Insurance news from the team at Leisuredays
Most people know that freezing conditions can play havoc with holiday homes, with bursting water pipes and damp being the main causes of worry; but there’s another issue which needs to be considered when leaving your holiday home over the Winter period, the build up of snow and ice on your roof.
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Last winter we at Leisuredays handled more burst pipe and escape of water insurance claims than ever before thanks to freezing temperatures and widespread and prolonged snow and ice.
This year we want to ensure that as many static caravan and lodge owners as possible don’t have to deal with the upheaval of large scale damage that mother nature can cause over the winter by explaining a few simple precautions.
Research conducted into written off holiday homes by Leisuredays has shown that the average cost of removing debris from a damaged holiday home in addition to resiting and reconnection of a new home is £3500, yet Leisuredays suspects that many owners might not have adequate insurance cover in place to cover the cost.
Leisuredays (and sister brand Caravan Guard) have been “highly commended” at the 2011 UK Broker Awards, which took place at a glitzy event in London on Friday 9th September.
Leisuredays, and our sister company Caravan Guard, have been added to the “Hall of Fame” on the consumer website saynoto0870.com, thanks to our pledge to make customer calls as cheap as possible.
Caravan Guard, incorporating holiday home wing Leisuredays, have been named winners of “Training Programme of the Year” at the Insurance Times Awards hosted by Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans.
Last year’s extensive snow fall saw a huge number of static caravans and holiday lodges damaged, and with heavy snow and icy conditions forecast again this winter season, it’s important that you have adequate holiday home cover in place.
The recent BBC Watchdog programme about ’08’ numbers and how they can be expensive for customers to call was music to our ears. We did a lot of research in to what numbers were cheapest for customers to call and found that offering two different numbers was the best way forward.
Caravan Guard (incorporating Leisuredays) have been named ‘Customer Service Provider of the Year’, and ‘Personal Lines Intermediary of the Year’ at the UK Broker Awards 2010.
