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News Release from: American Express | Subject: Banking
Edited by the Insidemoneytalk Editorial
Team on 25 July 2007
Protect against green "sticky" fingers
Gardens have become outside dining rooms, kitchen and playgrounds with all the equipment to match which still needs protecting warns American Express Insurance Services.
Garden Feature % Homeowners Own Average Value Table and Chairs 62% ?248 Lounger/Swing Chair 20% £153 Ornaments 19% £251 Gas BBQ 18% £255 Patio Heater 9% £131 Trampoline 8% £291 A recent survey of 10,000 American Express customers May 2007 The gardening industry is worth £100m per week1 with some insurers predicting that one in seven garden items purchased will go missing
This article was originally published on Insidemoneytalk on 5 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Homeowners need to check the small print of their insurance policies to determine if their garden furniture, ornaments and equipment are only protected if they are locked up overnight.
American Express Home Insurance covers homeowners for everything in their garden up to £1,000 as long as it is within the home boundaries and is not a living plant.
Joanne Field, Marketing Manager, American Express Insurance Services: "We recognise that it is not practical for homeowners to lock away their garden furniture and equipment each night".
"The best defence against thieves is a good insurance policy and we offer our customers comprehensive protection." For further details of American Express Insurance Services and its policies, please call 0800 1690903 or go on-line at www.americanexpress.co.uk/home.
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