Do I Need Home Insurance?
Typically, home insurance is not required by law. However, your bank or mortgage company will more than likely require that you carry homeowner’s insurance. In addition, when your home is paid off, it becomes even more important that you carry homeowner’s insurance to cover your assets.
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What does Homeowner’s insurance cover?
There are 3 different types of coverage for a homeowner: Basic coverage, Broad coverage, and Special Coverage. Basic coverage offers very limited coverage while Special Coverage offers the most comprehensive coverage. That being said, there are typical coverages with all policies such as losses resulting from burglary or theft, severe storms, and fire. As a homeowner, you may also face catastrophic events such as floods and earthquakes which require a separate policy.
Your Homeowner’s Liability also typically covers you when someone is injured on your property and may also cover damage to someone else’s property. Examples of coverage include your dog biting a person visiting your home, your child throwing a ball through your neighbor’s window, a neighbor’s child sustaining an injury on your trampoline, etc.
To sum things up, your homeowner’s insurance can pay for property repairs, injury, medical costs, and even lawsuits should a claim come to this.
How do I ensure adequate coverage?
There are a number of items we consider when helping you get the right amount of coverage for your home. We look at everything from the number of people in your home to the crime rates in your area to special hazards you may face such as wildfires.
In addition, there are a few key strategies to consider to ensure you have adequate coverage:
- Is an umbrella policy necessary for your household? An Umbrella policy can add a minimum of $1 million or more of liability coverage.
- It is important to get “Replacement Costs” instead of “Actual Cash Value.” Many homeowners only learn that they have an “Actual Cash Value” policy for their home and belongings when there has been a loss.
- Do you have any special value items such as jewelry, fine art, firearms, sporting equipment or furs? Many times, insurance companies pay lower limits on this type of property.
When you purchase Homeowner’s insurance you are, in fact, insuring your future and we are here to provide you with many different options, meeting your budget and finding the right value.
HOME INSURANCE FACTS:
- 69% of homeowners are underinsured and are stunned to find out at the time of loss that their coverage is inadequate
- In an average year, 374,000 residences catch fire resulting in $7.32 billion in losses
- In 2017, 1,401,840 houses were burglarized resulting in an estimated $3.4 billion in losses
Our Home Insurance Coverages
We proudly offer various options for insuring your home. When it comes to keeping your home safe, we make sure your homeowners’ insurance policy will truly protect your family’s financial security.
Your house is not just a roof over your head. It is your family’s home and holds those things you value and worked hard to acquire. It is also one of the biggest investments many of us make. We can match your situation with the insurance company that is right for you, ensuring that your policy has the right coverage at the right price.
A renter’s policy can financially protect you against losses by replacing the cost of the personal property and contents of your apartment in Murrieta, including electronics, appliances, clothing and other items. In addition, visitors to your rental are also protected with customized policies that can also include hotel expenses in the event that you must vacate the premises due to an accident, fire or other hazard.
Much like the policy held by a landlord, a condo association’s insurance policy often only provides coverage for damages to the structure and common areas. Condominium owners in Murrieta can enhance insurance protection with tailored insurance policies that is more affordable than a traditional homeowner’s insurance policy and customized specifically to your unique requirements.
Earthquakes can cause devastation any time of the year and without warning. Many homeowners don’t realize that damage from earthquakes is not typically covered by a standard homeowners insurance policy. Earthquake insurance can protect your property against an earthquake’s most damaging effects, such as ground shaking, soil liquefaction, and slope failure, among other causes of damage from earthquakes.
Standard homeowners and renters insurance policies do not cover flooding! Since flooding can occur anywhere it rains, every homeowner should seriously consider purchasing a flood policy. It is available for renters as well as homeowners, and it can help pay for the devastating effects of flood damage to your home’s structure and contents.
