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Those looking for high-quality home insurance in 2020 will now be able to compare products using Moneyfacts’ well-respected Annual Star Ratings. Consumers will be pleased to see that those products and providers who have achieved Five and Four Star Ratings for home insurance are now live on the Moneyfacts.co.uk website.

Our 2020 Five and Four Star Ratings highlight the very best products available in the market.

Thousands of products are impartially assessed by Moneyfacts on an annual basis, across 16 categories, from business and personal finance products to insurance and investment products. It is down to the extensive analysis of more than 2,000 data fields that enables Moneyfacts to award its Star Ratings every single year, helping to support consumers with their decision-making process.

We have launched a competition where we are allowing our readers to name our pig and have the chance to win £100 in Amazon vouchers in the process.

The competition, which ends on Thursday 12 December, allows consumers to choose between three names for our pig – Pygg the Pig, Truffles or Perkin.

The Moneyfacts Weekly Product News is a round-up of the latest products or rate changes to hit the consumer finance market this week. The deals are available right now, but may be subject to change. Find the best product for you.

The UK might be turning into a cashless society, but when it comes to Christmas shopping British consumers prefer spending with cash, research from Post Office reveals.

According to the research, six in 10 people across the UK are more likely to use cash rather than cards when purchasing gifts, treats or socialising this Christmas, which rises to two-thirds of people in rural areas. In addition to this, Post Office also found that 45% of people are likely to give cash as a present this Christmas.