• About
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Fitness Challenge
  • Change Your Life
  • Bucket List
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Google+
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter

The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

Viewing category: Insurance

How financially resilient are you?

By savvyscot

Sometimes, we think we are doing good financially because things are going pretty smoothly. Rent gets paid, so do bills, and there may even be a little bit of money at the end of the month to save for a rainy day. But what if instead of raining, it started to pour? How would you… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: financially

National insurance income tax – National Insurance (NI) was historically a way of paying pensions and other benefits but is really just another form of income tax.

By Pauline

National insurance income tax - National Insurance (NI) was historically a way of paying pensions and other benefits but is really just another form of income tax.

This is a guest post from David over at Dodgy Statistics. Please let me know if you would like to guest post on SS. Hello!  Over at my blog, I have talked about the referendum campaigns (who are trying to push you into a decision) and corporations (who are trying to sell you stuff).  For this… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance, Personal Finance Tagged With: national insurance income tax, tax

A guide to being smart about selling structured settlements

By Pauline

Structured Settlement

  For most people, momentous events such as starting a business or buying a new home is considered as their life’s aim as per National funding Resources Associates. If you are also one of them or are planning to start a new business, then your current annuity payments might not be sufficient to fulfill your… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: guide, sell, Structured Settlements

Young Workers Shouldn’t Delay on Buying Income Protection

By savvyscot

Young workers may be interested to read a recent study* which shows just how important income protection insurance is – and how the earlier in their working life they buy it, the more savings they are likely to make on the overall cost of the cover. What is income protection insurance? Firstly, this is nothing… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: buying, income, Insurance

Making Compensation Claims Against GPs

By savvyscot

GPs are the first port of call when a person has a medical condition, feels ill or has suffered an injury. Due to the wide variety of medical matters which GPs are consulted about, it is important that they are knowledgeable about a great deal of illnesses and medical conditions. It is also imperative that… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: Calim against GP, claim medical compensation, GP claim, how to get medical compensation, Medical Negligence

Small Business Insurance

By savvyscot

Running a business, large or small is a potentially stressful undertaking. To the list of things one must consider, insurance is particularly important, dependent on the industry or sector your business falls into. Whether self-employed, or running a small business with employees, it is important that you adequately protect your assets; be those goods, property,… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: Insurance for small businesses, small business insurance

Is Taking Wedding Insurance Bad Luck?

By savvyscot

I used to think of wedding insurance as a bad omen. Why spend money taking out an insurance policy against a wedding? Surely this just means that you might have second thoughts and that it creates a layer of doubt between yourself and your wife / husband to-be? In actual fact, wedding insurance protects you… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: should I take wedding insurance, Wedding insurance, what does wedding insurance cover?

You and Your Business: The Top Four Types of Insurance

By savvyscot

Running your business successfully depends on many factors. Offering a fantastic service or a fantastic product is just one of them. But there are many other things to think about, whatever industry you are in. Successful marketing, the managing of your finances and keeping down core costs all play a part. So too does insurance…. Read more

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: building insurance, business insurances, contents insurance, do i need building insurance, insurance types for business, what is building insurance, what is contents insurance, what is insurance

Income Protection and Life Insurance – The Differences and Types of Cover

By savvyscot

There can often be confusion around income protection and life insurance policies, what the differences are, what type of policy should be taken out and what will it cover? A brief look at the two types of insurance below should provide an answer to these questions… Income Protection Insurance Income Protection Insurance policies are designed… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: income insurance, Insurance, insurance considerations, Life insurance

Insurance Explained: Professional Indemnity

By savvyscot

NOT another boring insurance post… time to learn what Professional Indemnity Insurance actually is… Am I the only one that finds all the different types of insurance confusing? You can get insurance for almost anything these days; phones, pet, health, home, possessions, cars, bike, travel, payment protection… the list goes on. If you are starting… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance Tagged With: Insurance, Professional Indemnity, Professional Indemnity Insurance

The Truth About Income Protection

By savvyscot

Today I have a guest post from Drewberry Insurance – a firm that specialises in Income Protection. This is not your typical guest post and is an excellent introduction into sickness / illness cover. If I am totally honest, this is something I knew very little about prior to reading the below post. I think… Read more

Filed Under: Insurance, Personal Finance Tagged With: Income protection, protect income, what is income protection

Safe in the Cloud

By savvyscot

We live in a digital age where some of the world’s most valuable assets are stored on a computer. Corporation’s intellectual property literally consists of millions of lines of ones and zeros. From government secrets to the crown jewels of the companies on the NYSE. Photographs, videos, news, games, music – the list goes on…. Read more

Filed Under: Growing a Blog, Insurance, Saving Money, Technology Tagged With: cloud backup, cloud business storage, Data, digital backup, do i need the cloud, how to use a cloud, importance of cloud, what is a cloud

Next Page »

Get on the list!

Receive earning updates, reader questions and general tips straight to your inbox:

Search this website

Recommended Reading:

  • Defining Purpose and the Importance of Moderation
  • The Benefits of Being a Dilettante
  • 4 Things They Didn't Tell You About Life
  • Who Needs Business Insurance?
  • Our Wedding in Thailand
  • Wedding Part 2 - The Finances
  • How to Get a 100% LTV Mortgage
  • Lessons in Negotiation
  • Scottish Insolvencies Rise
  • A Mobile Phone Dilemma

Disclaimer

Neither The Savvy Scot or any guest writers on this site are finance professionals. All writing on this site is intended for entertainment purposes only. Some posts on this site may be sponsored and will include links to external content. See Terms & Conditions page for further details.

Copyright © 2025 The Savvy Scott · Custom site by Moonsteam Design