Porch Pirates — It’s That Time of Year

Weekly Industry News will be doing more stories on this topic as the holiday season moves into high gear.

The 2024 Porch Pirates and Holiday Shopping Report from InsuranceQuotes.com says 31% of the 1,006 people they interviewed say they’ve had a package stolen from their porch, doorstep or a building lobby.

That’s up quite a bit from 24% last year and the 26% in 2022.

Surveillance from video or photographs of the deliveries or the thefts aren’t much help since most people taking stuff put on masks, or keep their faces away from the easy to spot cameras.

By the way, a lot of people surveyed want the federal government — and President-Elect Trump — to do something about this:

• 34% want Trump to address the issue of package theft
• 45% of people with incomes under $50,000 a year want something done by the Trump administration

Source link: Business Insurance — https://bit.ly/4fWRQTG