Home Insurance Guide News
Sainsbury's expect a New Year spike
Posted on 08/01/2010 at 13:49
Posted on 08/01/2010 at 13:49
Sainsbury’s Home Insurance is bracing itself for a spike in claims now that the festive season is over. Christmas and New Year can prove costly for insurance companies, with figures suggesting that over £25 million could be paid out in Jan 2010. Last year, in the first week of Jan, the nu...
M&S warns homeowners to take precautions over Christmas
Posted on 28/12/2009 at 14:58
Posted on 28/12/2009 at 14:58
M&S Money has warned consumers that they should take greater security measures over Christmas to prevent themselves from becoming the victims of burglaries.
Domestic burglaries are at their highest during the darkest winter months of the year, and there is the added risk of having a large number of expensive presents l...
Homeowners not doing enough to protect properties from theft
Posted on 18/12/2009 at 16:11
Posted on 18/12/2009 at 16:11
Britons are failing to take basic security measures to protect their properties from theft, according to Esure home insurance. Esure conducted a large survey into our security habits at home, and the results are worrying.
It seems that people are simply not taking appropri...
Frozen pipes prove greater risk than burglary
Posted on 18/12/2009 at 16:10
Posted on 18/12/2009 at 16:10
AXA has revealed that many of those who go away during the festive period are not taking adequate precautions to protect their water pipes from freezing. This time last year, more claims were being made for damage resulting from a ruptured pip...
Comparison sites conning public over excess?
Posted on 11/12/2009 at 11:18
Posted on 11/12/2009 at 11:18
You might think that using an insurance comparison website ought to make the process of finding competitively priced motor insurance easy. However, the financial research company, Defaqto, has recently published its report “Web Aggregators 2009: The bubble is about to burst” and it seems that this is in fact far from true.
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