How insurers secure a place on Santa’s nice list

Ruined gingerbread house behind a police tape. Ruined walls, mortgage, credit, bankruptcy.
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Last Christmas many people submitted a claim so this year, to save you from tears, Insurance Post is sharing the ways providers swoop in to save policyholders from yuletide heartbreak.

As a result of gifts being exchanged, chestnuts being roasted on open fires and Jack Frost nipping at your water pipes, insurers receive a huge swathe of insurance claims every Christmas.

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