Home Insurance
Protect your home and pets this Bonfire Night
With many Brits planning to host a fireworks party around November 5th, Halifax General Insurance is urging people to make sure they stay safe, and ensure they have adequate insurance to protect their home and pets.
Don’t get caught out by a bang this bonfire night
Three million people are planning to celebrate bonfire night with a bonfire or fireworks display in their back garden, according to research by Post Office Home Insurance, which is reminding people not to overlook their safety during the festivities.
Winter-proof your home to weather the storms
With high winds and harsh storms predicted throughout November, Halifax Home Insurance advises householders to give their home a winter health check now to reduce the risk of weather-related damage.
No risk is too ‘off the wall’
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Tearaway toddlers wreak havoc on UK homes
A new report from Direct Line Home Response 24, polling homeowners with young children under five, demonstrated that almost two thirds (60%) of parents say their troublesome tots’ destructive play has damaged their homes.
Jack Frost nipping at your nose, and pipes and gutters
NFU Mutual urges homeowners to prepare their properties for the onset of winter.
£780m unprotected and up in flames
The cost of ‘uncovered’ property in UK gardens this bonfire night could be up to £780m, according to recent research by AA Home Insurance, meaning it’s not just the pets that should be protected. Is your garden covered if Guy Fawkes celebrations get out of hand?
Remember, remember – check you’re insured this bonfire season
Householders planning to hold a bonfire party are being reminded that they can be held legally responsible if any of their guests or a neighbour is injured by a stray firework.
Firework safety goes up in flames leaving UK homes damaged
Bonfire Night could literally be a case of playing with fire for householders planning to celebrate at home this year.
Remember, remember the 5 November
Every year the majority of Briton’s celebrate bonfire night without any mishaps, however for some, the fun can turn to emotional and financial devastation caused by fire, damage and injury.
Brits concerned about personal safety when clocks go back
With the clocks due to go back an hour on the 28th October and evenings getting darker, new research from Abbey General Insurance has found that the early evenings are causing worry across the country, so much so, that 47 per cent prefer not to leave the house during the darker winter evenings.
Half-term home damage by children & pets to top £100 million
Parents could face huge bills for accidental damage caused to their homes by their children, children’s friends or family pets over the forthcoming half term holiday, warns Sainsbury’s Home Insurance. The bank estimates that the cost of this could be as high as £106 million.
Facts on the 20th Anniversary of ‘The Great Storm’
Twenty years after the Great Storm that caused havoc in London and the Home Counties in October 1987, research from esure home insurance highlights that its cost adjusted to 2007 prices means that it now ranks as the third most costly UK weather incident in the last 25 years.
Brits cause £350 million damage copying DIY shows
Three quarters of a million Britons have wreaked havoc in their homes after trying to emulate something that they had seen on a home improvement TV show, according to latest research from Halifax Home Insurance.
Brits splash out on home improvements every five years
Homeowners up and down the country are splashing out on altering their homes every five years, according to research by Saga Home Insurance.