On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:49:59 +0000, Jon Fairbairn
wrote:

ARW writes:

Just fitted an alarm at a house that was burgled 4 days ago.

It may have been a new requirement imposed by the insurance
company.

Yes. A friend who was burgled a few years ago was told to have an
alarm installed by her insurance company.
(And a house near me was burgled just before Christmas, broke into the
uPVC french doors. Set the alarm off but no-one heard it, of if they
did they ignored it. In that case, the consumer electronics were
ignored and the jewellery was stolen.)