How long did you take to unload your precious items, shipped from your homeland? For some people the circumstances mean they put their boxes into storage until they're settled. Or perhaps you couldn't wait to be surrounded by your familiar things and dived in like it was Christmas day?

We took out insurance on our belongings and were aware of the time limit to make a claim for damages discovered, hence we did a 'quick check' without unpacking straight away. But then waited for several week to unpack properly as we had to move house again.

But I'm wondering how many of us have been caught out by the time limit clause on some insurances. And perhaps, considering the psychological effects of uprooting ones life to the other side of the world, would it be possible to have the system take this in to consideration?