Home Insurance
The average school bag is worth £265!
With the start of the new school year fast approaching, parents will be sending their children off to secondary school (aged 11 to 16) with overflowing school bags worth on average £265, according to esure home insurance.
Thieves seek window of opportunity
In the lead up to National Home Security Week (Aug 25th – 31st) Halifax Home Insurance warns homeowners that poor home security can invalidate a claim.
Parents take cover as students head off to university
As students across the UK take up university places and finalise their accommodation, rural insurer NFU Mutual reminds parents to check that their insurance policy covers their children too.
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With the rising costs of student fees and accommodation, parents can face a huge financial burden when their children go away to university.
Homeowners warned of more heavy rain and potential floods
As many parts of England are still coming to terms with widespread flooding in June and July, the Met office has warned more heavy rain and high winds are forecast across the UK from Tuesday this week.
University Challenge - avoid loss, theft and damage!
With just days until anxious teens receive their long-awaited 'A' level results and secure their university places, research by esure home insurance reveals that a quarter of freshers interviewed (25%) haven't thought about taking out insurance cover to protect their possessions against loss, theft and damage.
Daylight robbery
Summer is a peak time for thefts with more burglaries occurring whilst someone is at home and with afternoons (noon to six) the second most popular time for thieves to strike warns American Express Insurance.
Students’ insurance in need of parental revision
Home insurance provider, Churchill, is urging parents to wise-up to the theft risks their children may face at university, as research shows one in ten students (11 per cent) was a victim of theft or burglary last year while living away from home.
Over 50s make a mint
Britain's over-50s are becoming serial collectors in the hope their hobby will provide a nest egg for the future, according to research from Direct Line.
If you go down to the woods today...insure for a nasty surprise
Now that the rain has stopped it’s going to be lashings of ginger beer and cucumber sandwiches all round in August and September. Indeed Britons plan to take over 20 million picnics in the next two months, as they bank on an Indian Summer.
NFU Mutual goes green on rural crime prevention
NFU Mutual, has today revealed that its network of more than 300 offices based across the rural community, think that crime in the countryside is on the increase. In fact, nine out of ten believe it is on the up, with 93% saying that local people are now more concerned about rural crime than in the past.
LV= : Norwich Union increasing home insurance premiums
Commenting on Norwich Union increasing home insurance premiums by an average of 10% from next week, Andrew Beard, head of business development at LV= said: “Our view is that current pressures in the household insurance market do not warrant any substantial blanket increase in premium levels.
Door is open for specialist home insurers
James Harrison, CEO of Insurancewide.com, the online insurance comparison service, said he expected other insurers to follow Norwich Union's lead in raising home insurance premiums as a result of the recent flooding.
Confused.com: Norwich Union home insurance premiums rise by 10%
Norwich Union today announced its insurance premiums are up 10%, Debra Williams, Managing Director, Confused.com said: "This is the news everyone has been fearing. All insurers have been hit by a deluge of claims in recent weeks, and price hikes are inevitable.
BIBA attacks insurers for increasing property premiums
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has slammed announcements from insurers that property premiums will increase by 10% following the floods in the UK this summer.