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by thaumasiotes 2954 days ago
What kind of insurance are you talking about here? Wouldn't increased presence in the home make any mishaps less likely?
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You can easily get cover for working at home. But usually work is excluded from domestic policies; particularly third party liability.

Obviously the liabilities vary, if you're doing prototyping of fireworks in your garage then it's a little more risky than coding!

Insurance isn't always priced solely by risk; work-from-home insurance probably reduces claims for many people but that doesn't mean you can't charge more for it.

It would be interesting to know how occupier presence varies with claims made.

Contents & Home insurance - and I guess yes and no. Probably lowers the chance of theft claims, but increases slightly the chance of fire damage and accidental damage to contents. Don't have the actual data to back this up though.