{"id":262,"date":"2013-06-26T14:29:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sure2insure.co.uk\/?p=262"},"modified":"2013-06-26T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:29:23","slug":"groupama-offers-tips-to-avert-burst-pipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Groupama offers tips to avert burst pipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Groupama Insurances has alerted policy householders to pre-emptive measures they should take to help avert burst pipes due to the freezing winter weather.<\/p>\n<p>The firm advises homeowners to keep their heating on a high enough level to prevent freezing occurring, lagging pipes and insulating vulnerable areas, and to check plumbing joints.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Household at Groupama Andy Lomas said that, as a broker only insurer, it was not usual for them to contact policyholders directly on such a vast scale, and that broker support had been gained first.<\/p>\n<p>Lomas added that Groupama did not wish to see a repeat of recent winters when prolonged cold weather during Christmas caused a large number of burst pipes, and gushing water did much damage to empty homes.<\/p>\n<p>Groupama\u2019s advice echoes that of the ABI, who suggested that those planning on going on holiday during Christmas should leave their heating on at a low level to help protect against finding burst pipes upon their return.<\/p>\n<p>source: www.insurancedaily.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groupama Insurances has alerted policy householders to pre-emptive measures they should take to help avert burst pipes due to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insurance-companies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sure2insure.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}