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Home insurance should be at the top of a household’s wish list this Christmas to protect their presents from seasonal thieves, M&S Money has warned. Every year sees a marked increase in the number of burglaries during November, December and January, as opportunistic thieves know that new and potentially expensive Christmas gifts will be in abundance. More than a third of households put their gifts under the Christmas tree well in advance of the event, which M&S home insurance says can act as a beacon to thieves on the look out for a good haul, and only seven per cent wait until Christmas morning, so security should be a priority. The increased value of property stored in their homes around Christmas requires extra vigilance from households, and while 75 per cent of UK homes have home contents insurance, less than a quarter say that they are ‘very confident’ about what is covered by their home insurance policy, so many could be leaving themselves open to loss if they are the victim of burglary.

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