30 Minutes

But How Good Is Your Insurance? (1x5)

Air date: Jun 05, 2004

Martin Lewis investigates the boom in insurance such as critical illness cover and asks whether consumers are being sold financial services they don't need. He reveals that an estimated 6.5 million Britons are paying out £2.4billion in annual premiums on policies that are not necessarily suitable. To test the theory, a journalist goes undercover as a first-time buyer to discover how financial advisers sell these complex products.