The first step in protecting your personal property is having the proper security measures in place. There are different ways to go about this as we have talked about in many other posts. It is also important whenever possible to take even more steps to safe guard your personal property.

Security measures are highly effective at protecting your property but there are times where crooks get beyond your security measures and a theft of your personal property occurs. It could be that you forgot to set you security alarm, or there was a vulnerable area that was not protected and the thieves managed to gain entry.

It is so distressing to be a victim of theft. Many times a lot of the items that are stolen don’t have a high money value to them but the sentimental value is beyond dollars and cents.

So many people are surprised when an unfortunate event like this happens and they go to put in their insurance claim and aren’t even sure just what is missing. This is where safe guarding your property begins. You should have a clear idea of exactly what you own, and make a list of them, as well as their value. Then this list should be stored in a safe place. It isn’t just important in the case of theft, but is highly important in the case of flood or fire. If your list gets destroyed in these types of mishaps then it is of no value to you.  This includes storing the list on your computer. There is a good chance this electronic device could get damaged in any one of these unfortunate events.

Create a hard copy of your list as suggested then either store it off of your premises like in a safety deposit box, or even in your home safe.

Another sad fact is that stats show that over 20% of what police recover in stolen property they are not able to identify the rightful owners. A great solution for this is to pick yourself up an inexpensive engraver and get to work putting on a identity mark on everything you can. You may want to add this ID number to your list as well. A handy tips is to put the marking on twice. Once on where it can be easily seen, then on a second spot where it isn’t noticeable. That ways it crooks try to alter the first one, the second one may go unnoticed.

Make sure you review your insurance policies to see that you have adequate coverage for all of your valuables. Some policies are in place for years and policy owners forget to have them updated and their important property listed as they accumulate new and valuable property.

These extra measures along with keeping up with your regular security protection gives you much better coverage. If you have any doubts as what your home and business security status is then be sure to contact the toronto locksmith and security professionals at Pre-lock.