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Tenants
should Insure against recession related crime __________________________________
February 2009 Following
the release of Home Office figures in January 09 showing a significant increase
in burglaries, the UK's leading insurance provider for the lettings industry
HomeLet
is urging tenants to make sure their possessions are
properly insured. The
figures, published in January, showed a 4 per cent increase in domestic burglary
between July and September last year compared with the same three months in 2007
and gave the first official indications that the economic downturn has coincided
with signs of rising crime. Managing
Director of HomeLet John
Boyle said: "It is unfortunate but not surprising that as the recession
deepens and unemployment rises there has been an increase in the number of burglaries. "We
would always advise tenants to take out specialist insurance, as it can also cover
them for accidental damage, but in the light of these figures from the Home Office
it is more important than ever that tenants are adequately insured." "Conventional
home contents policies will give a basic degree of cover for most insured perils
but are not specifically designed for tenants and there can be some major gaps
in the cover they need." As
well as protecting the contents of the property against theft by forcible means,
HomeLet's Tenant's Contents Insurance can also cover tenants should they accidentally
spill a glass of red wine on the carpet or burn the kitchen worktop for example.
Many
people don't realise that if they're living in a rented property their landlord
can take the cost of the repairs for damage to the contents, building, fixtures
and fittings out of their deposit. There
are countless examples of tenants who have experienced a loss or damage to the
property through, burglary, fire, flood or other insured risks and have been horrified
to discover they have been left with the cost of replacing the items themselves.
A
new £1.6million national crime prevention campaign has been launched on the 17th
February by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. The
adverts will appear in national and regional newspapers, television and radio
over the next eight weeks. They
will carry simple messages about how the public can make their homes safer and
protect themselves from opportunistic criminals with the strapline "Lets Keep
Crime Down". According to the British Crime Survey 36 per cent of burglaries occur
in properties with unlocked doors and windows and this new campaign aims to make
people aware of the very simple steps they can take to protect their homes and
valuables. The
new campaign is part of government action aimed at helping people to increase
their personal security and avoid becoming victims of crime during the economic
downturn. It
uses materials from the successful Let's Keep Crime Down campaign, which won an
Institute of Practitioners in Advertising Gold Award in 2008 for demonstrating
advertising effectiveness. The
launch follows the burglary summit held at the Home Office on 4 February, which
saw representatives from the public, private and voluntary sector meet to discuss
practical ways they could help. Insurance
is one essential you can’t afford to be without today Source:
Homelet
and The
Home Office
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for HomeLet insurance doubles - October 2009 Tenants
should Insure against recession related crime - February 2009 New
Managing Director for Letsure- Barbon Insurance Group has announced the appointment
of Ian Fraser as Managing Director - January 2009
New
Chief Executive for Barbon Insurance - September 2008 Barbon
Insurance Reveals Latest Financial Results - September 2008 EIS
Completes Rebranding Exercise to Become Barbon Insurance Limited -August 2008 jml
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Group umbrella - August 2008 Martin
& Co announces three year deal with HomeLet - July 2008 HomeLet
staff gain promotions - June 2008 New
Customer relations manager for EIS Insurance Solutions - June 2008 EIS
sale completed - New and stable long term ownership - April 2008
EIS
separates from Erinaceous Group - New and stable ownership - April 2008 Erinaceous
placed in administration - April 2008 jml
Insurance will now be introducing Homelet Landlord & Tenant insurance instead
of Letsure - March 2008 Erinaceous
puts insurance division up for sale - January - February 2008 Brian
Turney has left Lumley Letsure - June 2007 Erinaceous
Group Plc Opens Property Management Office in Dublin, Ireland - May 2007 HomeLet
IPEX -Landlords set for buy-to-let revolution as new scheme launched - March 2007 HomeLet
Rental insurance launch Portfolio Insurance from 10th July 2006 in the UK Letsure
has a new Glasgow offices December 2005 HomeLet
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Also:
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from The Negotiator Magazine took place at the London Hilton on the 11th November
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