Homeowners urged to reduce the price of Home Insurance
Homeowners urged to reduce the price of Home Insurance
Advice has been issued on how to get cheap home insurance quotes from moneysupermarket(here is their website)after research revealed homeowners in Jersey and two parts of London lead the way in terms of the biggest reductions in the price of getting covered.
According to findings published by the MoneySupermarket Monitor, Jersey residents celebrated a 12.58 per cent drop in the cost of home insurance in the period between summer of last year and spring 2011, while their counterparts in South London and East London paid 7.02 per cent and 6.87 less respectively. The nation average, in comparison, is a decrease of 0.4 per cent.
“Our research shows some areas have seen more of a decrease in the cost of their premiums than others,” said Julie Fisher, who is head of home insurance at MoneySupermarket.com.
“Unfortunately, postcodes can dramatically affect how much people pay for their home insurance premium. For example in Jersey, one fifth of the population is retired, and low crime rates coupled with mild weather conditions means that the cost and frequency of claims are likely to be lower than other areas of the country.
“East London is undergoing significant regeneration and infrastructure improvements and insurers may be adjusting premiums as a result.”
The residents of Jersey may be paying less for home insurance, but it’s a very different story Channel Island neighbours Guernsey, who have remarkably seen the largest rise (32.4 per cent) in premiums. At the opposite end of Britain, Kirkwall in Orkney and Lerwick in the Shetland Islands are next with increases of 21.05 per cent and 20.10 per cent respectively.
Fisher added: “In the case of Guernsey, Orkney and The Shetland Islands, home insurance cover in Summer 2010 was lower than the national average premium price.
“It is likely that insurers have brought these prices in line with the rest of the country, rather than responding to any specific ‘occurrences’ on these islands, although climate may play a part.
“If your property is classified as being in a ‘high-risk’ area – whether for crime, flooding or even fraudulent claims – it will be reflected in your insurance premiums. Living in a more affluent area will also increase premiums as property and contents values will generally be higher.
“Insurers use postcodes as a part of the overall risk factors when calculating premiums. Although there is very little you can do about the postcode in which you live, except move house, there are steps you can take to reduce your premiums, such as, installing a good home security system and security lighting.”
Homeowners throughout the UK are now being urged to follow a series of handy tips to reduce the price of home insurance, including increasing the amount of voluntary excess, changing to five-lever mortise locks on external door, installing a NACOSS security alarm and joining a neighborhood watch scheme.