It’s busy work bringing you the best value insurance on the market. Here’s what Tesco Compare has been up to recently.

28th August 2009

Crowded driveways worth £15,600 as three in ten motorists own two or more cars. Two or more cars on the driveway is now the norm for one in three motorists in the UK, but the number could reduce as almost four million people owning more than one car consider sacrificing at least one set of wheels in the current recession.

19th August 2009

Ensure your home is protected this bank holiday. The August bank holiday is fast approaching and many Brits will be using the opportunity to go away for a long weekend. But, before you head off, make sure you do all you can to protect your home against any uninvited visitors.

17th August 2009

Students: Ensure your finances are first class. With the new university term nearly upon us, young people around the country will be getting ready to start or resume their studies. But whatever the subject of your degree course, there are some essential financial lessons all students could do with a tutorial in.

15th July 2009

Let your electrical applicances take a holiday too! This year’s holiday makers could be missing a trick by leaving electrical devices on standby, wasting as much as £14 in energy usage during a fortnight’s holiday, warns Tescocompare.com, the financial search engine.

7th July 2009

Are you covered if your walkman goes walkies? This week marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Sony Walkman, which changed the listening habits of music lovers everywhere, allowing them to carry their music with them. 30 years on, and MP3 sales in 2008 hit 32 million in the UK alone, making them one of the most popular gadgets owned by Brits. But what other personal possessions do you carry around on a daily basis and how much are they worth?

2nd July 2009

The drive of your life – 9 times over. Calculations by Tescocompare.com, the financial search engine, have revealed drivers own an average of 9 cars each during a lifetime - and of those 9 cars, the first two will be purchased before we’re 24, with this figure rising to six cars by the time we reach 40.

1st July 2009

Consumers get thrifty with their credit cards. Almost half the nation’s credit card users are reigning in their spending by just under an average of £100 a month or the equivalent of over £1,100 a year according to research from Tescocompare.com, the financial search engine.

22nd June 2009

Understand your energy usage around the home and reduce your bills by up to 40%, says TescoCompare.com. Now that the recent series of energy price changes have come into effect there has never been a better time to review your energy supplier to see where savings can be made. However, consumers should also bear in mind that it isn’t always just a case of comparing the market and switching to a better tariff.

26th March 2009

A generation spoilt? Why today’s young drivers have never had it so good. Research from Tescocompare.com, the financial search engine, has shown that today’s young drivers are getting an easy ride when it comes to climbing the first rung of the ‘Car Ownership Ladder’.

2nd February 2009

Tescocompare.com awards one lucky Hertfordshire homeowner £500 per month towards their mortgage. Tescocompare.com, the financial search engine, today announced the winner of its ‘Pay Your Mortgage for a Year’ competition run in conjunction with London & Country Mortgages Ltd.

17th November 2008

Tescocompare.com launches van insurance comparison channel with free legal cover. Tescocompare.com, your financial search engine, today announces the launch of its new van insurance channel. The channel offers van drivers an easy and simple way to compare over 300 insurance deals from 17 van insurance brokers.

24th October 2008

Tescocompare.com adds whole-of-market mortgage search to comparison service. Tescocompare.com today announces the launch of another non-insurance based comparison service, allowing consumers to perform a whole of the market search to compare mortgages.

23nd October 2008

Tescocompare.com launches credit card and loan comparison services. Tescocompare.com today announces the expansion of its non-insurance based comparison services with the launch of its credit card and unsecured personal loans comparison channels. The two new channels allow consumers to search without having to fill in their personal details.

6th October 2008

Happy birthday Tescocompare.com! Tescocompare.com, the comparison site, is celebrating its first anniversary with the launch of further new channels. Over the last year, the site, which launched in September 2007, has grown from being a car insurance comparison site to a multi-channel service.

1st October 2008

Tescocompare.com launches motorbike insurance comparison service and guarantees cheapest quote. Tescocompare.com, the comparison site, today announces the launch of its motorbike insurance comparison service. The comparison site has revved up and extended its online comparison service, which now offers consumers the opportunity to compare the motorbike insurance market with deals from 22 brokers.

29th September 2008

Tescocompare.com launches gas and electricity comparison service. Tescocompare.com today announces the expansion of its non-insurance based comparison services with the launch of its gas and electricity supplier comparison channel. Unlike some price comparison sites the Tescocompare.com search includes all of the big 6 suppliers.

29th July 2008

Looking to drive abroad? – cheap may not be cheerful! British holiday-makers are feeling the pinch this summer - and cheaper petrol prices at European pumps will encourage many to plan a holiday by car abroad. But setting off in the car to foreign soil is not without its potential drawbacks and motorists should be wary of blindly assuming that their existing insurance policy will cover their trips abroad.

22nd July 2008

Beat the burglar - but at what cost? New research from Tescocompare.com, the car and home insurance comparison site, reveals that adding extra security measures to cars and homes may not have the desired effect on your insurance premiums.

18th July 2008

Parents should watch out as the kids are home! With the school holidays upon us, many parents will be worrying about keeping the kids entertained over the summer holidays. Of equal concern however should be the threat of damage to possessions that arises from having children at home, especially with the risk of frequent summer downpours still on the horizon.

15th July 2008

Tescocompare.com named ‘true’ aggregator site by Defaqto. Tescocompare.com has been named as one of only five ‘true’ home insurance aggregator sites by Defaqto, an independent research company.

4th July 2008

Homeownership switches on Brits’ green radar, but renters are pledging to catch up. New research from Tescocompare.com, the car and home insurance comparison site, shows that homeownership does influence Brit’s green credentials.

27th June 2008

The ‘greenvolution’ is coming – 22 million Brits could ‘go green’ as fuel prices soar. The rise in energy and fuel prices could push 22 million Brits to ‘go green’ sparking a nationwide ‘Greenvolution’, reveals new research from Tescocompare.com, the car and home insurance comparison site.

13th June 2008

‘Mr. Bump Report’: Tescocompare reveals the cost of British home blunders. Many people have fond childhood memories of the Mr. Men cartoons, and can identify with one of the characters like Mr. Happy or Little Miss Sunshine. But research published today by Tescocompare.com, reveals that 25 million Brits have more in common with Mr. Bump and Little Miss Calamity, having accidentally damaged their home or its contents in some way in the last five years.

9th June 2008

Not switching home insurance cost Brits £26 million last year. Research published today by Tescocompare.com reveals that almost two thirds (64%) of Brits stayed with their existing home and contents insurance provider at their last renewal. This is despite almost half (44%) seeing a price increase and a massive 4 million homeowners seeing increases in excess of inflation.

6th June 2008

Porsche is the mid-life crisis car of choice. Research published today by Tescocompare.com, reveals the average age of the owners of over 800 different car models from almost 90 different manufacturers. The research, based on over half a million car insurance comparison quotes on Tescocompare.com reveals: