JLT launches website for buying unoccupied property

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8th June 2011, London:  JLT Property Insurance has launched a new ‘quote and buy' website www.jltpropertyinsurance.co.uk that lets solicitors buy unoccupied property insurance faster and more securely online.

As the endorsed partner of the Law Society JLT Property Insurance has worked closely with the organisation to ensure the new website gives solicitors the functionality they need to manage their insurance accounts on their clients' behalf.   Solicitors can now log in securely to view policies, print documents and adjust property insurance on behalf of their clients through a customised account zone.

With the widest and most flexible property insurance cover available, JLT Property Insurance offers new market leading cover benefits for unoccupied, occupied, residential and commercial, probate, intestate and in-trust properties.

Whilst JLT Unoccupied Property Insurance is a product of Thistle Insurance Services, the website has adopted the JLT branding which has been established with the Law Society membership over the past sixteen years of partnership.   

James Pickering of JLT Property Insurance said: "Our new website was developed with our clients firmly in mind and aims to make the solicitor's job of buying property insurance easier.  In addition it also helps the beneficiaries who are left to deal with an empty property and want peace of mind that the building is covered as quickly and painlessly as possible."

Neil Skinner, Business Development Manager of the Law Society said: "It was important to us to offer more flexibility to our members in terms of how they access insurance services, and this new website does just that, empowering solicitors to buy their own insurance quickly and with less effort. This is invaluable to the busy solicitor where time is precious.

"The flexibility of the service is also a plus with solicitors, who are now able to make changes to the account immediately upon a client's instruction."

JLT Property Insurance provides buildings, contents, property owners liability and legal expenses insurance on empty and tenants' occupied properties.   Policy cover starts from just a three month period, with cover available immediately via the new website or by phone. 

The cover has no warranties, therefore there are no inspections or forms, or requirements for alarms or to drain down the water systems or switch off utilities.  As standard, there is £2,500 of legal expenses cover for the removal of squatters.  

Many standard household polices restrict cover or even automatically cease cover when a property becomes unoccupied. This is because when claims occur in unoccupied buildings they often go undetected and consequently become much more costly than 'normal' claims.

 

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