With the festive holiday season arriving all too quickly, none of us want really to think about it, but insurance can be important over this coming period. Whilst there are often no major issues there are some points to consider. Presents If you are buying high value presents and have them in your house
Whether you are becoming a landlord for the first time, building up or already managing a portfolio of high-value properties, insurance will be a major consideration. With many years’ experience working with architects, developers, property managers and private owners, the Fairweather Insurance team has extensive knowledge and insight into the specialist requirements for high-value
Land bought for development If you are buying, or have bought, some land and are thinking about how, whether or when to develop it, don’t get caught out without insurance or it could become a costly exercise long before any construction starts. Whatever your reason for purchasing the plot; whether you have a
So your children are off to uni! Living away from home for the first time… No doubt a major change to the family dynamic (and domestic sound levels), but does your home seem terribly empty simply because your son or daughter has gone – or because he or she has taken so much household stuff
With online capabilities and electronic communications able to streamline so much of insurance administration – from initial quotes to renewals – you often hear people say maybe they don’t need a broker and can do things themselves. Until something goes wrong, that is…and the time, trauma and frustration that goes in to pursuing a claim
49640689 - sandbags outside front door of flooded house Whenever floods hit an area, it is remarkable how the people of the local communities come together to support and help each other, bringing their local knowledge and insight to help and direct the emergency services so that everyone can be accounted for, properties
Claims department helping client with no-fault accident If you have an accident, even if you are not claiming on insurance our claims team can help… We understand fully the concerns around protecting your no-claims status and discounts. For a small shunt we know the type of discussions people go through about whether they should claim,
Getting the (insurance) foundations right for your renovation or extension project So you’re taking a sledgehammer to your property….Well, not you personally, but your carefully-chosen contractors who are even now unloading their vans and manhandling bales of dust-sheet up your drive. The architects and structural engineers have finished measuring and calculating and unrolling their
Living in a flat or apartment in a higher-risk flood area and struggling to get contents insurance? At Fairweather Insurance Services, we hear from lots of flat-dwellers who assumed that living in a flat above the ground floor would significantly reduce their risk of flood and therefore make it easier and cheaper for them to
Please excuse the outrageous pun. It was frankly difficult to come up with a title not involving one. Once again in recent weeks we have been reminded of the dangers and almost inevitable regularity of flooding to large swathes of the UK. Rain. by it's very nature is indiscriminate where flood defences are concerned and