Home Insurance Basics

By Jeff Cline

The most important and expensive assets for people these days are their homes. Most people want their homes to be secured against all kinds of damages and calamities. Home Insurance is available that provides for damages against all types of losses that home owners may face.

Home insurance is a contract between an insurance company and the owner of the house which is being insured against calamities of all types. Insurance companies, according to this contract have to pay a specific amount of money to the owner of the house which is insured once the house gets affected by any of the calamities that has been mentioned in the contract. If the house gets damaged because of any other calamity that has not been mentioned in the contract, the insurance company does not pay any money to the owner.

It is important that insurance companies provide adequate home insurance. This ensures that no problems are created for the home owner in case of under insurance. Home coverage generally covers the cost of furniture and personal belongings as well. It also covers the cost of home structure and may even cover repairing costs.

In return of a home insurance policy, the policy holder has to pay a sum of money called the premium to the insurance company. The amount of premium may differ from one company to another and also depends upon the type of policy being purchased.

There are many types of home insurance policies that are available to home owners and these may be selected after considering the benefits and drawbacks of all the policies available. Also one must select a policy that is considered the best and the most feasible.

HO-1 is very commonly used by home owners. This type of a policy provides for losses against eleven types of calamities. These calamities also include theft, smoke, explosion, fire etc. HO-2 is a home insurance policy that covers 17 types of losses.

HO-3 is an insurance policy that provides for all types of losses that have been mentioned in the contract. This Home Insurance policy does not provide for losses cause by floods. HO-1 is less expensive as compared to HO-2 and HO-3.

HO-4 and HO-6 are policies that are meant for the insurance of condos and rentals. These insurance policies do not cover buildings. HO-8 is an insurance policy that provides for losses that owners of old buildings face because of different types of calamities. - 29956

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