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House
Contents Insurance
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House Contents Insurance
House Contents
Insurance is
not compulsory, but everyone needs it. It doesn't matter
if you happen to be sharing a home with friends
or living in rented accommodation. If you are a tenant, you are still
responsible for your property. You should ensure that your belongings
are covered should they be damaged by fires, storms or floods, or lost,
or maybe stolen in a burglary. Too many people, at least one in four
households in Britain for example, have no house contents insurance
at all, so they are ignoring these dangers.
Insurers
provide varying policies. Some will only cover contents that are inside
the home. Some will also cover contents outside the home,
but only in the immediate surroundings, but some will actually give house
contents insurance for contents that happen to be away from the home
for a temporary period. This could be at your place of work or maybe
at
a
hotel. In
this case,
if your contents are covered on holiday, you don't need to buy travel
insurance for your contents, which you should bear in mind, because you
can save money.
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