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• WHAT IS HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE
• HOW OFTEN SHOULD I REVIEW MY POLICY
• WHAT TYPE OF INSURANCE DO I NEED FOR A CO-OP OR CONDO
• CAN I GET INSURANCE IF I RENT MY HOME
• DOES MY HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE COVER FLOODING
• RENTERS INSURANCE
• TYPES OF HOME INSURANCE
• EARTHQUAKE INSURANCE
• MOBILE HOME INSURANCE
• WHAT IS IN A STANDARD HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE POLICY?
• ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF POLICIES?
• CAN I OWN A HOME WITHOUT HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE?
• HOW DO I TAKE A HOME INVENTORY AND WHY?
• WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CANCELLATION AND NONRENEWAL?
• HOW MUCH HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE DO I NEED?
• DO I NEED SEPARATE COVERAGE FOR JEWELRY?
• I AM INSTALLING A POOL AND WHAT KIND OF INSURANCE DO I NEED?
• WHERE CAN I BUY INSURANCE?
• HOW DO I PICK AN INSURANCE COMPANY?

Home insurance can be broken down into 7 basic types of plans.

What differentiates them from one another are the types of circumstances they cover. The most popular plans today involve plan 2 and 3.

Basic homeowners insurance covers 11 types of disasters: aircraft, wind/hail, explosion, riots/civil unrest, fire/lightning,vehicles, volcano eruptions, vandalism, theft, smoke, and self-damaging instances (part of building falls on itself, etc.).

This list can be expanded to include 6 more disasters:
falling objects, water damage (3 sub categories), snow/sleet/ice, and electrical surge damage.

1. This is the basic homeowners insurance that covers your home and property against losses due to the 11 disasters listed above.

2. This plan includes plan 1, in addition to more specific disaster circumstances: snow, falling objects (like trees), water damage (i.e. washing machine overflows, or dishwasher breaks), and electrical damage (power surge).

3. This plan includes extended/specialty items, in addition to all of the above. The only disasters that this doesn't cover are flood, earthquake, war, and nuclear blasts.

4. Renters insurance coverage. This type of insurance will protect your personal property for the above listed items.

5. Complete risk coverage for the building and property.

6. Condominium coverage. This type of policy covers personal property from the above disasters (all 17).

7. This policy is designed for older homes with historic value. Coverage includes protection from the basic 11 disasters listed above. Under this plan, coverage is limited to repairs or cash values of the items involved. The rebuilding/replacement cost is not covered in this, because some aspects of the home (historic significance) can make these costs higher than current market value.

There are variations that can be had with all of the above plans. There are special policies that can be used to cover mobile homes. Opposite of renters insurance, which only covers the renters property, there is landlord insurance. This covers the actual dwelling, but not the property within.

Article by: Insurance Finder

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