Home Insurance
News, insights and expert analysis on home insurance from the team at Kiplinger.
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How to Buy Homeowners Insurance
insurance If you're purchasing your first home, here's what you need to know about getting the right coverage to protect it.
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What Does the Term 'Full Coverage' Really Mean in Insurance?
For starters, there’s no such thing as 'full coverage.' Instead, you should tell your insurer exactly what kind of protection you're looking for and for what.
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Six Steps to Take if Your Insurer Sends You a Non-Renewal Letter
First and foremost, don't procrastinate. Let your insurer know you plan to fix whatever the issue is and then actually follow through on fixing it.
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When It Comes to Insurance, How Much Risk Can You Take?
Either you or an insurance company takes on the risk of protecting your belongings from loss or damage. Can you afford to self-insure?
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Will a New Home Seller Rule Drive Down Florida Home Prices Even Further?
Home sellers in Florida will now have to disclose information about a property’s flood history to prospective buyers.
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Can You List From Memory Everything That's in Your House?
That's what you'd have to do if something happened to destroy it all. It's important to make a record of your belongings so you can be reimbursed by insurance.
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Your Insurance Rates Keep Rising: Why? What Can You Do?
Prices only seem to go up, up, up, and property insurance claims are bigger and more frequent, impacting everyone … What's a policyholder to do?
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Are You Committing Insurance Fraud?
You might not think the following behaviors are fraudulent (and hey, everyone does them, right?), but they are indeed fraud, and there's a massive cost.
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Are You Tempted to Drop Your Homeowners Insurance?
Here's why that would be a really bad idea, even if your home is paid for, along with some suggestions for how to make paying your premium more palatable.
