Halifax Home Insurance MOT checklist launched

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Halifax Home Insurance MOT checklist launched

Mon 10th Oct 2005

Halifax Home Insurance is advising customers to prepare their home by checking them thoroughly this autumn, in the wake of predictions from the Met Office that this winter will be the coldest in the last decade.

"Whilst it's the big weather events, such as the Carlisle floods and the tornado in Birmingham which make the headlines, frozen pipes, fallen trees and damaged roofs all torment UK households throughout the winter," said Vicky Emmott, senior underwriting manager at Halifax Home Insurance.

"With home emergencies, prevention is certainly better than cure and many claims could be avoided if householders spent a small amount of time preparing their homes for the winter."

Halifax urges homeowners to conduct its Home MOT in order to save themselves thousands of pounds. The company dealt with around 20,000 claims that were weather-related last year.

Halifax Home Insurance has already received more than 23,000 storm claims and paid out more than £20 million.

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