Insurance companies banned from penalising loyal customers

Insurance companies will finally be banned from penalising loyal customers with higher renewal costs, the financial watchdog announced today.  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it is cracking down on unscrupulous firms to end the practice where existing customers are offered quotes that are higher than new ones. Regulators found last year that millions of … Read more

Treasure hunters are a step closer to finding the Amber Room after uncovering secret tunnels

A secret network of WWII tunnels thought to contain the long-lost Amber Room or other wartime treasures has been discovered at the site of Nazi Germany’s former eastern army HQ. The five entrances leading to the previously undiscovered system of underground corridors in what is now northeast Poland, has been described as the biggest discovery … Read more

Fears grow as more than 100 chasms caused by Rome’s network tunnels are appearing every year 

Rome has been declared the European capital of sinkholes thanks to a network of ancient Roman and medieval tunnels that have caused the city’s streets to be consumed by giant chasms. There are fears growing in Rome about the speed that the underground tunnels and quarries are causing collapses, as there are average of 100 sinkholes … Read more