Advantages: Reasonably priced premiums
Disadvantages: Long time to settle claim

...Having read other reviews about this company it seems I'm the only one who's had difficulty with them but we all take the rough with the smooth so here goes!! Royal & Sun Alliance are a well known insurance provider, they are probably best known for their home and car insurance but if anything is 'insurable' I'm told they insure it. My husband and I bought our house in October 2001 and whilst applying for our mortgage we decided to take out our buildings and contents insurance with HSBC so that we had payments going to one company rather than several. We were told that Royal & Sun Alliance were the providers and the premium was £28 pcm, having recently shopped around for quotes we knew that this was a competitive quote and our bank set everything up for us. In October 2002 I went on a trip to Belgium with my family. I returned... Read review

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Advantages: Each character is his own, large amount of replay value
Disadvantages: Controls need more work, graphics are not up to par.

...Spider-Man. Wolverine. The Fantastic Four. These are but a handful of the heroes you and your friends can control in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, the latest multi-platform offering from Activision. In the vein of their previous X-Men Legends games, Ultimate Alliance brings together some of the most notable (and several of the least) Marvel heroes for some hot teamwork beat-em-up action. The Wii version in particular boasts an interesting control scheme (one that may irritate as much as please) at the expense of attractive graphics and an irritating glitch among your CPU teammates. In the end, the game's only worth your money if you've got the friends for it - and even then, perhaps not. The control scheme should be familiar for those who've played X-Men Legends: four characters in a "party," each with his or her regular attacks, special... Read review

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Advantages: Competitive interest rate
Disadvantages: Unfriendly literature, unhelpful staff, website difficult to use

...I was attracted to the Alliance and Leicester's 'Online Saver' account because of the relatively high interest rate offered. Today when I checked, the interest rate is 5.35% which is higher than most of the mainstream competition. I applied for this account online via their website. I find their home page almost assaults the eye; it's as though they want to shout about every link on there and ultimately it's just too much and in my opinion it looks 'cheap'. It didn't take too long to complete the application form and about seven days later the account was set up. To notify me that my new account was ready, I received two letters through the post, one letter had a pin number and the other letter a username so that I could login. There was a minimal amount of detail in the letter, just barely enough instructions to get you logged in... Read review

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Advantages: Some uplifting, fun Ska Punk songs
Disadvantages: Not as good as it could have been

...I have owned this CD for about 2 weeks now and have spent this time trying to work the CD out - it is really nothing like anything that I have seen with the Solabeat Alliance before, they have come up with something entirely different and really shocked me - it is not at all what I expected from them and has a much cleaner sound than before. With 'Rise On Up' the band seemed to be going for that live edge, which had not been captured with their previous 2 efforts and they came up tops. This CD however shows the band in a whole new light - the production of it is extremely different and I have spent the last 2 weeks trying to work out whether I like it or not - and about some of the tracks I am still undecided. I really enjoyed the 'Rise On Up' EP but feel the songs which have been recorded for the album which were on Rise On Up, 'Summer... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to buy. Well distributed.
Disadvantages: Everything!

...I entitled this "probably the worst", only because I have not had experience of every insurer out there, however I have had experience of at least four in the UK, as I am involved in property. Over a year ago, we had a very substantial building claim relating to flooding which caused the property to be uninhabitable. Royal Sun Alliance accepted that the claim was covered by our policy, and we started repairs. From the commencement of repairs they denied liability for our alternative accommodation costs. We protested that we were covered for this, but they steadfastly denied this. Furthermore the repairs that they eventualy sanctioned, necessitated that the property was vacated. An alternative solution could possibly have been found, but the repair works would have been considerably more. The loss assessor they used was extremely... Read review

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Advantages: Can with draw money from rural post offices
Disadvantages: If you live in a rural area and don't have an account you stuck!

...I come from a rural area where post offices are literally the only way to bank, since selling my car its either walk to the nearest town or use the post office. Yet dispite this fact the Alliance and Leicester have refused to let me open a bank account with them on two occasions. I even explained to them the only way I can get cash in an emergency is at my local post office, yet they did not want to know. The only debts I have are student loans, I have a full time job, I didn't even apply for an overdraft or cheque book facilities. Is there some thing else I don't know about. The first time I applied to them fair enough I was straight out of university and only had a temporary job, but two years later with a full time job, what is wrong with these people? I is hard enough surviving in rural areas if you don't have easy access... Read review

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Advantages: Story & co-operative game play
Disadvantages: Very hard ending

...This is the follow-up to the first PS2 instalment “Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance” and continues in the same vein as a Role Playing Game set in the Sword & Sorcery style, with several of the original characters making guest appearances. It is set in and around the city of Baldurs Gate, a large mythical land set back in the annals of time and full of magicians, barbarians, goblins and wolves amongst many other mystical beasts. This game continues on from the first storyline which saw you as the victor destroying the black tower of a fallen but once mighty warrior, Eldrith the Betrayer. Basically in this one some rather naughty people want to rebuild the black tower right smack bang in the middle of the city and your job is to stop them via an extensive number of quests. You can play as one of five new characters: a female Cleric (good... Read review

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Advantages: £100 bonus, Free travel insurance, on-line application
Disadvantages: None apparent as yet.

...So far - so good! Alliance & Leicester Premier Current Account I decided that it was about time I looked around to see if I could get a better deal from my bank, having spent 20+ years with the same major player, more out of apathy than loyalty. I did a bit of research and found that I could open the Alliance and Leicester Premier Current Account on-line and if I used their Premier Switching service to move my direct debits and standing orders, they would match my overdraft limit with my current bank, subject to certain conditions, give me a minimum overdraft of £250 and not charge me any fees for going over my overdraft limit during the switching period. Additional benefits are £100 for opening my account, FREE European annual multi-trip travel insurance(for eligible account holders up to the age of 65) and a linked Plus... Read review

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Advantages: Good space-sim, good star wars experience
Disadvantages: Will consume your free time

...as other tutorials do. The narrative itself is very good, and the introduction to the Rebel Alliance is very well put together, giving you a cause to fight for. I will not go into any more detail in regards to the narrative. The graphics, game engine, sound and layout are of high quality, and even for a dated game is still very playable. The representation of the Star Wars universe could have been better in my opinion though, some elements such as the 'e-mail' message system and mission briefings seemed to lack the 'authentic starwars feel'. These negative aspects really do not affect the gameplay however and all depends on opinion. I have only touched on a few aspects of this game, ones which I found were important to my gaming experience. All in all, this is a very high quality game and it was a pity there wasnt any further expansions... Read review

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Advantages: game play, graphics, sounds, action,
Disadvantages: ending, bit short on levels,

...I love superheroes! As I cannot hope to fly or shoot things, or you know do all those superhero stuff in real life I go for the next best thing the game! So I bought Ultimate Alliance and WOW! It is just awsome. Yes it is a shoot -em up type game but you still get to select from a vast array of heroes or villains, and you can download a heck of a lot more as they are made available. Combine the correct four heroes and you recieve additional bonuses (ex: you can have the fantastic 4 together etc.. which will give you additional hitting power and stamina etc.. you know what i mean?) or you can just put together your very own super hero quartet and have a ball as each level presents ever more challenging and entertaining ways of getting rid of the villain and coming evert closer to the final battle. The controls are pretty easy... Read review

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