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| Written by Madelaine Weskoff |
| Saturday, 03 October 2009 10:11 |
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Homeowners insurance can take a big bite out of your budget, so you want to get the best price possible. If you get the best price you can now, the savings will add up over the number of years you will be paying homeowners insurance premiums. If you investigate the different policies before you buy, you will cut your insurance expense. Read on for help on what to look for in your policy. Not everyone bothers to investigate how insurance premiums are figured but for those who do - saving money is their reward. Plus by doing the research you will better understand what your policy covers. 1.Coverage - In general online home insurance covers damage or loss to your home and its contents, but some policies may offer additional insurance benefits like personal legal responsibility insurance coverage and theft coverage. Personal legal responsibility covers if someone is hurt on your property. Some policies will contain extra benefits such as theft coverage. I was able to use the theft benefit attached to a policy owned by my parents when my dorm room was robbed. Read through the policy details and find out what is really in there. A higher premium for a particular policy may mean more benefits or it may not. Do you require all the options offered or are there some you could do without. 2. Choosing the Deductible - The insurance company requires you to a pay a certain amount of money to them before they will pay your claim. This amount of money is defined as the insurance deductible. Your monthly insurance expense will be less, if your choose a higher deductible amount. Savings can be as much as 50% if you choose the highest deductible. If you are concerned about having to actually pay out the money on a high deductible, set aside some money each month for that purpose. Call it your insurance deductible fund. You get lower premiums and a stash of money you may not need to use. 3. Loyalty - Somewhat like a volume discount, if you have multiple policies (home, auto, life) with the same insurer you may get a cost reduction. Insurance companies also reduce your rate if you are a long time customer. Three to five year customers receive a five percent savings and six years or more customers receive a ten percent savings. 4. Are you a Retiree - Being retired and being over 55 years old may entitle you to more cost reductions. Retirees typically spend more time in their place of residence than working people. Being at home more increases the probability they will discover problems before they get to bad. The most obvious case being a fire in your home. Retirees are more likely to be home therefore more likely to find the fire before the entire home burns down. Expect a cost decrease of ten percent. 5. Group Insurance Price Reductions - Consider your employer as a possible source of homeowners insurance. It is possible that you could get a group rate if your company offers a plan. If your company does not have this option consider some of your other organizations. Check and see if they offer any kind of group plan for homeowners insurance. About the Author: Get a simple explanation of what you need to know about online homeowners insurance quote at our website Free Insurance Policy Quotes Don't reprint this exact article. Instead, reprint a free unique content version of this same article. Kindly provided by LJ-Marketing.dk You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include the link just before this text. |
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