Your home insurance most likely includes other structures coverage.

Other structures coverage: Is my shed covered by home insurance?

Your home insurance is more than dollar signs disappearing from your bank account in the form of premium. It’s kind of like a superhero that can swoop in to help you in a variety of situations. Along with providing coverage for your house and your belongings, it can also help you out by covering “other structures.” What is other structures coverage, exactly? We’ll explain what’s covered, how much coverage you have, and explain how it works.

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Loss of use coverage can protect your family in the event of a loss.

Additional living expenses coverage: Will home insurance cover my hotel bill?

Your home insurance covers a lot of different things – and it does a lot of cool tricks. It protects the structure of your home. It covers your personal belongings. It even covers your liability if a guest gets hurt. But will it cover your hotel bill if you face a loss that requires you to leave your home and stay somewhere else? There’s this other section that your policy should have that’s called additional living expenses (or loss of use coverage), and it can cover a hotel stay. What is additional expenses coverage? We’ll explain.

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Your home insurance premium is the cost of your insurance policy.

Three home insurance numbers you need to pay attention to

Well, you’ve got this insurance policy to protect your home – and your bank account – in case a disaster happens. The thing is, there are a lot of different terms and vocab words in there that are confusing. Some of them are even attached to numbers – yikes. We’re going to explain three different insurance numbers you need to know about when dealing with your home insurance.

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Certain perils are covered by home insurance

What perils are covered by home insurance?

So, you have this shiny, fancy home insurance policy to protect your home. It’s got lots of words in it. While you know that your home insurance is like an invisible financial safety net, you might be wondering what home insurance does. What tricks does it do? What special features does it have? What’s the quality of the camera? Just kidding. Bottom line: what does home insurance do? We’re going to explain what perils are covered by home insurance.

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Did you know these eight home insurance myths?

8 home insurance myths that you need to be aware of

Home insurance can feel very complicated, and there are many home insurance myths you should be wary of. Many of the rumors that persist about home insurance can be harmful to you financially, and it’s important to have all the facts when you insure your home. We’re in the mood to bust a myth, so check out the following home insurance myths – and discover the truth.

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Home insurance will protect your belongings against covered losses.

Does home insurance cover personal belongings?

Your home insurance does a lot of cool things. Yeah, it might seem like it’s just kind of there most of the time, but it’s protecting you from the possibility of financial loss. You might have some questions about what your home insurance covers – including whether home insurance covers personal belongings. We’ll explain how home insurance covers your possessions, how much personal belongings coverage you need, and the difference between replacement cost value and actual cash value coverage.

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Your home insurance can cancel your policy for a handful of reasons.

Can my home insurance company cancel my policy?

Home insurance might not be your favorite thing to think about, especially if you get a scary letter saying that your policy has been nonrenewed or canceled. Wait – can they even do that? Just drop your home insurance policy and leave you with no coverage? Well, the answer is yes, in certain circumstances. But first of all, we have to explain the difference between your policy being nonrenewed and your policy being canceled – they’re two different things, and the distinction makes a difference when you’re trying to get home insurance after losing your coverage. We’ll explain what nonrenewal is, what cancellation is, and why home insurance companies cancel insurance.

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July 28th is National Insurance Awareness Day

July 28th is National Insurance Awareness Day

July 28th is a very important day in the insurance world – and it’s one that we encourage you to observe! It’s National Insurance Awareness Day. Okay, okay, we get that insurance might not be the most exciting thing in the entire world. You might wonder why you should care about a day devoted to insurance of all things. While the Fourth of July might be a tad bit more exciting, that doesn’t mean National Insurance Awareness Day should be overlooked.

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If you don't meet your lender's insurance requirements, you could end up with force-placed home insurance.

What is force-placed home insurance?

Getting a mortgage and being a homeowner can get complicated. There are a lot of details (and a lot of paperwork) that go into buying a home…and one of those things is home insurance. See, if you have a mortgage, you may be required to carry certain levels of insurance for your house (call it a caveat.) If you don’t get the necessary coverage, you might get stuck with force-placed home insurance. What’s force-placed home insurance? We’ll explain.

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There are many insurance policies that you might want to consider to protect your family.

10 insurance policies you might not have – but that you should think about

Life doesn’t always go as planned. And that’s why they invented insurance. Your home insurance policy will protect you from a financial loss if something happens to your home and it will cover your legal liability for many situations. But there are certain things that home insurance simply doesn’t account for. Check out the following insurance policies that you might not have – but that you might need.

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