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Holiday Season- Secure your Home
7 Jun 2011Summertime is here again and you might be planning a break away from our Irish weather. Protecting your home is essential this summer, particularly if you are going away.
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On the Grapevine with Benen Tierney
In: Claims Settlement|Featured|General Insurance|Value At Risk
16 Nov 2010Sean Cleary was interview recently by The Grapevine with Benen Tierney on Castlebar Community Radio. This interview is a great introduction to Loss Assessing and what it entails. To listen to the interview just click on the link below. We welcome your comments. Click here to listen to the interview
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- Tags: claims, Commercial Insurance, General Insurance, loss adjuster, loss assessor, Value at Risk
1. Shock – for you and your family, both physically and financially. It is not nice to read, but this is a definite consequence of a fire, flood, burglary or any other unforeseen misfortune. Shock can result in the need for medical assistance for the more vulnerable and the young. 2. Uncertainty – No one [...]
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- Tags: Burglary, claims, General Insurance, home insurance, insurance claim, loss adjuster, loss assessor, security
Protect your home this winter
In: Claims Settlement|General Insurance|Protect Your Home|survey
20 Oct 2010The winter months are a peak time for burglaries in Ireland. With this crime on the rise we have put the following tips and advice together so that you can do all in your power to avoid this menace. Outside the Home: Potential intruders will look for signs of carelessness around your property that identify [...]
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- Tags: Burglary, claims, General Insurance, home insurance, insurance claim, loss assessor, Phonewatch, survey
10th Eircom PhoneWatch Published
In: Claims Settlement|Featured|General Insurance|Protect Your Home|survey
10 Oct 2010Eircom PhoneWatch have recently published their 10th annual Burglary Report revealing an 8.5% increase on last year’s figures. Over the ten years that they have been carrying out their surveys over €700m worth of goods have been stolen from Irish homes. Speaking at the launch of the report Eoin Dunne, Chief Executive of Eircom PhoneWatch [...]
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- Tags: Burglary, claims, General Insurance, home insurance, insurance claim, Phonewatch, security, survey
The Bankers Interest
24 Sep 2010Over the years we have dealt with a very large number of household claims. When dealing with large settlements we have discovered surprisingly, time and time again, that the insured will not be aware of the banks interest on their property. If there is a mortgage on your home your bank will have an interest in [...]
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Imbalance of Payments
In: Claims Settlement|Commercial Insurance|Fire and Flood|General Insurance
8 Apr 2010Last winter’s severe flooding saw hundreds of policy holders greatly affected both emotionally and financially. Luckily, the vast majority of these policy holders had cover in place and could look forward to prompt settlement to get them back on their feet. Or so you would think. Five months on from the floods, Fianna Fail Galway West [...]
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A Lesson To Learn, Now.
In: Claims Settlement|Commercial Insurance|General Insurance|Value At Risk
26 Mar 2010As a result of the November floods last year, Grassland Fertilizers suffered losses of up to €1.3 million when up to 70% of the stock stored at its Cork facility was destroyed. A claim was processed and the underwriters failed to pay because there was no cover in place for flood, burst pipes, tempest and/or [...]
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Insurance Claims Survey
10 Mar 2010We are currently conducting a brief survey regarding your satisfaction with how your claims are being processed. Please take a minute to fill out our very brief poll.
Earthquakes! In Ireland?!
In: Claims Settlement|Featured|General Insurance|Protect Your Home|Uncategorized
2 Feb 2010The recent events in Donegal were very mild in comparison and according to the School of Cosmic Physics in the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies these mild quakes are no indication of a build up to any major event. In fact, most quakes in Ireland are due to the settling and easing of faulted rock stress and are in no way related to fault lines.
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- Tags: claims, donegal, earthquake, insurance
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This blog has been established to give you free and practical advice on insurance, what to do in the event of a claim and how to prevent it in the first place. Every week you will find a new and insightful post on topics ranging from preventing burglary in your home to ensuring your business has adequate cover. With over 25 years experience of dealing with disasters and disaster management, Sean will give you the benefit of his experience so that you can avoid common insurance pitfalls.
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