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Common sense is key to avoiding burglaries
Britons are not doing enough to avoid the need to make a home insurance claim, new research suggests.
A recent survey found that Britons are quite literally handing thieves £750 million of their own possessions by failing to adopt simple measures.
Households are still not heeding the risk of opportunistic burglars, with four in ten admitting that they continue to hide keys outside. Combined with holiday absences and open doors and windows, thieves have easy access to many houses.
People are further increasing their vulnerability by leaving car keys in obvious places, meaning many victims of burglary now find themselves claiming on their car insurance as well as home insurance.
Insurers increasingly warn that, as car security improves, many thieves only attempt to steal a car if they can easily obtain the keys, with thieves now targeting houses to get to a car.
According to Norwich Union, opportunistic thieves can expect to steal an average of £2,405 in contents and cars from each house targeted.
They are inadvertently aided by the 80 per cent of Britons who keep up to five sets of keys in the house, including the helpful one in ten that label each one.
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