Last year the team at Cocoon very kindly gave PolicyCastle a Cocoon smart home security system to try out. We have been impressed, and made a few notes, which are below. For full disclosure, PolicyCastle now works with Cocoon to give Cocoon customers a discount on their home insurance. Setting up Cocoon The online instructions are…
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PolicyCastle announces the first home insurance discounts for customers using smart home devices
PolicyCastle, the digital insurance platform, today announces that it will offer UK customers who have qualifying smart home devices installed in their homes discounts on the cost of their home insurance premiums. This is the first time that discounts are being offered for home insurance customers who are already using smart devices in their home….
Smart home insurance ?
Smart home devices are more and more popular in the UK, from Amazon’s Alexa voice service, to remotely activated thermostats, to motion sensors – according to a study by Deloitte UK, 3% of households have a smart security system, smart thermostat or smart lighting, and 5% of households are considering buying a smart home device….
Smart locks issues
Last week, around 500 users of smart locks produced by the US company LockState found that their locks did not work properly after a faulty update was released, leaving users unable to lock and unlock homes. Lockstate apologised but wasn’t able to provide customers with an immediate solution to the issue – it took 5-18…
