Homeowners Insurance
Home insurance provides financial protection against disasters. This is a closed policy and covers property damage and liability.
Liability for possible injuries and damage to the insured's property or assets
Family to others This includes injury to pets.
Most disaster damages are covered, but there are exceptions. Standard
Homeowners policies do not cover floods, earthquakes or poor maintenance.
However, flood protection is available as a separate policy.
Offered by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and several private insurance companies. Earthquake coverage is provided as a guarantee.
As a separate policy most maintenance issues are created by homeowners
Responsibility.
Standard home insurance includes four basic types of insurance.
Domain. They are:
1. Cover the house structure
If your home is damaged or damaged, this part of the policy is worth repairing or rebuilding.
Destroyed by fire, storm, hail, lightning, or other disaster specified by the policy.
Damages caused by floods, earthquakes or normal wear and tear are not covered.
Tear. Most standard policies include
Houses such as garages, tool sheds and gazebos. Typically, these buildings are insured for approximately 10% of the building's total insured value.
Home
2. Personal insurance
Furniture, clothing, sports equipment and other personal items are covered if:
stolen or destroyed by fire, storm or other insured disaster; Much
Companies cover 50 to 70 percent of the insurance amount.
Home Construction This section of the policy includes off-site coverage.
This means that the goods are covered anywhere in the world unless the policyholder chooses off-site cover. Expensive items such as jewelry
Fur and silver are covered, but there is usually a dollar limit if stolen.
It signs or floats and insures the object for its valuation
Value.
Trees, plants, and shrubs are also covered by standard homeowners insurance. Usually up to $500 per item.
3. Liability Protection
Liability insurance protects against the costs of lawsuits for bodily injury or property damage that policyholders or family members cause to other people. That too
covers damage caused by pets. The liability portion of the policy covers both
the costs of the policyholder's defense in court and any court rulings - up to the amount
policy limit. Coverage is not only in the home, but everywhere
in the world. Liability limits generally start at around $100,000. However, experts
we recommend that homeowners purchase at least $300,000 worth of protection.
An umbrella or excess liability policy can be added to provide broader coverage, including defamation and defamation claims, as well as higher liability limits.
policy. Generally, umbrella policies cost between $200 and $350 per $1 million of additional liability protection.
Homeowners policies also provide no-fault health insurance. When
that someone is injured in the policyholder's household, the injured party can simply submit medical bills to the policyholder's insurance company. Thus
expenses are paid without claiming liability. However, this coverage
does not pay medical fees for the policyholder's own family or pets.
4. Other living expenses
This pays the additional cost of living away from the home if the home is habitable due to damage caused by fire, storm or other insured disaster. It covers the hotel
bills, restaurant meals and other other living expenses incurred while staying at home
is rebuilding. Coverage of other living expenses varies from company to company
company. Many insurance policies provide coverage of around 20 percent of the insurance
on the House. Coverage can be increased for an additional fee. Some
companies sell insurance that provides an unlimited amount of loss-of-use coverage, but for a limited period of time.
Additional cost of living coverage also reimburses homeowners who rent
from a portion of his house for the rent that would have been collected from the tenant if the house had not been destroyed.
Types of Homeowners Insurance
There are several types of home insurance that vary in amount
insurance coverage they provide. The various types are fairly standard throughout the country. However, individual states and companies may offer such policies
are slightly different or have different names, such as "standard" or "deluxe". People
who rent out the homes they live in have special policies for tenants.
Below are the types of insurance for homeowners.
• HO-3: This is the most common policy and protects your home against all threats.
Risks other than those expressly excluded.
• HO-1: Limited Implementation Policy
This policy covers "at least" the first 10 catastrophes. In the sense that
No longer available in most states.
• HO-2: Basic policy
The basic policy provides protection against all 16 disasters. There is a version
The HO-2 is designed for mobile homes.
• HO-8: Old house
This policy is designed for older homes and typically pays for damage to the building.
Actual cash value basis, i.e. replacement cost minus depreciation. Complete
Replacement fee policies may not be available for some older homes.
• HO4: Tenant
This policy was created specifically for those who rent the home they live in
It protects personal property and every part of the apartment
It belongs to the policyholder. For all 16 newly installed kitchen units
Tragedy.
• H0-6: Condo/co-op
This policy is intended for people who own apartments or cooperatives.
Structural parts of objects and buildings belonging to them. protects it
For all 16 disasters
What types of disasters are covered?
Most home owner insurance covers the 16 perils listed below. some "bare bones"
This policy is for the first 10 people only.
• Fire or lightning
• Storm or hail.
• Explosion
• Rebellion or civil war.
• Aircraft damage
• Damage to the vehicle
• Smoke
• Vandalism or malicious mischief.
• Theft
• Volcanic eruption
• Falling object
• Weight of ice, snow and snow
• Accidental release or overflow of water or steam from water pipes.
Heating, air conditioning, or automatic fire sprinkler systems, or
From household appliances
• Sudden and accidental tearing, bursting, burning or swelling.
Steam or hot water heating systems, air conditioning systems or automatic fire extinguishing systems
• Freezing of plumbing, heating, air conditioning, systems or automatic fire extinguishers.
• Sudden and accidental damage caused by artificial flow
(Does not include losses in tubes, transistors or similar electronic components)
Standard homeowner policy exclusions
Standard insurance for homeowners, flood, earthquake, war,
Nuclear accident, landslide, landslide, collapse. Some of these are exceptions
Under.
1. Flood
Flood damage is excluded from standard home owner and tenant insurance policies. However, flood compensation is available as separate policies for both
Offered by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and several private insurance companies.
For more information on flood insurance, visit FloodSmart.gov.
Visit our website or call 888-379-9531. Coverage over $250,000
Asset limits and $100,000 in NFIS-provided content, excessive flooding
Insurance is available from private insurance companies. (Refer to the issue of flood
See Insurance on page 47 for more information. )
Tsunami causes flood damage and is only covered by flood insurance.
2- Earthquake
Earthquake coverage may be separately insured or endorsed by homeowner's or renter's insurance. Available at most insurance companies. In California, it is also available from the California Seismological Service, a privately funded state agency. In earthquake-prone states
In California, policies come with high deductibles.
3. Damage caused by "bad, defective or insufficient" maintenance.
workmanship, construction or materials
Defective items may contain construction materials. be insured
lack of maintenance, mold, termite attack,
Attacked by other pests, it is the policyholder's responsibility to take reasonable precautions to protect the home from damage.
Surface coverage
There are three coverage options.
1. Actual monetary value
This type of compensation is paid for replacing the house or property minus the depreciation allowance.
2. Replacement cost
This type of coverage covers the cost of remodeling or repairing your home.
Exchange of assets without deducting depreciation.
3. Warranty/extended replacement cost
A long-term replacement cost policy pays a percentage (usually 20-25).
% overcompensation for home renovation
For example, a large-scale disaster increases labor costs. For example, if a homeowner buys $100,000 in insurance, they may receive even more.
$20,000 or $25,000 coverage.
Some companies offer guaranteed replacement cost policies.
Whatever it costs to restore the home to the way it was before the fire or other disaster.
Even if it exceeds the limits of the policy. It provides protection against spikes
Reduction of construction costs due to lack of building materials after renewal
disasters and other unforeseen circumstances; Expenses are generally not covered
Modernize your home to meet current building codes. However,
By approving (or amending) policies called decrees or laws,
Pay these additional fees.
Long-term warranties and replacement cost policies are more expensive. but
It can provide excellent financial protection against disasters. There are reports like this
However, it is not available in all states or all businesses.
