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BBC Radio 4's Money Box
Saturday 30 June at 1204 BST
On Radio 4 and Online
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With more flood warnings due in some parts for the weekend, Money Box looks at what emergency insurance advice you can get if your home has been damaged.
And we ask what lessons - if any - have been learned from previous floods.
Money Box's Bob Howard reported from Sheffield and we spoke to Jane Milne, head of property insurance at the Association of British Insurers.
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Financial advice
We speak to the FSA's Clive Briault about the proposals
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A shake-up in the way we are advised when we buy financial products is being planned by the financial regulator.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) says commission-based sales can lead to mis-selling.
And it wants to prevent advisers from calling themselves "independent" if they receive commission from firms.
We spoke to Clive Briault, managing director of retail markets at the FSA, and we discussed the issues with Chris Cummings, director general of the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA), and Dominic Lindley of Which?
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Pre-pay energy
Pre-payment meters are more often used by low-income people
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Pre-payment energy meter customers are missing out on average savings of £100 a year by not switching supplier, the regulator Ofgem has said.
But how easy is it to switch?
And what kind of deal do those who have to pay for their energy upfront get compared to customers who settle their bills by other methods?
We spoke to Alistair Buchanan, chief executive of Ofgem, and Jonathan Stearn from independent consumer group Energywatch.
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BBC Radio 4's Money Box was broadcast on Saturday, 30 June 2007 at 1204 BST.
The programme was repeated on Sunday, 1 July 2007 at 2102 BST.
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