Home Insurance
Don’t be a bank holiday bodger
Bodge it yourself (BIY) Britons spend £½ billion fixing home improvement disasters each year, according to Halifax Home Insurance.
Don’t bank on being covered in the garden
Nationwide Building Society is urging homeowners to make sure they are protected against garden thieves this Bank Holiday weekend by ensuring they have adequate cover for loss of garden contents under their home insurance plan, as not all policies provide garden cover as standard.
NFU Mutual announces first ever TV sponsorship deal
NFU Mutual has announced details of its first ever television sponsorship deal.
Post Office car, home and van insurance sales hit half a million
Post Office Financial Services has confirmed its position as one of the fastest growing insurance providers in the UK as insurance policy sales passed the 500,000 mark.
Barclays home insurance offer second year price guarantee
Barclays has launched its latest and most competitive offer for home insurance to date. Following on from last year’s groundbreaking price guarantee offer Barclays will now go one better and also give customers a cheaper quote in their second year.
Bike thieves cash in as Britain gets lean and green
Halifax Home Insurance believes that bike thieves are cashing in on Britain’s green conscience. Indeed latest annual figures show that a total of 439,000 bikes are stolen each year - marking a 10% leap on the previous 12-month period and equating to one bicycle being stolen every 71 seconds in the UK.
Insurers research confirms vandalism is a rising social menace
Following the publication of the latest British Crime Survey, Lloyds TSB Insurance has commented on the figures showing that vandalism has risen by 11 per cent in the past year.
Newlyweds to check ‘I do’ have enough home contents cover
As the traditional British wedding season gets underway, home insurer Churchill is urging newly-weds to check their contents cover to ensure that new toasters, blenders, cushions and cutlery are adequately covered.
Cost of running a home rises by 12%
The annual cost of running a home is now around £11,035, according to analysis from Sainsbury’s Bank. This is as much as £1,199 or 12% higher than the equivalent cost in 2004/05 or a rise of £3.28 a day.
One in four Brits victim of robbery in a public place
A quarter (11 million) of British adults have fallen victim to a robbery in a public place over the last five years, with thieves stealing over £8.3 billion of personal possessions, according to research from Halifax Home Insurance.
Over half of all Brits hope to retire abroad
Over half of all Britons hope to retire abroad, according to a survey by Insure4Retirement.co.uk. The leading reason behind the decision to emigrate proved to be long-standing fears about retired life in the UK.
Buy-to-let investment at risk if left uninsured
Since the end of 2005 the number of buy-to-let mortgages has increased by 21%, according to analysis of market data by Sainsbury’s home insurance. There are now nearly three million privately rented properties in the UK, which the bank estimates are collectively worth around £510 billion.
Subsidence claims have risen sharply
As summer approaches and the weather warms up, Halifax Home Insurance is reminding homeowners that now is the time to take steps to reduce the risk of subsidence.
Defaqto launches comparison tool for home insurance buyers
In a move that will revolutionise the way insurance products are purchased, Defaqto has announced that it has developed a website comparison tool that enables product features of competitive products to be compared against each other. Hiscox is the first insurer to place the tool on its website.
Bored and bickering
Good Friday (6th April) at 1.08pm, just five days into the Easter holidays, is the point at which boredom is most likely to set in for kids during the coming Easter break according to a survey by esure home insurance?.