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 | Home insurance firms urged to promote electrical safety |
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| 1st September 2011 | People should be given discounts on their home insurance for keeping their properties electrically safe, one expert has suggested.
Cherry Read, head of communications and campaigns at the Electrical Safety Council, explained that this makes sense as 50 per cent of domestic fires are caused ... | |
 | Students took £800 worth of valuables to V Festival |
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| 23rd August 2011 | People going to the V Festival at the weekend took more than £800 worth of valuables with them, research from Endsleigh Insurance has found, and some festivalgoers are now no doubt checking whether their home contents insurance covers something they lost.
With a lineup including Emine... | |
 | Brits opt to invest in their gardens |
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| 28th July 2011 | People are starting to spend more on their gardens, which gives rise to the need for a decent home insurance policy, Santander has revealed.
Last year, it is estimated that £5.2 billion was spent on improving outdoor spaces, with 12 million people opting to grow their own vegetables.<... | |
 | More home insurance products now available |
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| 20th July 2011 | There are more home insurance products on the market now than there were back in 2008, latest Defaqto research shows.
Over the past three years, the group has seen a 15 per cent increase in the number of available policies, while 11 per cent more providers are operating within the market. | |
 | Garden valuables must be protected this summer |
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| 28th June 2011 | People who consider their gardens to be valuable need to make sure they have home insurance in place to protect their belongings, one company has said.
Just over a fifth (21 per cent) of people believe their gardens are valuable, Hiscox found, while 53 per cent are planning some landscaping... | |
 | Insurance 'often given the chop' to save cash |
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| 17th June 2011 | Many people are cutting back on home insurance and other types of cover in a bid to save cash, one expert has revealed.
Martin Bamford, chartered financial planner at Informed Choice, highlighted that people need to assess their situation and make sure they get their priorities right.
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 | Study reveals UK's unluckiest house numbers |
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| 16th June 2011 | People living at house number 88 may want to make sure their home insurance is in order, as research shows this is the unluckiest part of the street to live on.
Although many people will go out of their way to avoid living at number 13, AXA warns that other areas of the street may be just a... | |
 | Home insurance cover must meet individual needs |
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| 8th June 2011 | People need to make sure they take out home insurance that is proportionate to their requirements, an industry expert has emphasised.
It is estimated that 75 per cent of properties in the UK are not covered by home insurance, noted Graeme Trudgill, head of corporate affairs at the British I... | |
 | Check home insurance before attending festivals |
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| 3rd June 2011 | Anyone attending a festival this summer is advised to check out their home insurance to see whether it will cover their possessions while they are away, Aviva has noted.
With an estimated 46 per cent of people heading to a festival at some point in their lives, the company emphasised that t... | |
 | Home insurance premiums 'have hardly risen' |
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| 4th May 2011 | There has been only a slight movement in home insurance costs over the past ten years, one expert has revealed.
Many of the increases have only been seen in the last 12 months, explained Graeme Trudgill, head of corporate affairs at the British Insurance Brokers Association.
He con... | |
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