Posts Tagged ‘Renters Insurance’

Saving Money By Bundling Your Insurance Policies

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Auto, Home, Condo, Renters or business insurance by purchasing them with the same insurance company, can save you premium dollars as well as making you a “preferred client”.    Most insurance companies are excited to pass on savings to their clients who have more than just one policy with them.   Their acquisition cost to get new clients is lowered when they already have a relationship with you and statistics show that a client is more likely to stay around longer, if there is more than one policy in the household.

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The relationship that you have with any insurance company becomes stronger when more and more policies are tied to your account.   It only makes sense that if you are bringing more dollars into a business, that business may want to spend more time, effort Insuranceand energy in serving you, their client. This additional service may be the added time to answer your questions, find additional discounts that you may qualify for if other conditions are met, or simply the one on one relationship that you might expect from the company that is financially protecting your hard earned assets.  As your life changes and your insurance needs change over time, it is beneficial to do a complete review of the policies and keep them “tuned” to your changing needs.  I believe that this kind of review is important at least every 5 years and sooner if you have life changing events like a new baby, a new spouse or divorce, or a change in work or a move to another home.

Insurance discounts vary from company to company and can “slip” off if you are not paying attention.  All students should be checking to make sure that the “Good Student” discount is still in place.  Every 6 months, this massive discount may need to be re-qualified for by providing a copy of your grades… These can be huge dollars that should remain in your pocket, if you had simply forwarded the information on to your insurance carrier.   Be sure to ask your specific company for all available discounts and what it will take for you to get them!

Some of the biggest discounts for drivers under the age of 25 is simply letting the insurance company know that you are now married or that you have become a parent.  These life changing events tend to affect the cost of your auto insurance in a wonderful way!  Moving into a less populated area, being able to park your car in a garage vs parking in an open area, having an alarm on your car… are all chances to lower your insurance costs.

Regardless of the name of your insurance company or agent, having the ability to communicate and ask questions is the ticket to reducing the overall cost of your insurance.  Making one call to one agent, who knows who you are,   is preferable to calling a telephone tree and speaking with a new “REP.” every time.

Apartment living and why you want Renters Insurance

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Renter's InsuranceAs the economy changes and home ownership may not be in your immediate future, let’s take a look at the insurance issues associated with renting an apartment or renting a home.

One of the biggest misconceptions that plague the insurance industry, is that the person or company that is renting you a place to live is somehow responsible for the things inside of your home. As a tenant, your insurance needs are in two very different categories of protection. Let’s take the most obvious, and the one that makes the most sense. You own “STUFF”. If you were to lose your “Stuff” because of theft, fire, broken water pipes… etc., Chances are that you will need to replace the items with new Stuff. Every Christmas, without fail, I watch the news on TV and see the night time picture of fire engine lights flashing and in the background you see the apartment complex that has just sustained a fire. There is always someone holding a child, usually in the rain or snow, and the TV anchor person , asking , “What are you going to do?” The response is the same…, “I have no place to stay and all my stuff has been destroyed.”

I want you to know that I have the biggest heart in the entire world, and I would not want this scene to play out in anybody’s life… but for $12.50 per month, (less than the cost of a pizza) you can protect yourself and your family from this senseless position. A renter’s insurance policy will give you a place to stay, it will provide the new clothes, TV, Beds and furnishing that you have accumulated. When I see this scene play out year after year, I think to myself, “maybe you just can’t fix stupid.”

If you own and insure a car at the same time you are renting a place to live, the savings that a renter’s insurance policy will give to your car policy is probably close to paying for the renters insurance policy. This is the biggest “No Brainer” purchase every renter should make!!

The second area of protection that the renters’ insurance policy provides is the one called Liability insurance. Because liability insurance is included in a renters’ policy, many apartment manager’s and Rental Dwelling owners are requiring their tenant’s to buy renter’s insurance. Here is why. Imagine making dinner, and you just added the ground beef to the skillet. The phone rings, and you take the call. We have all been in this situation before! You step out of the kitchen to get on with the call, and 20 minutes later the smoke detector is going off and the smoke is so dense in the kitchen you can’t see. Can you guess who is going to be responsible for the damages that were done to the apartment or home in this instance? YOU ARE. If you have a renter’s insurance policy in force, not only does it cover the damage that you caused to the building because of the fire, but you won’t be standing outside with the TV New crew letting the world know that you have no place to stay, and nothing to wear. You will be one of the folks talking on your cell phone, making arrangements with your insurance company for a hotel room  and an emergency cash disbursement so that you can pick up a toothbrush and a change of clothes until the claim can be settled.

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