While the article is useful in giving examples of how to make money from your home, it is also extremely irresponsible not to mention the insurance angle.

Nowhere in the piece (except for the tip relating to hiring out your personal car) was insurance mentioned

Having a stranger in your home is high risk. It potentially leaves you open to compensation claims if they are injured whilst on your premises, or they damage your property

Failure to inform your insurer could see any claim rejected – even a claim unrelated to your money making enterprise

While we anticipated that the majority of people go online to book a holiday, we were surprised that the amount is so high. It goes to show that the travel industry has the trust of the consumer

there were a number of opportunities highlighted that independent hotels and smaller agents could and should be using to grow their business

We recommend travel businesses take full advantage and offer other non-core products to increase revenues at point of sale

When is a funeral plan not a funeral plan? The answer is of course when it's an over 50 life insurance plan

Some life insurance companies (such as British Seniors and Liverpool Victoria) would like consumers to think that an Over 50's life insurance plan is a funeral plan, as they are bidding on various ‘funeral plan’ PPC terms in the search engines Google and Bing

How can it be a funeral plan if you aren't providing funeral services? To advertise on major search engines under these terms is, I strongly believe, misleading

I am surprised that the FCA hasn't cracked down on this practice

Clearly a level playing field from an industry perspective is needed and of course the consumer needs to start the journey from the correct starting point – otherwise they could end up buying a totally unsuitable product for their needs

Those of us who have arranged a funeral for a loved one will know how stressful this can be, so it's great to see more people planning ahead

Interestingly one in 10 customers who purchased a plan did so for a parent

With people living longer (one in five will live to see their 100th birthday) and more going into Care Homes with dementia and other long term illnesses, it's not difficult to see why

Our survey certainly shows that people are forward planning by removing the emotional and financial burden for both their family (when they die) or themselves (when a parent dies), which is a positive, if bittersweet, thing

It was increasingly obvious that video is a growing part of the journey, with 72% of people saying they had watched an online video to help with a buying decision

Of those that said they didn't use video, 21% said it was due to the fact they couldn't find a video to watch

For people buying insurance, providing FAQ’s and product information videos seemed to be important to those that wanted to watch a video to help them

The manual review of each application ensures that we help each customer to the best of our ability on a case by case basis

Our aim is to help all customers looking to fund a car purchase – even those needing bad credit car finance, people with CCJ’s, IVA’s and defaults, and those who have little or no deposit

Financible is here to help anyone who requires car finance. As responsible brokers, however, if we feel it isn’t in an applicant’s best interests to be approved for a loan, we will tell them

There are currently no official groups in the UK practicing this art under the current Headmaster, so we wish to establish a group of students to practice, and maybe one day visit and train at the Headmaster's Dojo in Tokyo

Being an older traditional martial art, there are no ranking belts or grades in this style for students, so practitioners participate simply for the ability to learn the style and keep this art alive

There were around 40 students from across Europe and surprisingly I was the only one from the UK

As one of the UK’s biggest retailers and the largest health and wellness retailer in Europe, we are very excited that Holland & Barrett have come on board and are now stocking all three varieties of our birch water

We are very pleased be part of the growing popularity of natural plant waters and see how retailers in a variety of market segments are choosing to include healthier beverage options on their shelves and their chiller cabinets

With people more aware than ever of the health dangers associated with sugary drinks and those flavoured with man made sweeteners, TreeVitalise Birch Water is completely free from added sugars and naturally delicious, we also use only Organic ingredients.

It is anti-oxidising, gently cleansing and a hydrating drink, and is a natural source of manganese

This is the third in a series of studies looking at people’s insurance buying habits. We still see a growth in the purchase of insurance online, and all of products we asked about are still growing strongly

People are also now using multiple options to buy their insurance online, as the study suggests that they may have visited a search engine and price comparison site before buying their cover

It highlights that an omnichannel approach to online marketing in the insurance space is still very important, and insurers / brokers shouldn't simply rely on being on a price comparison site or paying Google for clicks

By being present on multiple channels you can grow your online activity. Marketing your business this way also acts as an insurance policy for your web revenues

Working with Open GI is a great way for us to reach our target customer base and to also help support Open GI with their partner relationships by offering a range of lead generation solutions. Being a specialist agency, we understand Insurance and how to attract buyers

This is truly a full-cycle solution where Open GI can not only provide broking software solutions for our clients, we can now help our partners drive traffic and sales. While we will still focus on our core business, it is good to know we can now support businesses through their growth

We have added this useful tool to allow those that want to DIY their online marketing to get a helping hand, and for those that want to understand what is involved in optimising a site page

We wanted to show how much work actually goes into optimising a page. Sometimes marketing companies assume that business owners understand what is required to optimise a site, so they fail to let the client know what they are doing for their investment

The tool will also offer something of real value to webmasters or business owners who are self managing their online marketing activity and just need some pointers

We recommend every insurance or finance company should at least run an audit themselves on their site homepage to see how well their site is performing – they may be surprised at what the audit shows up

With the anti-sugar initiative gaining pace in the government and people looking for naturally low calorie, sugar-free alternatives, Birch Water is a fantastic alternative to other chemically enhanced, laboratory made soft drinks

Birch Water is anti-oxidising, gently cleansing and a hydrating drink, and is a natural source of manganese - a mineral that is essential for proper functioning of the human body

Birch sap is a traditional drink in many parts of Eastern and Northern Europe and Russia, where it has been enjoyed for centuries as a good-for-you and pleasantly refreshing drink

Since launch, its benefits have been quickly realised in the UK, and we have had an extremely busy first year with several hundred retailers around the UK and Ireland supporting the message of sugar-free, healthier, beverages

While it is great news that people are generally living longer than ever, the downside is that when they do die, those they leave behind may be faced with funeral costs that are beyond their means

Based on average funeral costs, investing in a prepaid funeral plan now – which gives you the opportunity to prepay for your funeral costs upfront - a typical person could save over £8,000 at the time of their death, protecting their loved ones from financial hardship

A recent report revealed that even at today’s prices, without a prepaid funeral plan, provisions currently left by the deceased will only cover 70% of their funeral costs. Friends and family are left to pay an average of £2,449 - putting one in seven into financial difficulty

The key difference between warranty insurance and a warranty service plan is the protection that a consumer ultimately has

With appliance warranty insurance – such as we offer with KAPUT – it is an insurance policy. This means customers have the security of being covered under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme

With standard service plan agreements, the consumer has no protection under the FSCS as it is not a regulated product. So, if the service plan provider goes out of business or does not fulfil their obligations, a customer will have no recourse or entitlement to claim for their losses

Our absolute aim when designing this policy was to be clear, transparent, fair and simple with our prices and give our customers peace of mind that if an appliance goes KAPUT, it will be repaired or replaced quickly and hassle free