2020 Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse for savers, they were dealt two crushing blows in a matter of hours. The bad news … Read more

My husband and I are in our early 60s and have recently retired. We have paid off the mortgage on our home, which we think is worth around £600,000.  Our other assets (mainly investments) are worth around £500,000, including a £100,000 investment, which we made recently, having been told it would be free of inheritance … Read more

More than 11million households in Britain risk overpaying £3.5billion on their energy bills this year as they stick to expensive standard variable tariffs from the Big Six, new research claims. The energy giants are all set to price their SVR within an average of £1.33 of the new price cap level, which is due to … Read more

PERSONAL ASSETS: A trust that is self-managed and run by its own board not an external investment firm By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 3 January 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 3 January 2020 Personal Assets is self-managed and run by its own board rather than by an external investment firm … Read more

Ministers fired a warning shot at banks this week as the top six lenders stand accused of failing to help mortgage prisoners switch to a better deal. In an open letter Treasury ministers urged banks to move quickly to help mortgage prisoners following some four months of inaction from lenders.    The UK’s financial watchdog introduced … Read more

The FTSE 100 is down 15% over two decades, so why are investors told to think long-term? SIMON LAMBERT on the dividend case for the defence By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 06:00 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 06:00 GMT, 12 March 2020 Can you defend the UK stock market’s dire performance since the … Read more

London’s leading tobacco firms lit up the stock market after US authorities announced a less extreme crackdown on e-cigarettes than they had been expecting. Footsie stalwarts British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands had been bracing for a blanket ban on e-cigarette flavours. The US government will eliminate fruit, dessert and mint flavours to curb what … Read more