April 2014 Blog Posts (5)

People must consider taking out cover earlier in life as around one in four claims for critical illness (CI) occurs before the age of 40, research has found.

According to recent data, which looked at the percentage of life and critical illness claims in the UK by age group –

8% of people aged 25-40 had a life insurance claim.

24% of people aged 25-40 had a critical insurance claim.

Other findings showed –

61% of people aged 40 to 60 had a life…

Just posting a reply to a Discussion in the Business Scene LinkedIn Group and thought I'd share it here too...

It's often advised that as we shake hands with the right hand, we should wear our networking name badges on the right lapel rather than in the traditional 'buttonhole' position of the left lapel.

Guys can wear a tie so we have the option of having our badge smack dab in the middle in case we meet any former Boy Scouts (kind of an in joke - they are left-hand shakers!)…

Just found a useful article on the Smarta.com blog - 

12 Top Online Business Tips From Wix, Linkedin and Facebook

(And there was me thinking that Wix was a DIY store :0)

Naturally I was particularly interested in the LinkedIn section with comments from Chris Brown, Head of UK Relationship Management at Linkedin.... 

"Chris gave some great…

Her's an article from Surrey News, the onine publication by Surrey County Council, intoducing a great new free service for Library Members (sign up for free at your nearest library!)

Stop press – newspaper readers can get their daily fix of stories from home and abroad for free thanks to a new online initiative.

All the day’s news, features and sport from the likes of The Daily Telegraph, Daily…

Borrowers could be forced to wait weeks for an appointment with lenders’ mortgage advisers after the Mortgage Market Review as firms race to get qualified staff in place.

Last week, a Nationwide business development manager warned that customers could expect waiting times of up to a month to see one of their mortgage advisers.

He also said that…