The old saying goes that “An Englishman’s Home is His Castle”, and this is definitely true. Of all the things you buy in your life, your home is likely to be the biggest outlay you ever make. It makes sense then that most people are vociferously protective of, and extremely proud of, their homes, and work very hard to maintain them and fill them with nice things. Following this line, it makes sense that this hard work should not come to nothing should something bad happen, and this is where a good home insurance policy comes in. The thing is, with so much information sloshing around the home insurance market, what good tenets should you stick by in order to get yourself the best deal?

First and foremost, when comparing and contrasting quotes from all different insurers, you should definitely use an online home insurance comparison site. These sites are immensely helpful, as they take the monotonous and repetitive legwork out of trawling around the insurers yourself getting prices. All you do is tap in the details of what you want from a policy and the comparison site will find and display the options for you, allowing you to pick the best price. I’m getting ahead of myself slightly here although you do need this information to put in to the search engines to begin with!

First of all then, a distinction; homeowners will often need to take out both home and contents insurance to protect the actual home structurally and economically as well as anything that is inside the building. However, tenants in rented accommodation usually only need to have contents insurance, which if this is the case saves you a big amount already.

Much like you will find with car insurance, how far you go to secure your home will make a difference to the price of your policy. What this means is that if you have a good alarm, sturdy locks, double glazing and maybe even CCTV, you stand a far better chance of seeing a discount. Another point to consider is that if you own a large amount of expensive items, such as jewellery, laptops or iPods, for instance, you should make sure that basic contents insurance covers this, as you might find it does not. One final point is that you should be aware, much like the above, just what your policy doesn’t cover as much as what it does. For example, if you have dear furniture or an expensive barbecue or anything else of value in the garden, if these items were be stolen they may not be covered under your policy due to the fact that they were “stored” in the garden. Always check the small print and ensure you are getting what you pay for, and to make sure you are not paying for things that are not actually required.

Finally, if you are going to purchase home and contents insurance, try to make sure you get them from the same place, as you will often see drastic reductions in price if you buy them as a bundle. In all, by using these tips and a quality price comparison site, you should be able to get a great deal and make great savings on your home insurance.