In the light of research from insurance company, Sheila’s Wheels, parents would be well advised to check their home insurance, with the start of the school holidays upon us. Their figures show that one in four children under the age of 16 has caused damage to, or broken, a piece of expensive e...

You may well have wondered whether home insurance price comparison sites are all they’re cracked up to be. It seems, however, that they are inferior to comparable sites for motor insurance, according to a recent report by Defaqto, the independent provider of research into financial services. Their sixth annual report, “Hom...

When planning that perfect wedding, the possibility of having to deal with increased home insurance costs is unlikely to cross your mind. However, a recent survey carried out by Halifax has found that wedding presents invariably increase the contents valuation of one’s home. In April, the top UK Insurance provider, Churchill, found that ...

Last week the "Floods – One Year On" conference was hosted by the Association of British Insurers, and a warning was given that half a million homes deemed to be at risk of flooding may become uninsurable unless action is taken by the Government. The aim of the conference was to explain how the insurance industry responded to the floods of summer 2007 and to at look at ways of reduci...

Do you collect sports memorabilia, stamps, coins, rare books, comics, antique dolls, autographs or the like? If so, you may be wondering what the best way is to insure your collection, since a normal household contents policy is unlikely to cover it. The standard home insurance contents policy may well put a limit on your collection in terms of a percentage of the value of your person...