Home is where the heart is. Make sure it stays that way.
Category: Personal Insurance
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Home is where the heart is. Make sure it stays that way.
Home is where the heart is. Make sure it stays that way. Keeping your home a happy one also means having proper and adequate insurance. This can be divided into two areas of cover. Building insurance and home contents insurance. Building Insurance covers your home from structural damage caused by fire, storms and a burst…
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Ways to avoid any pain in your claim.
Ways to avoid any pain in your claim. ‘Claim rejected’ are not the words any insured person wants to hear after a loss. Yet it’s quite astonishing just how regularly the Ombudsman is contacted to settle claim disputes. The fact is that often the insured party failed to comply with a specific part of their…
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The devil’s in the detail. The advantages of doing a home inventory.
The devil’s in the detail. The advantages of doing a home inventory. Remember the devastating Knysna fires or some of the brutal floods in the past that have wreaked havoc? Dealing with the aftermath of such a calamity for many families can be a seemingly perpetual, heart-wrenching process, which can take months or even years…
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How to mitigate mistakes when claiming for a property loss
How to mitigate mistakes when claiming for a property loss Panic and shock can set in rapidly when you’ve lost a property, be it your home or business premises, due to a natural disaster, such as a fire or flood. It may only be bricks and mortar, but it was yours. Your home filled with…
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Keeping the tow-truck industry honest
Keeping the tow-truck industry honest We often see them parked near main intersections where crashes and bumper-bashing are the most prevalent, waiting almost vulture-like to swoop on their prey. They’re the souped-up ‘ready to roll’ brightly painted tow-trucks in an industry that is notorious for doing dodgy work, with drivers paying for tip-offs, driving dangerously…