Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Dirt Cheap Home Insurance Rate -- Factors That Affect It

By Chimezirim Odimba

There are suggestions you must understand and apply if you're really committed to getting huge discounts. I'll discuss some of them in this article...

Statistics show that dog bites lead to over $1 billion in liability claims annually (That's about 33% of all liability claims yearly). Dog owners, therefore, attract more expensive home insurance rates. You can save yourself such expense by making sure that your dogs are generally kept at locations where they can do visitors to your house or passersby no harm.

A higher deductible will bring in cheaper premiums so make the right choice when buying. If you have already purchased a home insurance policy that gives you adequate coverage, increase your deductible.

Your deductible is the amount you'll have to contribute if you make a claim before your insurer would be under obligation to fulfill the terms of your home insurance policy.

You can attract a discount of say 25% in your home insurance premium if only you move from $500 to $1,000 in your deductible. The higher your deductible, the lower your home insurance premium. Just make sure it's an amount that you can produce with relative ease when you make a claim.

It is wise to make it as high as possible provided you can pay it conveniently.

A fire-safe home exterior will help reduce your premiums. You'll do well if you ensure there's nothing that's inflammable around your building. As easy as it seems, cutting back bushes and keeping them up to 10 feet from your structures will help reduce your rates. This is because how fire-safe a home is goes a long way in affecting what it will cost to insure it.

You can enjoy cheaper premiums if you are retired. Find out from your agent if your insurance provider offers such a discount.

The rationale behind this discount is that those who're more often at home are less likely to be burglarized. The risk of fire damage is also reduced with folks who are often at home since they will easily spot them early.

Window locks on all windows will help you save since they reduce your home's risk of burglary. You'll save even a lot more if you go one step more to get burglary-proof bars fitted on every window. If you are not one of those folks who say that having such makes them feel imprisoned in their own house, have them fitted if you want to reduce your home insurance premiums by a huge margin.

You can save much by visiting a minimum of five quotes sites. If you do this, you will make it most likely that you'll get all the lowest quotes possible since five sites will return not less than 25 quotes altogether.

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