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Home insurance is there to protect your property and its contents from everything life throws your way, and you’ll want to find the best policy for the right price. We’ve highlighted the key benefits of esure’s cover, as well as the background of this well-known insurer.
esure home insurance
esure is an online and phone-based insurance company established in 2000 by UK businessman Sir Peter Wood, who also founded Direct Line insurance in 1985. Originally launched to provide home and car insurance, esure now also offers travel insurance.
The company aims to offer highly rated car and home insurance at a low cost, with great customer service through its call centres and live chat. esure has over 2 million customers, of whom 300,000 have home insurance.
esure’s home contents and/or building policies offer cover for your home against certain risks. These include:
Full details are on the esure website, but we’ve highlighted some of the key benefits below.
Here are some of the key benefits:
An excess is the amount that you are required to contribute towards a claim. There is a standard policy excess, plus you can choose the level of your voluntary excess (the higher it is, the lower your premiums are likely to be but you’ll have to pay more in the event of a claim).
esure’s policy booklet says a further excess for subsidence or escape of water may apply alongside the standard or voluntary excess. Full details are in the policy schedule.
All the helplines listed here are open around the clock, every day.
To make a claim, call the claims helpline on 0345 601 7072; esure will confirm whether your policy covers for you for the incident. Ensure you have your policy details to hand when you call.
To contact the legal advice line, call 0345 601 7070.
If you have home emergency cover, you can call 0345 601 7624.
To make a claim on your family legal protection policy, call 0345 601 7070.
To make a claim on your pest cover policy, you can call 0345 601 7073.
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