CSG Electric Planning on DIY Electrics – Is It Even Legal | страница 8

The Insurance Companies Make their Own Rules Insurance companies exist to make money just like any other business. They do not exist to recompense you for any foolhardy endeavour that results in your home burning down. Indeed the insurance companies got so fed up with the number of payments that they were making to homeowners for fire insurance that in many countries and states they have applied pressure to tighten up the laws regarding DIY. To understand the view point of the insurance underwriters expert studies were showing that almost a quarter of house fires were due to faulty electric wiring and almost all of them were avoidable. As a result there may be other countries, states, provinces or municipalities with regulations as strict as Quebec. But insurance companies don’t just have to rely on the law they can write their own rules.