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Digging into home insurance can be a daunting task. We all want to save money on our home insurance while getting the best possible coverage. The Independent experts have created a definitive home insurance guide to help you get the most attractive quote based on your circumstances. Keep up to date with all the latest news around home insurance providers and new insurance policies.

Martin Lewis shares five ‘quick tips’ to drive down insurance costs

<p>Direct Line is set to pay out around £30 million in compensation to customers</p>

Direct Line to pay out £30m for overcharging on home and car insurance

Sky Protect will let customers insure their homes and keep an eye on them (Joe Giddens/PA)

Sky aims to shake up home insurance market with new service

<p>Storm Franklin has prompted flood warnings across the UK </p>

Storm Franklin: What to do if your home floods

Millions of Britons planning to continue working from home should contact their insurance provider or risk having their home insurance be invalidated after 1 August, when the government relaxes rules on employees working from home

9.7m could invalidate home insurance if they keep working from home

Lockdown set to prompt insurance claim epidemic

Ciara alone will be responsible for around £200m worth of losses for homes, cars and businesses

Storms inflict £7.7bn worth of damage on a third of UK property

The health service was accused of sidelining positive comments

Insurance spotlight offers small hope for health sufferers

Aviva home insurance claims for theft rose by 115 per cent on Bonfire Night alone last year

Bonfire Night sparks burglary season

Storm Lorenzo may have passed, but more bad weather will likely hit soon

How to avoid expensive home repairs this winter

Millions in UK are vastly overcharged for insurance, regulator finds

Rescue workers in Wainfleet after the River Steeping breached its banks

What does extreme weather mean for home insurance?

Citizens Advice said that after six years, a loyal customer could typically expect to have paid a total of £1,596

Home insurance customers pay hundreds of pounds 'loyalty penalty'

Ditch the morning bap and save enough for a holiday.

5 painless ways to cut your spending

The FCA wants to help but might just have confused the issue on insurance

Business Comment

FCA stumbles trying to ensure your insurer doesn't rip you off

Do you really know how much it would cost to rebuild if this happened on your street?

Why bad maths could cost you a fortune

This former Methodist Chapel in West Raynham near Fakenham, Norfolk, has planning permission for conversion to a two bedroom holiday property. To be sold at auction on 9 June by William H Brown with a guide price of £65,000-£75,000.

How renters are missing out financially compared to homeowners

This Grade II listed, three bedroom detached house in Wainstalls, Halifax – once part of the Castle Carr Estate - has a castle-style façade, two and a half acres of land, and marvellous countryside views. On for £375,000 with Reeds Rains.

Why you should research your potential landlord's credentials

Three bedroom, detached house, Bryn Road, Pontllanfraith, Blackwood NP12. On with Brinsons for £300,000.

Home insurance fibs: Property news update

The report said consumers should be provided with clarity about policy wording and prices

Damning report calls for home insurance policies to be clearer and

Property news roundup: One in five people has no home contents

Flashback to 2012: Flood waters pours into a residential street after the River Wansbeck broke its banks in Morpeth

Home insurance premiums continue to drop

The average price paid for home insurance has fallen to its lowest levels in at least a decade, according to the Association of British Insurers (Joe Giddens/PA)

Ask Sindie: Don't be left up a creek as home insurance bills reach

The average price paid for home insurance has fallen to its lowest levels in at least a decade, according to the Association of British Insurers (Joe Giddens/PA)

Q&A: Sealed bids, second home insurance