Protecting Your Property – Property Insurance Is A Must

home most probably has increased in value, or you might have made significant purchases and improvements that now need to be added to your homeowner coverage.

Your homeowner insurance policy does add a small annual inflation cost to the policy which, all things being the same, would be adequate. If, however, you’ve remodeled, reheated, added on a deck , patio or pool, or refinished your attic or basement, your house will have realized a significant value increase. You’ll almost certainly need a new assessment so that should a disaster occur you can replace what you’ve lost.

Should disaster such as tornado, floor or fire befall your home, your homeowner policy could have a ceiling on the dollar figure they will reimburse you. A homeowner general casualty policy, for example, that is endorsed to replace the cost of the building, the insurance carrier is pledged to pay up to 125 percent of the home’s valuation. If, in this example, the house is insured at 0,000, the homeowner policy will reimburse the homeowner 0,000. If you’ve underinsured your home you may end up holding the bag for the remainder of the replacement costs.

If your home is a costly upscale property you may want to think about a homeowner policy feature that guarantees coverage up to home replacement value. Many insurance firms offer this upscale homeowner policy feature.

Consider too that while your home may not have increased in value