Is your home insurance provides full cover?

Cover?
Contents Insurance covers loss or damage to your possessions whilst they are in your home howsoever caused (apart from personal malicious damage).
In this context “possessions” basically means anything that is not permanently attached to the structure of your house . So Contents Insurance would not cover your fitted kitchen units but your furniture would. Everything permanently attached to the structure of your house is covered by Home Insurance (which is also known as Buildings Insurance.)
The most frequent cause of damage is theft, accidents in the home, burst and leaking pipes. But if you can still claim if vandals, storm, fire or flooding, falling trees or explosions, damage your belongings. Even damage to contents resulting from a vehicle or aircraft crashing into your house is covered. In fact it’s hard to think of circumstances where loss or damage would not be insured – oh yes there is one – deliberate damage. You can’t deliberately damage your contents and expect to make a valid claim!
Many policies will insure you for accidental damage caused by yourself. However, the extent of the cover can vary between policies. So do check out what’s included. Ask about videos, TV’s and computers and what about damage to mirrors and glass generally? You might well have to pay an optional extra to have them insured but it could be well worthwhile. (Claims for these will probably only be valid if the items are in the home at the time they are