Under Cover
Under cover
Think all insurance policies are the same? Think again. The services offered by different companies vary greatly, as Richard Dredge discovers.
Here's a Countdown-style puzzle for you. It's possible to rearrange the letters aceinnrsu, using all of them, to make a word – but you've got just 30 seconds to do it. Okay, time's up. Did you solve the puzzle? I hope so, and I hope you enjoyed doing it, because it's not very easy having fun while dealing with the subject of insurance – for that was the word hidden among the jumble of letters above. In fact, that's probably as much fun as we're going to have for a little while…
Anybody who has gone through the rigmarole of trying to get a decent insurance deal will know that the process is almost (but not quite) as enjoyable as pulling teeth. You have to give out your personal details repeatedly – and in many cases you're now paying extra for the privilege of doing so thanks to the proliferation of 0870 numbers. That's why we've done much of the hard work for you, in what is our most comprehensive insurance survey ever. NEXT>
