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No...not those!! 
We've been reviewing our security arrangements at home and thought it a good idea to record all our assets...thinking it will be useful if we ever had to make an insurance claim or give police a description of `stolen' items....
Just worked round the interior of our house photographing all the larger pieces of furniture/equipment/paintings/art work etc......damn! forgot the camera 
Next will be serial numbers.....
has anyone done this sort of thing?... what else do you do?
Quote: Do not forget to keep this record of assets in another location as well ...... could get stolen with all the other stuff
synced to my netbook (Google Drive) and backed up on my cloud 
but yes...perhaps a printed (or separate external drive/CD/SD Card) version might be useful
I have all the details of my camera equipment logged and printed and have often thought about doing the same for all assets. (Even the good Mrs Steinbeck)
My insurance company sends out a regular reminder to do this and keep it up to date.
BTW, they also allow a small discount if you agree to undergo a lie detector test in the event of a claim.
Another BTW, in case you haven't guessed we have a rather high crime rate where I live.
You will normally find you have to give your insurance company details and serial numbers for any goods over a certain value. I assume you have your camera equipment insured, if not, tell your insurance company to put it on your policy and make sure it's insured for loss, accidental damage and theft, not just for inside your home, but outside as well. Make sure everything is watertight with your insurance people, otherwise, if there's a loophole, they'll find it.
Also, if you have an excess with your insurance, they will take the excess off of every single item! So, if you have a camera and 3 lenses, they will take the excess for the 4 items!
I had my golf equipment stolen from my car in the golf club car park quite a few years ago. I had just renewed everything, irons, clubs, shoes and bag. The insurance company took £50 excess off every item (£200)
Stephen
Quote: You will normally find you have to give your insurance company details and serial numbers for any goods over a certain value. I assume you have your camera equipment insured, if not, tell your insurance company to put it on your policy and make sure it's insured for loss, accidental damage and theft, not just for inside your home, but outside as well. Make sure everything is watertight with your insurance people, otherwise, if there's a loophole, they'll find it.
Also, if you have an excess with your insurance, they will take the excess off of every single item! So, if you have a camera and 3 lenses, they will take the excess for the 4 items!
I had my golf equipment stolen from my car in the golf club car park quite a few years ago. I had just renewed everything, irons, clubs, shoes and bag. The insurance company took £50 excess off every item (£200)
Stephen
my camera and lenses probably only amount to about £800 (new for old), but can imagine if anyone has pro equipment how expensive that could be...I still wouldn't like to have to replace them. I haven't got them separately itemised, but I ma covered away from home as well....and excess is £200. So good point, worth noting, thanks
Quote: All above are good ideas we have done a similar exercise and all the details are with our other legal docs lodged with our bank that way even if the house burns down we still have a record
I have somewhere safe to keep everything but need to consider where best off-site.
Don't forget to record all your serial numbers on www.immobilise.com. The police can then search for owners of recovered property via the National Mobile Property Register.
Quote: You can guard against overlooking anything by doing a short video panning round the entire room.
Exactly what I have done.
As to serial numbers, it is not something that insurance companies tend to ask about. They know so few people bother to keep a record.
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