Wimbledon is smashing time
June 20, 2007 by admin
Filed under News, News-Insurance
Tennis is soon set to dominate our lives again as the Wimbledon Championship approaches.
However, as the UK gears up for the country’s premier tennis tournament, Halifax Home Insurance is warning that it is likely to see an increase in claims.
The firm says that claims for smashed windows and other broken glass peak in July as thousands of people try to emulate their sporting heroes.
Figures from 2006 show that broken glass claims increased by 76 per cent in July, compared to January, and it is a trend that Halifax sees every year.
“Last summer we saw a particularly high rise in claims for smashed windows and other domestic breakages as Wimbledon and the World Cup coincided,” explained Vicky Emmott from Halifax Home Insurance.
“We’d advise any budding [Andy] Murrays and [Maria] Sharapovas to take care when playing racquet sports close to home and check they are insured for accidental damage should a mishap occur.”
Wimbledon runs between June 25th and July 8th and Halifax says that it expects to see most claims coming from Southend, Romford and Illford and Ipswich as these areas made the most claims last year.
