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Home Owners Insurance - Learn More And Save Money
By: Greg Haehl
The family insurance portfolio usually always includes some form of property
insurance. The homeowner policy has been around a long time and is purchased
every time a family purchases a new home. Homeowner’s insurance is very
comprehensive coverage but is very often misunderstood. The typical homeowner
always has some kind of maintenance problem. These kinds of problems are
sometimes submitted as claims on their homeowner’s insurance. That is where the
misunderstanding begins. Homeowner’s policies protect you against losses caused
by perils. Maintenance and deterioration problems are never covered by your home
policy. Your homeowner’s policy would become unaffordable if that were the case.
Perils Insured Against – Fire or lightning, windstorm or hail, explosion, riot
and civil commotion, aircraft, smoke, vandalism, theft, falling objects, the
weight of ice sleet and snow, accidental discharge of water or steam, freezing,
volcanic eruption, and more. These are the basic perils covered by most home
policies.
Homeowner Policy Structure
Section A – The Dwelling – This provides coverage for the dwelling and any
structures attached to that dwelling.
Section B – Other Structures – This provides coverage for detached structures
like garages, storage sheds, flag poles, fences, and swimming pools.
Section C – Personal Property – Personal property provides coverage for personal
property owned by the insured anywhere in the world. There are limitations on
certain types of personal property
Section D – Loss of Use – This coverage refers to the additional living expense
that the insured incurs when the dwelling becomes uninhabitable because of a
peril covered in the policy.
The perils and the policy structure are the essentials that you need to study
when purchasing a homeowners policy. Replacement cost verses actual cash value
is the next consideration. These are the two methods that insurance companies
use to settle claims. The actual cash value method will rebuild your dwelling or
replace your property by taking the replacement value and subtracting the
depreciation. Replacement Cost will replace your dwelling or personal property
with material of like kind and quality without depreciation.
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