{"id":892,"date":"2016-02-04T17:38:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T22:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/?p=892"},"modified":"2016-02-04T17:38:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T22:38:16","slug":"insurance-misconceptions-that-can-put-your-coppell-home-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/2016\/insurance-misconceptions-that-can-put-your-coppell-home-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance Misconceptions That Can Put Your Coppell Home at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should we live in Coppell, Southlake, Dallas\u2026.? What amenities are we looking for? What square footage do we need? You ask yourself these types of questions about your home before purchasing it. Do you ask as many questions regarding your insurance policy?<\/p>\n<p>A home is one of the most valuable purchases you\u2019ll make in life, so it only makes sense to protect it with adequate insurance coverage. But, what exactly is adequate for your home and why? The general rule of thumb is this: You insure your home for what it would cost to rebuild at today\u2019s prices, using today\u2019s building codes and standards.<\/p>\n<p>In the insurance world, we generally refer to this as the \u201ccost to rebuild,\u201d and it\u2019s essential to understand why it\u2019s important. Here are three insurance misconceptions that should help.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Misconception 1: You should always insure your home for the market value.<\/strong> The cost of labor, materials and other expenses oftentimes make it more expensive to build a house than to buy one that already exists. And, that\u2019s why you typically insure your home for more than what you purchased it. A home you buy for $200,000 may require $500,000 of insurance to completely rebuild it. Then again, if you pay a premium for the location of your home, you may need to insure your home for less than the market value. For example, you may pay $1.5 million for an oceanfront property and be able to rebuild the home for $750,000. Your home insurance policy would reflect only the cost to rebuild, without factoring in the high value of the land.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Misconception 2: Homeowners coverage should stay the same \u2013 or even decrease \u2013 over time.<\/strong> Your homeowners coverage shouldn\u2019t decrease as your mortgage decreases. Just because you owe less on the home doesn\u2019t mean it would cost less to rebuild. If you think about it, the cost of milk right now is far different than it was 20 years ago. Labor and materials go up in price as well, so your insurance shouldn\u2019t fall behind. As you maintain and update your home, such as remodeling the kitchen or adding a deck, you should reassess your insurance coverage, too.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Misconception 3: You\u2019re covered if your home needs to be brought up to code during a claim.<\/strong>\u00a0 Not necessarily \u2013 it depends on your policy. In some instances, you may need to purchase optional coverage to handle the increased cost of bringing your home up to code or complying with local ordinances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The last thing any property owner wants is for their insurance policy to fall short when they need it. That\u2019s exactly what might happen if you buy into any of these insurance misconceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, work with The Select Insurance Agency in Coppell, to help ensure you get the home coverage you want \u2013 not too little and not too much. An estimate of what it would cost to rebuild your home from a contractor or builder in your area may help, but it\u2019s not necessary. Our agents will talk to you about the square footage, upgrades, special features and other aspects of your home to build the policy you want.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, your insurance doesn\u2019t buy you a house. It repairs or rebuilds the one you\u2019ve got. So, be sure your homeowners coverage reflects the true cost to rebuild.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Most of this content provided by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.safeco.com\/insurance-agency\/ca\/san-francisco\/riskguard-ins-solutions-inc\/0415069004150690\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Eudy, Riskguard Insurance Solutions, Inc.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should we live in Coppell, Southlake, Dallas\u2026.? What amenities are we looking for? What square footage do we need? You ask yourself these types of questions about your home before purchasing it. Do you ask as many questions regarding your insurance policy? A home is one of the most valuable purchases you\u2019ll make in life, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","category-insurance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":893,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892\/revisions\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}