Greek holiday home insurance
Insured Abroad in association with Intasure offer a comprehensive specialist insurance service for holiday homes in Greece.
Underwritten by one of the world's leading insurers, Lloyd's of London, the policy meets the specialist requirements of overseas holiday homes in Greece and includes essential features such as cover when the property is occupied or unoccupied, or let short term as a holiday let, plus public liability cover up to £5m.
At Insured Abroad you can fill in a simple form to get an online quote for your holiday home insurance in Greece, simply click here to start the process.
Alternatively if you would rather get a quote over the phone simply click here and one of our representatives will call you back.
Holiday Home Insurance Greece
Policy Benefits
- Holiday home insurance cover underwritten by Lloyd's of London
- Fully comprehensive buildings and contents insurance
- Your Greek property is covered whether occupied or unoccupied
- Your Greek holiday home is covered if let short term or long term
- Competitive online insurance rates
- No claims discount
- Excess from only £50
- All holiday home policy documents are in English and if you have an enquiry or claim you talk directly to a UK based, English speaking support team
- We cover emergency travel, accommodation and temporary accommodation following a major insurance claim
- Policy covers swimming pool as well as buildings
- Policy covers public liability of £5m in regards to buildings and contents
- Policy covers loss of rent following an insurance claim
- Wider cover than most standard buildings and contents policies
- Protects your valuable contents - new for old
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Key facts
- Full Name: The Hellenic Republic
- Capital: Athens
- Population: 11 million (via UN, 2005)
- Area (combined): 131,957 sq km (50,949 sq miles)
- Major Languages: Greek
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 76 years (men), 81 years (woman) (UN)
- Monetary unit: Euro
- Main Exports: Textiles, clothing, food, oil products
- GNI per capita: US $19,670 (World Bank, 2006)
- Internet domain: .gr
- International dialling code: +30
- Daily Newspapers: Eleftherotypia (evening daily), Kathimerini (morning daily)
Migration
Under League of Nations supervision in 1923, more than 1 million Greek residents of Asia Minor were repatriated, and some 800,000 Turks left Greece. During the German occupation (1941-44) and the civil war (1944-49), there was a general movement of people from the islands, the Peloponnesus, and the northern border regions into the urban areas, especially the Athens metropolitan area, including Piraieus. Between 1955 and 1971 about 1,500,000 peasants left their farms about 600,000 going to the cities, the rest abroad. According to the 1981 census, 813,490 Greeks had migrated since 1975 to urban areas, and 165,770 had moved to rural areas. The growth rate of the Athens, Thessaloniki, Petrai, Iraklion, and Velos metropolitan areas during 1971-81 far exceeded the population growth rate for the nation as a whole.
Many Greeks leave the country for economic reasons. In the years after World War II, the number of annual emigrants has varied from a high of 117,167 (in 1965) to a low of 20,330 (in 1975). The net outflow of Greek workers during the 1960s was 450,000; during the 1970s, however, there was a net inflow of 300,000. This mainly reflected declining need for foreign labor in western Europe.
In 1974, when the Greek military government collapsed, about 60,000 political refugees were living overseas; by the beginning of 1983, about half had been repatriated, the remainder being, for the most part, Communists who had fled to Soviet-bloc countries after the civil war of 1944-49.
In 1998, Greece received 2,953 applications for asylum, as compared to 4,367 in 1997. Most of them were from Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Of those submitted in 1998, 10.6% were recognized as refugees or provided humanitarian protection. In 1999, the net migration rate was 4.04 migrants per 1,000 population.
General information
The historical and cultural heritage of Greece continues to resonate throughout the modern Western world-in it's literature, art, philosophy and politics.
Greece has long been at odds with its close neighbour, Turkey, over territorial disputes in the Aegean and the divided island of Cyprus. Despite this Greece gives strong backing to Turkey's EU bid
Athens stepped into the worlds spotlight when the Olympic Games returned home in 2004.