Cheap Home Insurance Secrets
Friday, March 31st, 2006Are you looking for cheap home insurance? Of course there are cheaper insurance companies, so you should get at least several quotes before you purchase a policy. But you knew that. What about things you can do to make your homeowners insurance cheaper wherever you buy it? Here are four.
Four Ways To Get Cheap Home Insurance
1. Lower Contents Coverage
Many companies have coverage minimums, but some will let you lower your coverage on contents. Perhaps you don t have $40,000 worth of things in your home, so why pay for that much coverage? When you make a claim, the insurance company won t pay for value that wasn t there in any case. Oh, they ll collect the higher premiums for the excess coverage - but only if you let them do so.
2. Raise Deductibles
Home insurance is primarily for disasters, not for small stuff, so why have a deductible of $100 or $200? Increase it to $900 and you ll save money every year on the policy. Think you won t have that $900 if a fire happens som (more...)
