Re: Advice needed on Comfort, NSI/NACOSS & insurance

["Jim Franklin" <jimf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For what it's worth, my experience of insurance companies and alarms
was
ridiculous.

"If you have an alarm we will discount your policy amount"

hmm by £3.65 a year :(

"the alarm must be installed by a nacoss registered co."
ok fair (i guess)

" and maintained on annual contract by a nacoss registered co."
hmm perhaps (at £60 a year)

"if the security system is not set or has not been set at the time of
a
claim for theft/maliscious damage, the policy will not pay out."

For 3.65 a year saving, I dont think so. I told them the alarm wasn't
installed after all.




On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:42:55 -0000, Gary Tall wrote
> I'm generally a lurker here but do find reading the threads
> interesting when I'm commuting.
>
> We are (hopefully) nearing the end of a near three year stint living
> in a caravan whilst we convert a barn to be a family home. We've
> gone down the Comfort and Clipsal C-Bus route and will be linking
> both to Homevision (C-Bus via one of Kevin H's interfaces) and using
> FirM to provide remote control.
>
> Our electrician is a medium size contractor and has been very good,
> all the wires for the sensors are in and he is contracted to supply
> the Comfort alarm.
>
> I was discussing insurance yesterday with my mortgage lenders and
> they have said they want a NACOSS approved system with an annual
> maintenance agreement.
>
> The electrician is not NSI approved and I'm not really sure what to
> do now, whether to get someone involved who is or to tell the
> insurance company that I'm not going to have an approved system.
>
> I've perhaps been naïve and not sorted this out before but I've
had
> so many other problems with the build itself it's not figured that
> highly. Has anyone any advice for me as to the best way to proceed.
>
> Regards
> Gary