Home Insurance & The Unemployed

Posted in Car Insurance Topics by Christine Davis on June 9, 2010 No Comments yet

Home insurance is necessary for all individuals with a house. It is as simple as that. It does not matter whether you have a job or not, you need home insurance to be able to get back on your feet if anything happened to your home. However, if you do happen to be unemployed then you will not be happy with the revelation offered by a recent study – the unemployed are often made to pay more for their home insurance.

Apparently, according to the survey, a number of insurance providers have been factoring in the likelihood of individuals defaulting on their premiums and have been charging more for those that they believe are more likely to skip a few payments.

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6 Items Your Home Insurance Policy Might Not Cover

Posted in Auto Insurance by Christine Davis on April 22, 2010 No Comments yet

If a tree falls through the roof of your house, your home insurance policy will pay for repairs. If a fire burns your home to the ground, you’re likely covered. So too, if your German Shepherd nips a neighbor’s leg, your television is stolen, or a gusty windstorm breaks your windows, your insurer will usually pick up the tab. The problem is, most people leave these circumstances to chance. They seldom (if ever) review their policies to check for items that may not be covered.

You might be surprised to discover your home insurance policy lists several exclusions for which your insurer refuses to pay. Keep in mind every insurer treats exclusions differently.

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Home Insurance And Rising Waters

Posted in Auto Insurance by Christine Davis on March 26, 2010 No Comments yet

If you were one of the lucky ones to escape problems with your home over Christmas whether through urst pipes, faulty heating systems or anything else for that matter, then you may want to think about what the coming weeks will bring because the ground will begin to thaw in the coming days as the temperatures warm up and that ultimately means only one thing – waterlogged ground and flooding when the rain begins to fall.

Even if you do not suffer flooding in your local area, your home insurance may still be affected. This is because the heavy water concentration can cause any number of problems. It could contribute to subsidence, blocked drains, swollen doors that will not open and any number of other problems that homeowners face.

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Home Insurance & The Green Dinosaur!

Posted in Auto Insurance by Christine Davis on March 26, 2010 No Comments yet

Have you seen the advert about home insurance featuring a massive stuffed green dinosaur lately? If you have yet to do so then you are missing out because it is slightly amusing but, at the same time, holds a very real point that you need to be aware of. The home insurance company putting the ad on TV is making the point that your belongings constantly change but your home contents policy does not. As such, the amount you are insured for may not cover your stuff if anything ever happens.

So what should you do? There is an easy solution. Keep an inventory and update it whenever you buy something new, complete with the price so you know exactly what you have an exactly how much it is worth.

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