On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:35:24 +0100, "Norman Wells"
wrote:

Invisible Man wrote:

Whenever someone tries to sell me a warranty or insurance I say I
worked for an insurance company for 36 years and don't believe in it.
Car insurance, house and contents insurance and travel insurance I do
have.

Have you ever claimed on your house insurance, I wonder? Mine's just come
up for renewal and I can't recall ever making a claim in 35 years except one
in 1990 for a relatively small amount of damage caused by a couple of ridge
tiles being dislodged by high winds.

The house is unlikely to collapse or hit an aeroplane, so what's it for
exactly? What are the most common claims?

I have made 2 claims in the 40 years I've lived in this house. One was
for the replacement of a window and window frame damaged by someone
breaking in. The other was for the replacement of a post and rail fence
at the front of the house which had been comprehensively demolished by a
stolen car. In both cases I could have managed to pay for repairs myself
if I hadn't had house insurance.


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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)