Woodworm Insurance

Rentokil Insurance are able to provide woodworm insurance cover for your home or property, if required.

Although early identification of the signs of woodworm can prevent an infestation growing in size and severely damaging timber, it’s not always easy to spot these insects so it can be very beneficial to have a contingency in place.

Home insurance coverage and contents insurers rarely provide policies that cover attack by wood boring insects, or other related issues such as wood-rotting fungi or damp. Before looking to make a household insurance claim, it is important to read your policy to see if woodworm is covered.

If it is covered you may require a professional survey to be carried out before any insurance company pays out. Rentokil Property Care are members of the Property Care Association and can provide you with a survey report outlining findings, along with costs of repairs, if required. Insurance companies often specify a PCA member surveyor.

If however your insurance does not cover woodworm, and you would like an extra layer of protection, Rentokil Insurance can provide protection against these problems.

It couldn’t be easier to insure your home with Rentokil Insurance. Simply book a Survey with Rentokil Property Care to inspect your property and based on the survey and your requirements, appropriate insurance cover can be provided.

The first step is for a qualified surveyor to inspect your property, in order to identify any early signs. The surveyor will attend your property at a time suitable for you, carrying out an inspection of both the exterior and interior of the property.

Rentokil Property Care have a number of PCA qualified surveyors who can help provide you with answers and long term solutions.

Following a survey of your property you will be provided with a detailed report and a quote for any treatment required. Our surveyors will use factors such as the age, size and construction of your property to provide you with a woodworm insurance quote to cover those parts of the property not requiring treatment.

If you choose to accept the insurance Rentokil Insurance will contact you directly for the first and ongoing annual payments. Cover will start from the date the policy is issued.

The woodboring insects covered by the policy are:

1. Common furniture beetle
2. Death watch beetle
3. House longhorn beetle

• Inspection when necessary, to find out the treatment required to control the infestation you report
• Treatment of the affected timbers to control the infestation
• Replacement or reinforcement of affected timbers, where necessary, to ensure they are strong and stable
• Repair of any wall and ceiling plaster that is disturbed while we treat or replace the timbers

For further information regarding our woodworm insurance cover, or if you have any questions or queries, please call our specialists or download our Policy Document.

Terms & Conditions apply

Rentokil Insurance also offer a woodworm e-cover option. This cover offers an immediate woodworm only insurance quote without the need for a survey (subject to terms and conditions).

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