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8 Ways To Get Cheaper Home Insurance

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No one likes paying for home insurance, but it’s a necessary evil for most of us. This doesn’t mean you have to pay through the nose for it though – try these 8 easy tips for cheaper home insurance and see how much you could reduce your premiums by.

Shop Around

You will probably be able to reduce your premiums by a substantial amount if you compare prices from several insurance companies. This may seem obvious, but research has shown that a surprisingly large proportion of people either just renew their current policy, or get only one or two quotes. Many insurance web sites will automatically compare dozens of policies for you, making this one of the easiest ways to reduce your insurance bill.

Try to buy online

Because there are less administration costs involved and the savings can be passed on to you, you can often get a discount of up to 20% on normal prices if ever you buy your policy online.

Combine your buildings and contents policies

If you take out both types of home insurance with them, then many insurers will give you a discount and this usually works out cheaper than getting the two kinds of policies from different companies.

When paying upfront

A lot of insurers let you pay your premium in monthly installments but even so, many will charge interest for this. In case you can afford to pay a full year’s premium in advance, then in the long run this will work out cheaper.

Don’t claim for small amounts

Increasing your insurance costs is possible if you make many small claims because your insurer may see you as a greater risk and increase your premiums. Also, you will lose any no claims discount your policy has. However, what you are entitled to is the claim for anything your policy covers, but ask yourself if making a small claim is really worth the hassle and possible future costs.

Voluntary excess

This is related to the last point. Insurance policies feature something known as ‘excess’, which basically means that the policy won’t pay out on claims below a certain value. On some policies, your premiums will be lower if you should choose to raise your excess to a higher level.

Increase your home security

By beefing up your home security with better door locks, window locks, outdoor lighting, and alarm systems, then it is possible for you to have lower premiums. Ask your insurer what you could do to get extra discounts.

Reducing your cover

In many policies, benefits that you may not need such as cover for personal possessions while traveling, or ‘free’ legal advice, can be featured. What you can do is look through your policy and see what parts of it you really need and cut your cover down to size so that you may be able to reduce your premium.

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