10 June, 2010 (03:28) | Basic Insurance, Expanded Coverage, Options | By: Avatar
Check out the required protection levels from your local officials and insurance, the better the security system the more discounts you can get from insurance. When leaving your house for sometime for they have set limits as to how long a house can be left unattended and still be covered. Always review you policy when [...]
Tags: Expanded Coverage, Home Contents, Home Insurance Policies
10 May, 2010 (03:27) | Basic Insurance, Expanded Coverage, Options | By: Avatar
Flooding, earthquakes are some factors that can make your insurance decline in value or have the premiums increase due to the higher risks involved. As your children get older and they move out of the house to go to university for further studies, check with your insurance if they will be covering their possessions as [...]
Tags: Expanded Coverage, Home Contents, Home Insurance Policies
10 April, 2010 (03:25) | Basic Insurance, Expanded Coverage, Options | By: Avatar
As with the many other add-ons you opt to get that brings you closer to becoming a full time paranoid homeowner, the contents of your home can be insured separately if they are not covered by your standard home insurance. There are several things to consider in selecting home contents insurance which can make or [...]
Tags: Expanded Coverage, Home Contents, Home Insurance Policies
10 March, 2010 (15:06) | Basic Insurance, Expanded Coverage, Options | By: Avatar
As said before, any improvement or addition to your insured home must be reflected in your policy. If not, damage to that specific improvement may not be covered and could cost you a lot in repairs should they be damaged. It is best to inform them of any improvement projects before they are done so [...]
Tags: Adjustments, Home Improvements, Insurance Policies
10 September, 2009 (15:00) | Basic Insurance, Options | By: Avatar
The term denotes the subsidence/settling of the ground beneath your home. It can cause a lot of headaches so do be wise and check the area’s geographical surveys for any possible problems. If the area is prone or known to suffer from such problems, then expect to pay higher premiums for the higher the probability [...]
Tags: High Risk Areas, Premiums, Subsidence
10 August, 2009 (03:34) | Expanded Coverage, Options | By: Avatar
On the side of your insurance premiums, there are certain insurance firms which give special discounts for those homes that have security systems installed. Of course the discount rate would vary depending on the assessed value of the house and the contents that are insured, the type and effectivity of the home security system (which [...]
Tags: Home Security Systems, Insurance Premium Discounts
10 July, 2009 (03:32) | Expanded Coverage, Options | By: Avatar
Installing a Home Security system might be a necessity nowadays but be sure you get down to the numbers when choosing to do so. This would allow you to gauge how much is enough and how much is too much. Write down your assets and start crunching the numbers to see if you indeed need [...]
Tags: Home Security Systems, Insurance Premium Discounts
10 May, 2009 (21:12) | Basic Insurance, Expanded Coverage, Options | By: Avatar
Say you have a party and somebody unexpectedly slips and breaks his leg on the pool�s side. Ouch, but these are also covered by the basic(remember, basic which means this is the minimum amount of coverage you might get and you might have more)home owner�s insurance. They are also so that the injured can go [...]
Tags: Injury, No Fault Coverage, Pets, Suit
10 April, 2009 (21:09) | Basic Insurance, Expanded Coverage, Options | By: Avatar
Pet damage may be covered by your basic home insurance if you didn’t know. They are part of the household and if they are specifically included in the contract. This is standard in most parts of the United States where pets are commonplace. If you have a pet that bit a neighbor who fumbled into [...]
Tags: Insurance, Pet Damage, Pets
10 March, 2009 (21:07) | Basic Insurance, News, Options | By: Avatar
We have discussed the two first areas covered by the basic homeowners insurance during the last post and now we shift to the next two. Liability protection is protection from any lawsuits filed against you and your family members that results in bodily injury or property damage. This is the area where most experts say [...]
Tags: Basic Owner's Insurance, Bodily injury, Coverage, Liability Protection