Saturday, February 7, 2009

Tips on Saving Money on Home Insurance Salt Lake

By Steve Turner

These economic times are hard for everyone. If you know what you are doing, you can save serious money on the premiums of your home insurance in Salt Lake. Some of the tips we will discuss include raising your deductible, reevaluating the worth of your home, and getting a multi-policy discount.

Home insurance is just like any other type of insurance you would get, before your insurer will pay anything, you must pay your deductible. The deductible for home insurance is almost always a flat rate regardless of the cost to the insurer.

The price you pay for your house isn't necessarily the price it would cost to fully rebuild it. When you buy a house you pay for not only the house itself, but also for the land. To save a little money, you can consider the cost of replacing your house would be without the land, and you can lower your liability limits to save yourself money.

It costs a certain amount of money for an insurer to handle each customer, and that cost is built in to the premium. However, if you have a number of policies, like your home insurance, a few cars, and an umbrella, they don't need to charge you that cost for each policy, so they give you a discount. If you consolidate all of your policies to one company they call the discount a multi-policy discount.

If an insurance company knows that your house is safe, it knows that it has less of a risk of being in danger to collect on their insurance. Because of this, each company gives discounts for adding security features to your home like smoke detectors, a burgler alarm, or sprinklers.

One factor that is harder to change is your credit score. Low credit scores make premiums go up, and high credit scores makes it cheaper. There isn't much you can do, but improving your credit score allows you to save money as well.

As you apply these tips, you will most assuredly save money. You may want to ask your agent or representative if they have any other tips that may be of help. If you stay on top of it, you will save enough money for all of the extra worth to be worth it.

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