RIAS Named as Best Home Insurance Provider by thisismoney.co.uk Users

RIAS Named as Best Home Insurance Provider by thisismoney.co.uk Users











(PRWEB) March 11, 2010

Over 50s specialist insurance provider RIAS is celebrating after winning a triple accolade at the inaugural 2010 thisismoney.co.uk Awards. The recognition, from the Daily Mail’s personal finance website users, honours the UK’s top financial service providers.

The thisismoney.co.uk Awards, new for 2010, invited 5,000 thisismoney.co.uk users to rate the providers they consider to be the most trusted and deliver the best customer service experience across insurance, banking and savings. RIAS has been named as the ‘Most Trusted Home Insurance Provider’, the ‘Best Home Insurance Provider for Customer Service’, and the ‘Best Overall Home Insurance Provider’.

Janet Connor, Managing Director of RIAS, comments: “Winning these Home Insurance Awards has been a completely unexpected delight, a great way to start 2010, and they are all the more special as they have been voted for by the people that matter the most – our customers. We strive for customer service excellence at the heart of everything we do, and our customers can trust us to go the extra mile to ensure all their insurance needs are covered.”

Andrew Oxlade, Editor of thisismoney.co.uk, said: “RIAS should be delighted to have won on both customer service and trust in the home insurance category. Our readers make it their mission to meticulously sift through the personal finance industry and find the best services and products. It’s quite a feather in the cap for RIAS to have won them over.”

RIAS home insurance customers can enjoy the following features and benefits:

    Buildings cover up to £1 million.
    Up to £50,000 contents cover as standard (can be increased up to £100,000).
    New-for-old replacement on damaged or stolen items (excluding clothing and household linens).
    Accidental damage cover to electrical equipment such as TVs and computers.
    Identity Theft Assistance service – a support service to help if you believe you are a victim of this type of crime.

In addition, there is also a wide range of Additional Cover options from RIAS, including Home Emergency Cover, Key Protection, which covers your keys in the event of loss of theft, and Garden Secure, providing extra cover for gardens against damage from vandals and the weather.

For more information about home insurance or the range of products RIAS offers, customers can contact RIAS on 0800 561 0711, or online at http://www.rias.co.uk

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Ensure Your ?Man Cave? is Safe this Father?s Day with NRMA Insurance

Ensure Your ‘Man Cave’ is Safe this Father’s Day with NRMA Insurance











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(PRWEB) September 02, 2011

With DIY and power tools a popular choice of gifts for Father’s Day, NRMA Insurance is reminding dads to make sure their new gifts are insured.

If a man’s home is his castle, the shed or garage is often the ‘man cave’ where he stores all types of things. An NRMA Home Contents Insurance survey* found the most common items found in NSW men’s sheds or garages are gardening equipment (84%), power tools and DIY tools (79%), bicycles (47%) and spare furniture (43%).The survey also reveals that more than half of men surveyed don’t have adequate insurance cover for the items they store in their garages, or aren’t sure of their level of cover.

NRMA Insurance spokesperson Mariana Cidade urged NSW residents to review their home contents insurance to ensure their items are covered, should the worst happen.

“Year on year, our claims data** shows that items like mountain bikes and sunglasses are popular with thieves, both in and outside the home. With the Portable Contents Option by NRMA Home Contents Insurance, both are covered as portable items, or items that you would take out of your home, and you do not have to individually list items under $ 10,000 to be covered.”

“NSW dads can take some simple precautions too, including always locking up their garages and marking their Drivers Licence number on the back of valuables like power tools.”

The top ten items stolen from NSW garages and sheds in 2010 were:

1.    Mountain bicycles

2.    Miscellaneous power/garden tools

3.    Sunglasses

4.    Walk-behind mowers

5.    Drills and screwdrivers

6.    Assorted sports/outdoor equipment

7.    GPS units

8.    Chainsaws

9.    Trimmers/brushcutters

10.    Miscellaneous hand tools and hardware

*Based on a Pure Profile Research survey of 500 NSW men in April 2011.

**Based on NRMA Home Contents Insurance claims data for the calendar year 2010.

To see if our Home Insurance is right for you, always read the Product Disclosure Statement from the product issuer, NRMA Insurance.

NRMA Insurance is a leading insurance provider, offering Home Insurance, Car Insurance, Motorcycle Insurance, Travel Insurance, Business Insurance, Boat Insurance, Health Insurance and Caravan Insurance, in NSW.

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Rental Properties Insurance Needs to Have Coverage for Loss of Earnings

Article by Matt Dhaliwal









Are you able to Save Money On Rental Properties Insurance by Not Acquiring Loss of Rent? A lot of people wrongly assume that they can lower their charges with rental properties insurance if they do not take coverage for loss of revenue. They may possibly indeed pay a bit bit much less, but the value of this coverage kind is enormous. It really is actually worth to pay some further pennies for ensuring your economic stability in situation you lose your rental income. When Is Rental Properties Insurance with Loss of Rent Coverage Required You may be relaxed understanding which you already have rental properties insurance and that what ever may well go incorrect is beneath cover. This may be correct, but in case you do not also have coverage for loss of income, you may find yourself in financial difficulty. Picture which you personal four condos in an apartment building. A fire takes place in a single of them due to the fact the tenants weren’t paying interest to what they had been cooking. The firemen arrive inside a matter of minutes, tenants usually are not hurt, but the fire needs to be ended. The result is the fact that the firemen use water for carrying out this and in addition to damage from fire, you will also have damage from water. You won’t be concerned an excessive amount of because insurance is going to pay for the repairs. This may well be genuine, but repairs are not made inside a blink of an eye. You will need time to locate contractors and to acquire constructing permits and you also depend on climate. Typically the repairs are going to take at the least two months. They’re able to even final half a year or more. Regrettably, tenants cannot reside in your condos anymore and also you will not obtain any cash until the creating is completed. You’ll need to find new tenants as well as even though the developing may look excellent, the six or much more months with out rental revenue may have been devastating for you. If you have to pay mortgage, the bank is not thinking about the truth that you just have lost your earnings. Getting coverage for loss of rent can avert this from taking place. In case something happens to your property, you may acquire your typical revenue from the insurance company until the repairs are carried out. This would be a great relief. How you can Really Save Income on Rental Properties Insurance You don’t must quit on correct coverage to be able to save funds on rental properties insurance. The premium that you need to pay is strongly connected with how risky your properties are. You’ll find insurance firms specialized in high danger properties. These may possibly offer you better rates than other people. However, ensure you go into company having a respected insurance business. You can even save money on rental properties insurance in the event you lower the danger connected along with your property. You can do this by installing security devices, smoke detectors; alarms, sprinkles, etc. Do not neglect the significance of fire escape locations. Small particulars can make massive variations with regards to insurance premiums. Also keep in mind that the more claims you file, the higher your premium will probably be. Don’t file claims for little issues that may be easily paid from the pocket. Ask your agent about more suggestions on lowering the cost of rental properties insurance.



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