Monday, January 26, 2009

Cheap Homeowners Insurance -- My Advice

By Chimezirim Odimba

Cheaper Homeowners Insurance: You'll easily pay less for adequate coverage if you get and make use of the right advice. But also note that you could save if you use the wrong tips. The only difference is that you will put yourself at risk. Here are some great ways to get cheaper rates without opting for inadequate coverage...

1. Are you aware that there're many discounts you may be entitled to with your insurer that you're NOT informed of?. Knowledge is crucial to getting what you're entitled to. Tell your home insurance agent to inform you of every discount possible and what you can do to take advantage of them. There are many discounts that insurers don't normally advertise.

2. Window locks on all windows will save you a little since they reduce your home's risk of burglary. You can take this to another level by fixing burglary-proof bars on all your windows. If you have nothing against this have them fitted in your home and enjoy more affordable rates.

3. If you strengthen your roof you will receive cheaper home insurance premiums. Take special note of this if you are in the East where high winds are more prevalent. Your agent should be able to outline steps that you should take if you want a discount this way.

Fixing weighty shingles is a possible way of doing it.

4. You'll save yourself avoidable home insurance expense if you obtain a CLUE (Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange) report before buying a house. This report will help you avoid places that would cost you much in home insurance.

Buying a home in a town that has just a volunteer fire service, for example, will definitely make you pay more expensive rates. Similarly, The distance of a home to the closest fire hydrant affects home insurance rates as well as how close it is to a police station.

Therefore, ensure you don't pay for a home until you've checked this report. The little savings you made on buying the wrong home might pale in significance to the premiums you'll pay in a few years.

5. A home with a swimming pool is something everybody loves. But as far as your home insurer is concerned it increases a home's risk and therefore brings higher premiums.

Even though you will attract higher rates if you have a swimming pool, you can reduce what you pay by having a fence around it or implement other safety measures. If you don't your home insurance rates will be substantially higher.

As you take note of the above don't forget this...

You can get savings of hundreds of dollars on your home insurance policy by obtaining insurance quotes from insurance quotes sites. The best strategy is to visit at least five sites and ensuring that you give the same (correct) details. I recommend that you visit at least five quotes sites since it will make it less likely that you'll miss out better quotes not given by the other sites. This offers you a broader basis for doing more extensive comparisons thereby increasing your chances of getting more for less.

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