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Summer tennis may see ‘more home insurance claims’

June 24, 2008 by admin  
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Home insurance claims involving broken windows may increase in the run-up to the Wimbledon tennis championships, it is claimed.

The number of claims made in June last year for broken windows and other glass breakages was almost a fifth higher than the number of claims made in January of the same year, according to the Halifax.

People in Birmingham and Solihull made more home insurance claims in 2007 than anyone else for incidents involving broken glass, the data suggests.

Head of underwriting for Halifax Home Insurance David Rochester said that there is often an increase in these types of claims during the summer months.

He commented: “We’d advise any budding Murrays and Sharapovas to take care when playing ball sports close to home, and check they are insured for accidental damage should a mishap occur.”

Separate research revealed last week by Tesco personal finance suggests that messing around or horseplay results in damage worth £325 million to British homes each year.

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