Article: FAMILY FINANCE: Check the cost of your accident insurance Personal accident cover can be bought for less through Lloyd's or your broker than through the major companies, writes Damian Reece

This year's high society sporting events are well under way with Ascot and the Lord's test match grabbing the headlines last week and Wimbledon starting tomorrow.

But people across the country will be trying to recreate the festival atmosphere of these occasions at a host of smaller sporting events and village fetes throughout the summer.

But with any public event there is the risk of accident. For instance, earlier this year at Southall racecourse a horse ran amok, kicking a small child out of a push chair and narrowly missing several other members of the crowd. Ascot itself has seen some dramatic accidents in the past, including the injuries sustained by a man two years ago when he tried ...

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