The Co-operative provide great value home insurance with added benefits and offers especially if you combine both contents and buildings insurance when buying home insurance. They have been awarded the Intelligent Choice awards for Home Insurance Cover, Customer Service and Customer Satisfaction in 2010.
Co-operative home insurance policy benefits:-
- Up to 40% No Claims Discount for buildings and contents
- Up to £500,000 rebuilding costs cover as standard
- Free home emergency helpline
- Cover can be extended to include most types of accidental damage
- A choice of excess, which gives you the option to reduce your premium
- New for Old cover (except clothes and linen)
- Buildings insurance includes your home, roofs, walls, fences, gates and outbuildings
About the Co-operative Association
The Co op and CIS marketing group has been in existence since 1867 and currently has more than 5 million customers. The Co op currently administers more than £20 billion of their customer's money through a network of branches around the country. The products offered range from life assurance, motor and home insurance, pensions and savings plans. In April 2002 the Co-operative Bank and Co-operative Insurance Society (CIS) merged to form Co-operative Financial Services (CFS).
The company employs more than 15,000 staff. It has a UK based contact centre for its customers and is open 7 days a week. You can renew your policies over the telephone and make an appointment with your local financial advisor It has a network of high street banks, and an internet banking service, it is also a member of the LINK cash machine network.
CIS operates a socially responsible investment (SRI) across its £20 billion-plus investment portfolio. CIS is presently inviting customers to have their say in the development of an Ethical Policy, which will guide CIS's responsible investment practices across its entire portfolio.
CIS has a good reputation for investing in companies who follow best practice guidelines and have a Socially Responsible Investment Policy It has a Responsible Shareholding Unit which monitors its investments decisions.
