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Faster Gadget Entry
Electrical Item Launched Ownership Length of time since launch Then       Colour Television 1970 2002 (owned by 99% of households) 32 years Video Player 1978 2002 (owned by 89% of households) 24 years Home PC 1980 2002 (owned by 54% of households) 22 years Recent       DVD Player 1995 2005 (owned by 80% of people) 10 years Digital camera 1995 2005 (owned by 52% of people) 10 years Now       Plasma TV 1995 2005 (owned by 10% of people) 10 years Videophone   2005 (owned by 25% of people) 3 years iPod 2001 2005 (owned by 10% of people) 4 years David Pitt, Head of Insurance at MORE TH>N comments:. Read more...

trust abused.
15.07.06OVER 1.7 MILLION* BRITS HAVE TRUST ABUSED BY 'NON- RESIDENTS' IN THEIR HOMESFour in ten people (38 per cent) give non-residents their own house keyA reckless 13 per cent did not know their non-residents at all before allowing accessOne in seven (14 per cent) of those have had their trust abused - for example, homes damaged, food eaten and the telephone used by non-residents.More than 7.7 million trusting Brits (27 per cent of all working adults) are allowing relative strangers such as window cleaners, builders, and utility trades-people (electricity, gas, phone etc) to come and go unsupervised in their homes, according to new research by leading home insurer MORE TH>N. home building insurance Read more...

Holidaying to excess
**Research carried out by ICM Research between 3 and 5 August 2005 amongst 626 adults in the UK who have been on a foreign holiday in the past three years. These are backed up by service guarantees and improved access and distribution. There is also a 50 buildings insurance home excess. New figures from Barclays reveal that Britons are visiting shopping cities such as Paris, New York and Dublin in their droves. Shopping meccas around the world are now proving to be more popular than the beaches as holiday destinations. The survey from Barclays also buildings insurance home revealed:. cheap building home contents insurance Read more...

Winter can drain cash.
“The weather is the biggest cause of the worst domestic emergencies. Key features of cover are:. Before it gets too cold, inspect your pipes for cracks, leaks or other damage. When this happens, Cornhill Direct’s Home Assistance service covers the cost of basic accommodation for policyholders, their families and pets for one night while repairs get underway. Learn where the stop cock is so you can limit water damage in the event of a frozen or burst pipe.” During the last 12 months, nearly 50% of callers to the Cornhill Direct Home Assistance 24-hour helpline have needed immediate help with plumbing or drainage problems caused by burst pipes or blocked drains. Read more...

White elephant gadgets.
buildings contents home insurance quote Population Trends, Summer 2005) and calculated from esure.com’s research using an average of each price bracket. Scots are the most choosy when it comes to present buying, with just 17% admitting to buying someone a gadget gift that they expected would never actually be used, compared to 31% of East Midlanders - the worst culprits. We also have no qualms about cluttering up the houses of friends and family, with 22.3m of UK adults admitting to palming off unwanted items to their nearest and dearest. Regional statistics Homes in the North East are overflowing with the most useless gadgets in the UK. *£9.4bn is based on a population of 47.8m adults in the UK (source:. Read more...

Pack your children off to university.
home buildings insurance David Pitt, Head of Insurance at MORE TH>N, commented:. Access to over 200 professionally written interactive legal documents, e.g. Home contents insurance from MORE TH>N includes (as of 16th August 2005):. Read more...