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Are you covered for earthquake damage?
Posted on 26/03/2008 at 14:44
Posted on 26/03/2008 at 14:44
Many people in England and Wales were rudely awoken from their slumbers recently by the biggest earthquake to hit Britain in almost a quarter of a century. After the initial shock, many minds turned to the thorny question of whether or not their insurance would cover repairs, or whether an earthquake is one of these mysterious ‘Acts of God’, of which most of us only have a vague notion.
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Stay warm but safe this holiday season
Posted on 11/12/2007 at 16:20
Posted on 11/12/2007 at 16:20
Perhaps you live in a house without central heating and depend on devices such as oil filled radiators and fan heaters to keep your bedroom warm. Perhaps you are lucky enough to have a working fireplace in your bedroom and occasionally treat yourself to a snuggle under the duvet, with a log fire crackling in the hearth. Then again, maybe you just feel the cold, and can’t get into bed until you...
Holiday HomeSafe
Posted on 02/10/2007 at 09:57
Posted on 02/10/2007 at 09:57
There are so many things to organise when you are going on holiday that very few of us give a second thought to what would happen if disaster struck at home whilst we were sunning ourselves on a foreign beach. Disaster comes in many guises: gas leaks, plumbing problems, blocked drains, damage to windows or doors, problems with the roof, electrical faults and central heating malfunctions. All,...
Open fires and thatched roofs - tis the season
Posted on 24/09/2007 at 12:54
Posted on 24/09/2007 at 12:54
Cottages with thatched roofs, logs crackling in an open fire – it’s the perfect rural idyll, but common sense dictates that they are an explosive (or at any rate combustible) combination. Who in their right mind is going to insure you if you want to sit in your thatched cottage toasting your feet in front of an open fire?
Many insurance companies will not insure thatched properties at ...
How to cover your belongings as a student
Posted on 17/09/2007 at 14:12
Posted on 17/09/2007 at 14:12
As any parent of a student will tell you, there seems to be no end to the personal belongings deemed necessary to make your offspring’s student accommodation a true "home away from home." As A level results are published and university places confirmed, it is all too easy in the excitement to overlook the thorny question of insuring these belongings. There is also the question of cost. With st...