Summary of benefits for householders
As brokers we offer a wide range of products each with slightly different features, but all of which include the following as a minimum:
- Fire and other perils
- Fire, explosion, auto-explosion and implosion, smoke damage, fire extinguishing and salvage costs, demolition and removal of rubble, reconstruction of documents
- Atmospheric phenomena (lightning, flood, rain, hail, wind and snow)
- Water damage (burst pipes and costs of finding a leak)
- Other damages and benefits (vandalism, riots, strikes, impact, sonic waves, electrical damage, goods in freezers, trees and shrubs, aesthetic restoration, loss of rental income, temporary inhabitability)
- Breakages (glass, mirrors, marble and granite worktops, sanitary ware)
- Theft, burglary and robbery
- Third party liability (including legal defence and bailbonds)
- Emergency household assistance
- “New for old” clause
- Automatic indexation of sums insured
Other optional covers which vary from insurer to insurer include:
- Liability cover for dangerous dogs
- Legal protection
- Limited “All Risks” extension
- Vehicles parked in the garage
- Damage caused to property by tenants