Are higher home excesses killing smaller claims?
After Verisk saw a 17% increase in the average home insurance claims cost, due to a decline in the number of low-value claims submitted by policyholders, Scott McGee asks: what is causing customers to stop submitting small claims?
Home insurance has seen a tough time for the last few years, similar to that of motor insurance but maybe not so much of a prominent news story.
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