This section provides information on types of insurance.

• travel insurance
• private health insurance
• life insurance (often called life assurance)
• home insurance (contents and/or buildings)
• car insurance (required for driving in the UK)
• pet insurance
• accident, sickness or unemployment insurance to protect your income, mortgage or loan payments (also called 'Payment Protection Insurance')
• critical illness insurance
• long-term care insurance

DirectGov Insurance section. 
Here you can get information on the types of insurance and how to choose an insurance provider, protecting your income or loan/credit payments with payment protection insurance and getting advice on insurance products.
 

Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) Insurance. 
Here you can get information on where can you buy insurance, the process of buying insurance, discrimination and insurance, claiming on your insurance policy, problems in claiming on your insurance policy, cancelling your insurance policy, what to do if your insurer has disappeared and how to resolve an insurance problem.