Communication Workers Union 

 

 

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Useful Links 

 

 

Commsave - A Credit Union for employees from Royal Mail Group.  On this site you will find information on how to join, frequently asked questions, loans, savings and more.
 For more information Click here   

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Home, Travel, Motor and Pet Insurance

UIA Insurance has provided great value, low cost insurance for trade union members and their families for over 100 years. As a mutual insurer, UIA reinvests any surplus in order to keep premiums low. Their underlying principles mean that members can be sure of a consistently fair and honest approach from CWU’s approved, mutual company – a company that shares their values.

Members can now purchase Home (buildings and/or contents), Travel, or Motor, insurance on-line and receive a 15% discount on home and travel insurance and 5% on motor. Click on www.cwuinsurance.co.uk for a quote or immediate cover. Alternatively call UIA free on 0800 013 2298

CWU is an Introducer Appointed Representative of UIA (Insurance) Ltd and UIA (Insurance Services) Ltd. Travel Insurance is arranged by Fortis Insurance Ltd. The UIA Motor Policy is arranged and administered by the OutRight Company UK Limited and is underwritten by Fortis Ltd. All the above companies are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. 

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The Communication Workers Friendly Society (CWFS) - provides savings and life insurance plans for everyone including people on modest incomes. CWFS offers financial planning advice, on CWFS products, through CWFS advisors.

For more information Click here

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Simpson Millar LLP is currently responsible for providing the Legal Helpline for the CWU and its members and works closely with the Union's panel of solicitors to jointly provide the CWU Accident Helpline to ensure that CWU members and their families have access to leaders in many fields of law, including personal injury, industrial disease and clinical negligence.

In addition, the CWU in conjunction with Simpson Millar LLP and the other panel solicitors work hard to provide additional benefits for CWU members in the form of initiatives such as:

- discounted conveyancing
- free standard wills, discounted non-standard wills
- discounted claims for financial mis-selling, such as endowment mis-selling and
- other legal and financial services

 

Further information on Simpson Millar LLP legal services can be found here.

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Use the Credit Card endorsed by CWU

 

 

No annual fee

Typical 17.9% APR (variable)

0% p.a. for the first 9 months on balance transfers (plus a 3% fee)

0% p.a. for the first 9 months on purchases

 

 

Did you know that your CWU MasterCard offers you an Online fraud guarantee? If a customer of our online service is a victim of online fraud, we guarantee that they won’t lose any money from their account, and will always be reimbursed in full

 

The partnership between CWU and Bank of Scotland means that every new credit card, and subsequent purchase using that card, raises money for your union. 

 

 

For further information visit

 

www.unioncard.co.uk/cwu or call 0800 032 2036 to apply by telephone 

 

To benefit from the 0% offer, you must stay within your credit limit and make your payments on time.

As we treat all our customers and their applications on an individual basis, the APR and interest rates we offer are determined by the details customers supply, along with an independent verification of credit and repayment history. Your personal APR for purchases will be either 17.9% APR (variable), 19.9% APR (variable) or 21.9% APR (variable).

Balance transfers from other Halifax and Bank of Scotland cards are not accepted. Your interest rates for balance transfers will be the same as for purchases.

 

Credit available subject to status to UK residents aged 18 or over from Bank of Scotland plc, The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ

 

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