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Owner Break-In’s

10 December, 2010 (14:45) | News | By: Avatar

homesec.jpgZurich Insurance, one of Britain’s largest home insurance providers has noted the huge increase of owner break-ins that is raising alarms. They say that if a homeowner can break into their own property, others surely can. May it be forgotten keys or a stove left cooking with the house keys besides them, the incidents of owners breaking in themselves are on the rise. Break-ins is one of the highest criminal activities on the planet and people seldom take the necessary measures to beef up the security of their homes. It takes an incident to wake their protective gears into motion and start beefing up security which might be too late. Burglars love targets of opportunity; open doors, weak locks and the likes are prime target5s and can be observed casually with little effort. Breaking in would also be easier for weak locks don’t need sledgehammers but a screwdriver and a pair of pliers might do.