Our Home Owner Insurance in California CA
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Homeowners' insurance in California, it's not mandatory, but it is a necessity. It become mandatory if you have a mortgage, your lender make it's a must, to get insurance coverage. And if your home is mortgage-free then you should have coverage anyway, because you love your home, and would like to protect it by all means.
As we want the most protection for the least number of dollars, we have hard decision to make:
Be aware of the risk our home is exposed to:
- Fire or lightning
- Windstorm or hail
- Explosion
- Riot or civil commotion
- Damage caused by aircraft
- Damage caused by vehicles
- Smoke
- Vandalism or malicious mischief
- Theft
- Falling objects
- Weight of ice, snow, or sleet
- Accidental discharge or overflow of water or steam from within a plumbing, heating, air conditioning, or automatic fire-protective sprinkler system, or from a household appliance.
- Sudden and accidental tearing apart, cracking, burning, or bulging of a steam or hot water heating system, an air conditioning or automatic fire-protective system.
- Freezing of a plumbing, heating, air conditioning or automatic, fire-protective sprinkler system, or of a house hold appliance.
- Sudden and accidental damage from artificially generated electrical current (does not include loss to a tube, transistor or similar electronic component).
- Volcanic eruption
Standard policy forms available in California:
- HO-1: The most basic homeowners insurance , covers your house and possessions against basic 10 perils. In most cases not good any more.
- HO-2: A Broad homeowners insurance policy, covers your house and its contents against 16 perils, is more comprehensive and includes additional protection against damage from broken pipes, the weight of ice and snow, and broken hot water heaters.
- HO-3: A Special homeowners insurance policy gives more protection. It generally includes just about everything and excludes those specifically excluded by the policy, like earth-shaking events such as earthquakes, floods, nuclear accidents, and wars.
- HO-4: Renters insurance policy, science we do not own the rented accommodation in California, we are more worried about our belongings. The renter insurance covers broad named perils and also includes liability coverage. It does not insure the dwelling itself.
- HO-6: Condo insurance policy, this is especially for owners of co-ops and condominiums in California. Here science we share part of the building we own with others, we try to protect our assets than the entire building. The condominium insurance policy provides personal property coverage, liability coverage and specific coverage of improvements to the owner's unit. Insurance provided by the owner's association, or the housing society will cover most of the actual structure.
- HO-8: Modified homeowner policy for generally older homes. Like the broad home owner policy HO-2, it covers 16 perils, but pays only for repair costs or actual cash value, since replacement cost could make the policy costly. This is good for older homes in California whose market value is considerably less than the cost to rebuild them.
Here are some dos and don'ts when insuring your home in California:
Keep your information ready: You current occupation and employment history, marital status, addresses, date of birth. The insurer will check your criminal, credit, and insurance history to see if you are a "good risk." The insurance company also will look at your "loss history" to see what kinds of home insurance claims you've made in the past.
Keep your home information Ready: The age of your home, the materials used to build it, the square footage, fire safety systems, Smoke detectors, Fire extinguishers, Sprinkler systems, Burglar and fire alarms that alert an outside service, Upgrades to plumbing, heating and electrical systems, Earthquake retrofitting to make the home safer, Wind-resistant shutters
Make a choice between: "replacement cost", "actual cash value" and "guaranteed replacement cost".
Taking inventory is a must: Taking inventory will help you decide how much insurance you need, so that we will cover everything in your home. Your inventory should list each item, its value and serial number. The best way is photograph or videotape each room, including closets, open drawers, storage buildings and your garage. Warning!, keep receipts for major items in a fireproof place.
Take a hard look at the additional coverage available in California like:
- Replacement cost for possessions
- Extended or guaranteed replacement cost for the structure
- Building code upgrades
- Sewer and drain back-ups
- Inflation-guard
- Umbrella coverage for a pool or other high-risk items
- Special riders for jewelry, collectibles and expensive items
Coverage which is excluded is available otherwise:
Flood insurance in California: Homeowners policies do not cover flood damage. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) offers flood insurance through home insurance companies nationwide.
Earthquake insurance in California: If you are concerned about earthquakes, you can get earthquake insurance with a separate policy.
Contact our Agent, call us 800-2000-774 for any issues you have on home insurance.
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