The price of getting
home insurance is likely to be considerably cheaper than the cost of replacing items that are stolen, it has been suggested.
Telegraph writer Emma Wall comments that not taking out a home insurance policy was a "false economy".
She pointed out that claims are likely to increase after the recent inclement weather in the UK, with rising rates of crime also adding to the number of people claiming.
Ms Wall points out that home insurance is also a "negligible cost" when it is compared to the financial fork-out of repairing a home should a pipe burst.
Her comments follow research from Age Concern which shows that people are cutting back on non-essential costs to save money.
She says that many "unwisely" put home and contents insurance into this category.
The Association of British Insurers recently said that people should contact their insurance firm for advice if their home was damaged by the recent snowfall in the UK.
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