Home Insurance
Beware Burns night parties
Post-Hogmanay blues are set to be banished this week as Scots around the world prepare to party on Burns Night.
Halifax: Buy buildings insurance and get contents half price
From Monday 22 January, Halifax Home Insurance are offering new customers who buy buildings insurance, 50% off their contents insurance*.
Burglary will cost Britons £170m in January
While most of us might take a while to get back into the swing of things at work this month, January is in fact the busiest month for Britain’s burglars. Indeed around 26% more burglaries will occur during this month compared to the yearly average, at the phenomenal rate of one every 35 seconds.
MORE TH>N rewards customers with a free year’s home contents cover
MORE TH>N is rewarding customers who do not make a claim on their home contents insurance with a unique two-year fixed price option, including an added bonus of a third year for free if no contents claim is made in the first two years.
Flying tiles and wheelie bins take their toll
In the wake of Thursday’s (18 January) storms, AA Insurance is urging customers to get damage to their home repaired as quickly as possible.
Storms could cause around £324 million of damage to homes
Up to 620,000 home insurance claims are made every year for storm-related damage, according to research from Abbey. The estimated cost of these claims is £324 million or on average £522 per claim.
Lloyds TSB Insurance issues storms alert as claims rocket
As storms wreak havoc across the UK and severe weather warnings remain in place across the country, Lloyds TSB Insurance has taken steps to help homeowners who may need to make a claim for damage to their homes or possessions.
Standard Life single-tie with Summit
Standard Life has entered into a single-tie arrangement with Summit Financial Services, who specialise in arranging life cover, critical illness and income protection cover for climbers, mountaineers, and hill walkers.
CIS launches “Home Insurance to suit you”
The arrival of CIS’s new more flexible home insurance product will allow customers greater flexibility when choosing the sum insured to suit their needs, with the added benefit of individual payments, renewal dates and all the paperwork combined into a single, all – inclusive policy for the customer that provides many extra benefits at no extra cost.
Insurer issues pre-flood advice
With many areas potentially at risk from floods as storms are predicted to lash the UK over the next couple of days, leading insurer Royal & SunAlliance and its direct arm MORE TH>N, are offering advice to those homeowners and businesses affected by rising water levels.
Don’t be left high & dry warns American Express
American Express Insurance Services is reminding homeowners, particularly the five million people who live in flood risk areas, to protect their properties by checking their insurance cover and taking some simple precautions to minimize flood damage.
Handbag theft causes financial heartbreak for thousands of women
One in five British women report that they have either lost or had their handbag stolen and with the average value of a handbag and its contents estimated at £300, leading insurer Cornhill Direct is reminding women just how vulnerable their handbags can be.
Britain’s burglars joined the Christmas shutdown in 2006
British householders were significantly less at risk from burglary during the seasonal festivities of 2006 than in previous years, according to market data by home insurer Liverpool Victoria.
Lloyds TSB Insurance unveils the quirkiest claims of 2006
Working for Britain's most popular home insurer, Lloyds TSB Insurance claims advisers are accustomed to receiving unusual and in some cases novel insurance claims. However, as the insurer's annual round up of quirky claims demonstrates, 2006 saw more than a few raised eyebrows in the office.
Partygoers plan to give New Year’s Eve the cold shoulder
New Year’s Eve is set to be a ‘big night in’ this year with three quarters of the UK (33 million people) shunning bars and clubs to see in 2007 at home, reveals the third Post Office Home Insurance New Year survey.