All About Home Insurance
When you decide to purchase a home, you’ll have to make small choices like, what color to paint the walls, as well as major choices like how much should I budget for a mortgage. When it all comes together, you will have made so many decisions and choices to make your home just the way you want, the one thing you’ll want to do is protect that home with insurance.
There will be normal wear and tear on a home over the years which is routine but when it comes to major damage, you may want to invest in home insurance.
Types of Damage
Most policies will cover four types of damage which are listed below:
- Interior damage: This type of homeowners insurance covers anything that needs to be fixed or repaired inside the home
- Exterior damage: This type of homeowners insurance covers anything that needs to be fixed or repaired outside of your home
- Loss or damage of personal items: This type of homeowners insurance covers you in the case your items get stolen or damaged in an incident
- Injury: This type of insurance covers you in the case that someone is injured on your property
Do I Need It?
Typically, your basic policy will cover to pay for the repairs that are needed if your home were to be damaged in the incident of a major disaster like fire or hurricane. Other such disasters, which are typically out of your control, should be listed in your individual policy. You’ll also want to make sure your policy can cover the cost to rebuild your home should it be completely lost in a disaster.
It’s important to have homeowners insurance because not only does it protect you in the case of structural damage, but it can also be used to cover damages to your personal belongings. For example, if you have a closet full of nice dresses or coats, and that closet happens to flood and ruin those items, those items are covered in an insured disaster.
The basic type of insurance is liability. It is similar to liability insurance with vehicles. If someone happens to sustain an injury on your property or if you cause damage to a property, liability will pay for those damages or cover the medical expenses in the case someone happens to slip and fall in your home.
If you are concerned about your policy not covering a certain aspect you might want to look into an insurance rider. When it comes to homeowners insurance, you can use a rider to amend the basic policy which increases the coverage limits or extend protection for additional damages.
There are different types of riders you can add to your policy which are listed below:
- Scheduled personal property coverage- covers valuable items like jewelry
- Water backup coverage-covers damage from a backed-up drain or sump pump
- Building code coverage-helps pay additional cost to comply with building codes
- Business property coverage-helps protect business related items stored in the home
- Identity theft restoration-helps reimburse you for the costs of restoring your identity in the event of identity theft.
Reach Out Today!
Insurance is available to make you feel safe and it’s important that you feel safe in every way possible when it comes to your home. We can discuss your options with you to make sure you are getting the coverage you need and that fits your budget. Reach out to Willoughby Insurance in Buffalo, NY today!