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Home Insurance Option: Equipment Breakdown Coverage

I am occasionally asked by a new or existing client whether their home insurance policy covers an air conditioning compressor or water heater that’s going bad. In most cases, the answer is no, unless it’s caused by an event justifying a claim such as a lightning strike, a tree limb that fell on it, etc. Two home insurance carriers offer a coverage option worth considering for their policy holders called Equipment Breakdown coverage and it may provide an attractive option worth adding to your policy.

Why Home Insurance Rates Change Every Year

Many people are surprised to learn their home insurance rate will change from year to year. Many times, there will be an increase as we’ve seen in the past few years, and sometimes there will be a decrease. Rates fluctuate, so let’s examine why!

Hail’s Continued Impact on Texas Home Insurance

Summer’s here and while our hail storms are probably behind us, its impact continues to unfold for homeowners in the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex and San Antonio. Home insurance companies paid an unprecedented amount in claims and tallied up losses from the storms. The impact goes beyond insurance companies balance sheets, it’s being felt by homeowners and buyers in both north and central Texas as insurance companies consider their options. The responses include moratoriums, increased deductibles, increased rates, and coverage shifts.

How Does Credit Impact the Cost of Your Insurance?

How would you like to pay less for your home and car insurance? I don’t know of anyone who wants to pay more than they need to! Most people I talk with realize paying less for their insurance is attainable simply by improving your credit, or insurance, score. People with good credit pay less for their insurance than someone with not so good credit.

Vacant Remodel vs Builders Risk Insurance

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about insurance for fixer uppers and homes being remodeled and mentioned vacant remodel and builders risk insurance (see https://wiseinsurancegroup.com/home-insurance-remodels-fixer-uppers/). I touched on a couple of their differences but wanted to dive a little deeper into how they are alike, how they are different, and when one may be a better fit than the other.

Home Insurance for Remodels and Fixer Uppers

You’ve found your new home. It has great bones, hasn’t been updated, and you can make it into something special! All it needs is a little, or maybe a lot, of remodeling love to go with your vision of how to bring it up to date and make it uniquely yours. If you’re planning something like this, don’t let home insurance derail your vision.

Hurricane Season Insurance Review

Welcome to hurricane season which runs from June 1 to November 30th. It’s a great time for Texas homeowners to take a few minutes to review their home insurance keeping in mind a hurricane or named storm can impact north Texas residents as easily as it does our coastal neighbors. Let’s address two key areas of your home insurance policy to review along with two other related policies.

Duplexes and Home Insurance

A homeowner called me last week to discuss home insurance on her Dallas area duplex. It was coming up for renewal and she wanted to confirm she was not over paying for her home insurance. I was delighted to review her current rate and advise her on her coverage. Based on that conversation, let’s review insurance considerations for a duplex.

Home Insurance and Federal Pacific Electric Panels

I reviewed Sheri’s and my home insurance in March. It had gone up again and we’d been with the same company for several years, so it was time. I was very pleased with the rates I found with a couple of my other carriers and decided to call the underwriter to discuss our home since it was built in the mid 1950’s. She told me it would require an interior inspection, in addition to the exterior inspection. I was curious what they’d review and the criteria they’d use to determine whether to write my home insurance or cancel it. What I found out caused me to go to the next option on my list!

Home Insurance and Roof Depreciation Schedules

I sat in a meeting with one of our carriers last week and heard an interesting statistic. On average, insurance companies who wrote Texas home policies in 2016 paid $1.30 out in storm related claims last year for every $1.00 of premium they received. That doesn’t include non-storm related claims such as fire, theft, water damage, etc. The issue facing all home insurance companies is how to remain profitable without raising rates astronomically. One method carriers are examining is roof depreciation schedules.

Tag: dallas home insurance

Home Insurance Option: Equipment Breakdown Coverage

Why Home Insurance Rates Change Every Year

Hail’s Continued Impact on Texas Home Insurance

How Does Credit Impact the Cost of Your Insurance?

Vacant Remodel vs Builders Risk Insurance

Home Insurance for Remodels and Fixer Uppers

Hurricane Season Insurance Review

Duplexes and Home Insurance

Home Insurance and Federal Pacific Electric Panels

Home Insurance and Roof Depreciation Schedules

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