A fascinating fact about the music festival season is that three out of four people attending them lose possessions while there according to Zurich Insurance.
The study carried out by Zurich found that the typical value of items taken to music festivals by people is over GBP260. The most commonly taken possessions include mobile phones, cameras and MP3 players. The majority of items that go missing are simply left behind, in tents or in bags, with only 10 percent of them being stolen.
Good advice from Zurich Insurance is for festivalgoers to check with their home contents insurer that they will be covered at the festival they are attending. This way at least the financial aspect of losing personal possessions will be dealt with.
The Abbey National is warning homeowners who use oil for heating to make sure it is insured as thefts of the valuable resource are on the increase.
A spokesman for the Abbey National confirmed that police forces from around the country are seeing a rise in oil thefts, with domestic dwellings being specifically targeted. Homeowners are being asked to check their home insurance policy documents as around 10 percent of policies do not cover heating oil.
This issue has grown in importance as the cost of oil has risen so much. Abbey National figures show that the price of oil has pretty much doubled since January, making it an interesting potential opportunity for potential thieves.
Halifax home insurance customers will be happy today as they find out that they will receive GBP50 as a thank you for their loyalty to the company.
Each year that customers stay with the Halifax and have a claim free year they will receive GBP50, the award to be ongoing. The decision was made to introduce the payment after feedback from customers showed that they would like to their loyalty recognised. In addition to the payment customers will also be pleased to see that they can save up to GBP125 just by switching their buildings and contents insurance to the Halifax.
The head of marketing felt that this loyalty payment was perceived much more positively than the usual incentives and promotions offered by some other insurers.
