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Subject: Holiday home contents & buildings insurance (UK)
Category: Family and Home
Asked by: michael2-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 17 Jan 2003 04:08 PST
Expires: 16 Feb 2003 04:08 PST
Question ID: 144636
Please advise how best to go about finding a company that provides
contents & buildings insurance for a second home that may be let out
for holiday use.  I understand that this is a rather specialist field.

Both brokers and insurers are of interest.  The house is in Bath,
Somerset.
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Subject: Re: Holiday home contents & buildings insurance (UK)
Answered By: leli-ga on 17 Jan 2003 06:05 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello

Thank-you for your question. Nice to see you here again!

Have you asked the company who insure your main home? They may be able
to offer you a deal that's better than starting afresh with a new
insurer.

If not, these are some companies who offer building and contents
insurance for second/holiday homes in England. Most are listed at the
website of the General Insurance Standards Council (GISC) and I have
put 'GISC member' where appropriate.


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SCHOFIELDS
==========

GISC member

Schofields Insurance Ltd
Trinity House
7 Institute Street
Bolton
BL1 1PZ
United Kingdom

Tel: + 44 (0) 1204 365080
Fax: + 44 (0) 1204 394346

Email: holidayhomes@schofields.ltd.uk
http://www.schofields.ltd.uk/Contact_Us/contact_us.htm

They say this about themselves:
"Schofields is a family run business which means you receive personal
service and advice. With over 18 years experience as a specialist in
holiday cottage insurance, our professionalism and tailored products
are the reason why over 90% of our customers renew.
Since 1984 we have been instrumental in arranging cover for niche
areas of business, one of these is for Second Homes and Let
Properties. We have negotiated wide delegated authorities to
underwrite such properties on behalf of certain Lloyd’s Syndicates."
http://www.schofields.ltd.uk/About_Us/about_us.htm

online quote possible:
https://secure.schofields.ltd.uk/cgi-bin/hhquote.pl

More detailed information:
http://www.schofields.ltd.uk/FAQ/faq.htm



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ASHBURNHAM INSURANCE
====================

GISC member
 
Postal address
Ashburnham Insurance Services Limited
80 London Road
Southend on Sea
Essex
SS1 1PG
     
Telephone    01702 347400 
Quoteline    0800 1696137 
Facsimile    01702 333890          
 
General Information: info@ashburnham-insurance.co.uk
Quote Queries: quote@ashburnham-insurance.co.uk

request online quote:
http://www.ashburnham-insurance.co.uk/holidayhomequote.htm


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LETSURE
=======

GISC member

Maidenhead office
Letsure
Hargrave House
Belmont Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 6TB 

Glasgow office
Letsure
3rd Floor
Rowan House
70 Buchanan Street
Glasgow
G1 3JF

telephone / fax: Maidenhead office
08700 770 880   Telephone - Quoteline
01628 581 500   Telephone - Customer Service

01628 581 504   Fax Glasgow office
08700 777 808   Telephone

company e-mail: info@letsure.co.uk

http://www.letsure.co.uk/pshome.htm?pls=110638s4bbr1g


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AUA INSURANCE
=============

GISC member

"Our Holiday Home policy is designed to provide you with a range of
standard cover when insuring the buildings and contents of your
holiday home in the United Kingdom."
information on their holiday home policy
http://www.aua-insurance.com/HolidayHome.htm

LONDON OFFICE   
Address: 14 Fenchurch Avenue, London, EC3M 5AT
Telephone No: 020 7265 1166
Fax No: 020 7265 1857
E-mail Address: info@aua-insurance.com

   
NORWICH OFFICE  
Address: De Vere House 90 St Faiths Lane Norwich NR1 1NL
Telephone No:       01603 628034
Fax No:             01603 761384
E-mail Address: info@aua-insurance.com

http://www.aua-insurance.com/


=================
BLACKFRIARS GROUP
=================

GISC member

This is a broker.

online quote form
http://www.blackfriarsgroup.com/holiday_home.htm

I could not find a postal address on their website. However, they are
members of the General Insurance Standards Council and presumably they
would offer contact details when emailing you a quote.


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BROKERS DIRECT
==============

Brokers Direct   
Suite 12 Kilmun Court 
Kilmun 
PA23 8SF

fax 0870 134 1811
email admin@easylet.org.uk

"Cover is available for Holiday Homes and Second Homes anywhere in the
UK, The policy is available for properties which are retained for use
by the proposer as well as homes which are let privately through a
Holiday Company, Letting Agent or owner."

They give two numbers for quotes by phone:
    

For a quote by phone please call us on 0870 99 11 011
http://www.easylet.org.uk/holiday.htm


quotes by phone: 0870 745 3077
http://www.easylet.org.uk/phonequote.htm

Please note: Brokers Direct seem to run both the 'easylet' and
'easyinsure' websites. I could not find them on the GISC website.


===============
OTHER COMPANIES
===============

These companies also seem to offer what you want but without giving
many details online:

LLOYDS TSB
Call free on: 0800 056 3040 
http://www.insurance.co.uk/insurance/Home/H2.asp?CommCode=MH097&TargetApp=Home&StartPage=True

TESCO HOME INSURANCE
http://www.tescofinance.com/personal/finance/index.html


You might also like the web address for the General Insurance
Standards Council:
http://www.gisc.co.uk/Home/

GISC consumer guides
http://www.gisc.co.uk/consumer/


I hope this helps. Please feel free to ask for clarification of this
answer if anything needs further explanation.

Regards - Leli


search terms used:
"second home" "holiday home" insurance
standards association advice council
michael2-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
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