Welcome to studentinsuranceguide.co.uk! So your heading off to university, well good choice; we can guarantee you’ll have a sublime experience (well we did!). Accordingly you’ve obviously started looking into insurance, well that’s another good choice (your full of them today!). Whether or not your living in student residence or private rented, you’ll probably want insurance. 1 in 3 students are a victim of crime, a lot of these involve burglary (see here). You wouldn’t want your brand new phone, laptop, camera (great for Facebook), printer, clothes, iPod, bike or that random projector that someone always brings, to be stolen. Because believe us, it happens (and the value tends to be greater than you might think). People want what other people have, and there are people who stop at nothing to get it.

You may also be thinking that you’ll be covered under your parents house insurance? Well this is often not the case, and if it is (check with your parents provider) it is usually much more restricted than what specific student insurance cover can provide.

You now may also be wondering that student insurance is just another burden to pay? Not really. Student insurance nowadays is surprisingly cheap (this is coming from students ourselves!). What’s £100-200 (a year) vs. a stolen laptop, phone etc.

Also, why don’t you head off to our links page which some lovely links for you to help you with student insurance and student life. We've also provided a claim help page for tips on claiming, if you are unfortunate enough to need to.

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