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Homeowners Insurance at a Glance
By Tim Gorman

At first glance, homeowners insurance may seem perplexing and quite overpowering. Understanding your policy is crucial to know what you are actually purchasing, and also an extremely important part of owning a home. A homeowners insurance policy provides financial security against disasters, as well as insures the home and the possessions kept within.

A basic homeowners insurance plan consists of four major types of coverage. These include: Home structure, coverage for personal belongings, liability protection, and living expenses in the event you cannot reside in your home as a result of an insured disaster.

Earthquakes and floods are not covered by standard insurance plans. To insure your home against these natural disasters, you will need to purchase a separate insurance policy. However, here is a list of catastrophes that are covered by homeowners insurance: fire, lightening, theft, vandalism, overflow of water from plumbing, just to name a few. You need to think ahead when purchasing homeowners insurance. When assessing the amount of coverage you should buy, think about how much it would cost to reconstruct your home if it were completely demolished.

All of your personal belonging are covered if they are stolen or ruined by an insured disaster. A majority of insurance companies will offer coverage for 50% to 70% of the sum of insurance you have placed on your home. Between $1,000 to $2,000 is allotted for expensive items such as furs and jewelry. Up to $500 coverage is also allowed for unauthorized use of credit cards.

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This part of the policy pays the expense of your defense in a court of law, and is supported throughout the world.

If you are unable to live in your home due to damage from an insured disaster, most homeowners insurance policies will pay for the additional expenses such as hotel fees and restaurant tabs, while your house is being reconstructed. However, coverage for these extra costs vary with each insurance company.

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Guide to Home Insurance
By William Sedgwick

Tips on the value insured:

1. Premiums are calculated on a cost per 000 of cover. This may vary depending on your postcode, administration costs, the cover offered by the insurer and the insurers desire for your business.

2. For reasons explained below do not be under insured.

3. You do not need to include the value of the land - the land won t be destroyed.

4. You need to insure for the full cost of replacing the buildings destroyed -

5. You need to include a sum for the cost of clearing the site &amp architects and surveyors fees

6. You need to insure for the full total value or any claim, full or partial will be reduced by the insurer or rejected.

7. Insurers, brokers can help with calculating your valuation or there is a rebuilding cost calculator on http://abi.bcis.co.uk/

8. Insurers often automatically inflate the cost of rebuilding on a regular basis so you don t become under insured due to rising building costs.

9. You shouldn t try to make a profit on insurance - the industry operates on a principal of utmost good faith .

10. Example: If your house is worth say 250,000, the land may be worth 75,000 then insure for 175,000 plus a sum for clearing the site. If a builder would only charge 150,000 to rebuild then this is what you will receive so consider that when setting a valuation.

If in the above example you only insure for 100,000 two thirds of the total value of any claim including partial damage will be reduced leaving you with a problem of extra uninsured costs.

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g. dripping wax on the carpet, damaging an expensive ornament or spilling red wine on the sofa.

Home emergency: 24-hour assistance if a home emergency occurs e.g. electrical failure, problems with your heating or plumbing problems.

Legal assistance: 24-hour access to a legal helpline for advice on legal matters.

Contents insurance: This may be sold at the same time with a discount for buying both policies

Special circumstances: Discuss issues with a broker if you are on a flood plain or concerned about Radon gas

William has many years experience writing about Financial services such as insurance and loans. William contributes to a site on Mortgages and other UK financial products. http://www.mortgageguideuk.co.uk

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