Home Insurance
Homeowners insurance provides coverage for damage to your home and other structures on your property. It also provides coverage for your household contents and personal belongings.
Personal Liability – It protects you against lawsuits involving the injuries that occurred
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Home Insurance
Homeowners insurance provides coverage for damage to your home and other structures on your property. It also provides coverage for your household contents and personal belongings.
Personal Liability – It protects you against lawsuits involving the injuries that occurred on and off your property.
Why is it necessary?
To rebuild your home if it gets damaged or destroyed.
To replace the stolen property from your home.
What kind of insurance you need to buy?
It depends on the type of risk.
Some home owners may be affected by fire or theft.
Some home owners may be affected by snow, earthquake and tornado’s.
Types of home insurance
There are six variations of home owner’s policies that you can choose from, ranging from HO-1 to HO-8.
HO-1: This covers your home valuable objects. Example: Painting
HO-2: It is similar to HO- 1. It covers any specific portion of house. It is often called perils policy.
HO-3: It is often called “all risk” of “open perils” policy. It covers all aspects of the home structure and its contents as well as any liability that may arise from daily use, as well as any visitors who may encounter accident or injury on the premises.
HO-4: This coverage is similar to the HO – 6. It is called renters insurance or renter’s coverage.
HO-5: Similar to HO – 3. Difference is that it covers a wider breadth and depth of incidents and losses than an HO-3.
HO-6: It is also known as Condominium coverage. It covers all your valuables within the home from theft, fire or water damage or other forms of loss.
HO-8: It is called “Older Home” Insurance. It lets house owners with higher replacement cost than the market value. It insures them at a lower market value rate.
Once you decide to buy Home owner Insurance you need to know how much insurance you will need for your home.
There are two types of Home Owners Insurance
Actual cash Value:It is cheapest home insurance policy. So experts avoid this policy.
Why experts avoid this policy?
Suppose you buy a policy which covers your house 000 when your house value is 000. If after some year your house valuation increase to 000. But your coverage amount will be same when you buy the policy.
Replacement cost: In this type of coverage policy amount rise with the rate of inflation. – $ 30 to your annual premium.
Make sure you get all the facts about the policy you think is right for you.
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