We’ve seen a great deal of change in our weather over the past few years and are told there is more to come. In the past twelve months we’ve had drought, flood, grey clouds, sunshine, snow and freezing temperatures. Whilst, on paper, that sounds like a normal year much of it has been extreme, veering…
All we seem to hear about these days is the ‘cost of living crisis’ where everything is getting more expensive and stretching our budgets to the max. Well, here’s one good piece of news: the average price of insuring your home is down by 7% over the last year, with the price of covering your…
Every year families suffer disasters over the festive period which result in making a claim against their home insurance policy. Ageas, one of the country’s leading insurers, has revealed some of the Christmas claims that spoilt last year’s festive fun for 11,000 of their customers: The loft is rarely visited by many of us and mainly…
Bad weather insurance claims soared by almost 300% in the first quarter of this year as insurers helped customers who had been hit by the extreme weather. The so-called Beast from the East and Storm Emma caused widespread disruption in late February and March and led to property insurers paying out a record breaking amount…
With winter fast approaching and snow having already shown its’ face over much of the country, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) is reminding property owners not to get caught out by the misery of frozen and burst pipes. The cost and inconvenience caused by a burst pipe can be considerable. Just a small rupture…
Insurers have a small army of people ready to go into immediate action in the event of any flooding this winter, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has announced. On the anniversary of last winter’s severe floods the ABI was keen to reassure people that insurers have thousands of staff on standby to deal with…
