Products & services

Age Concern has put together a special home insurance package with Fortis Insurance Limited with the needs of the over 50s in mind. So before you renew your current insurance, make sure you get a comparative quote from us.

 

Age Concern Home Insurance offers:

• Pay by instalments at no extra cost*
• Award winning provider^
• Contents cover from £7,500 up to £100,000
• A standard excess of just £25 for most claims (conditions apply)
• Identity theft helpline
• The choice of  buildings or contents cover or both
• ‘New for Old’ cover

Buildings and contents insurance will cover you against the following:

• Fire, explosion, lightning, earthquake
• Storm or flood
• Collisions or impact by any vehicle, trains, aircraft or animals
• Riot or malicious damage
• Escape of water or oil from fixed installations
• Theft or attempted theft
• Falling trees, branches, telegraph poles and lamp posts
• Subsidence, ground heave or landslip

Extra benefits

These benefits are available 24 hours, 365 days a year.

24 hour domestic emergency service

A local authorised repairer will visit your home to help and you’ll be told what charges will be made before they attend. If the incident is covered by your policy, we’ll repay the cost, minus any excess, when settling your claim.

Identity theft helpline services

Detailed advice and guidance in respect of concerns about being or becoming a victim of identity theft.

24 hour legal helpline

Our legal experts can provide independent and confidential advice on any legal problem.

Optional additional voluntary excess

You can reduce your insurance premium under buildings, contents and caravan cover by agreeing to pay an additional excess of either £50 or £100 should you need to claim. Please note this is on top of the standard £25 section excess (£50 excess for touring caravans).

How to buy

• Call 0845 600 3243 (please quote ref: ALL 721)
  
  Lines are open 8am-8pm Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm Saturdays.
  
• Visit your local trading Age Concern**

If you call the 0845 number above for home insurance, you will be dealing with Fortis Insurance Limited, which provides and manages Age Concern Home Insurance

* Written quotations available on request.
^ BIA General Insurer of the year (Fortis Insurance Limited) 2007

** Not all Age Concerns offer all Age Concern products. Please check (by telephoning your local office) before arranging a visit.

If you contact an Age Concern office, you will be dealing with an Appointed Representative of  Age Concern Enterprises Ltd (ACEnt).

ACEnt and Fortis Insurance Limited are each authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for insurance mediation and are not in the same group of companies.

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