Bonfire Night – are your pets and home insurance ready?

As Bonfire Night approaches it’s vital to protect your pets and make sure your your home insurance personal liability cover insures you well enough for any bonfire or firework accidents.

As moneysupermarket.com advises it’s important to check your home insurance and make sure there’s an adequate level of personal liability included.

You can easily check and compare home insurance using a comparison website such as that offered by moneysupermarket.com, Confused.com or Gocompare.com.

According to the latest figures from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, over 6,000 people were hurt and required hospital treatment following firework accidents and around half of all injuries happen to children.

If someone at your Bonfire Night burns or injures themself, perhaps on the bonfire or even when simply holding a sparkler, you could be liable. Without insurance this could be a hefty cost for you.

Pets need to be considered and protected too – fireworks cause them stress and panic which can lead to accidents or to them going astray.

Pet insurance is well worth considering in case they get injured or lost. Again though check the cover on offer and what level of cover is included for vets fees and third party liability.

If you are having a Bonfire Night, above all be safe – watch any children carefully, make sure fireworks are set off at a safe distance from people and keep pets inside.

You can get more infor on Bonfire Night safety on the Government website.