I'll reveal more ways anyone can get big discounts without putting themselves at risk. Here they are with a precaution you you'll do well to note...
1. Fix smoke and fire detectors. You will attract lower premiums especially if you've installed enough for your size and type of home.
Detectors mean fires are quickly spotted and extinguished before much damage is done. This attracts a lower rate because it means that the risk of a fire damage is lower.
2. Fixing dead-bolt locks on all exterior door will lower your South Carolina homeowner insurance rate. This makes it hard for intruders or burglars to break in. The more protected your home is against burglary, the better the risk involved in insuring it.
3. Electing to pay your rates monthly results in higher rates than you would pay if you choose to pay yearly. This is because posting twelve bills by mail monthly costs your insurance company much.
Furthermore, each check you send attracts its own transaction charge as well. They pay transaction charges 12 times instead of once anually for monthly payments. And as with everything else, it's you the client or policy holder who will be responsible for that cost.
You will make reasonable savings if you start paying annually. You could save up to a month's premium within a year.
4. Since nothing stays constant, it's a smart idea to review your South Carolina home owner's insurance policy from periodically to be certain you neither have too much nor have insufficient coverage. That special fur coat might no longer be worth as much as when you got it.
Reduce your coverage by the same percentage if it has dropped in value and this will help you save while maintaining sufficient coverage. However, a review may reveal it's now a lot more valuable and that you have to buy more coverage. The interesting thing, in spite of all, is that whichever it is you'll be the better for it.
5. You'll save yourself avoidable home insurance expense if you obtain a CLUE (Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange) report before buying a home. It will help you avoid costly mistakes that would cost you much in home insurance.
For example, some folks do NOT realize that they will spend more if the town they live in has just a volunteer fire service and NOT a full time service. How far away the closest police station, fire station and/or fire hydrant are will also determine how much you'll pay.
Obtain such useful information before making a down payment for a house. The little savings you made on a home purchase might pale in significance to the premiums you'll pay in a few years.
6. Visit at least five quotes sites. Visiting not less than five quotes sites raise the chances that you would receive better South Carolina homeowner's insurance quotes. This is because insurers not represented by one site would be covered by the other.
Moreover, you know that because the likelihood of getting lower South Carolina homeowners' insurance quotes is proportional the range of quotes you receive, the more insurers you receive quotes from, the better your chances will be.
Requesting for your South Carolina house insurance quotes online will help you save far more if you sacrifice only 25 minutes to ask for quotes from a minimum of 5 quotes sites.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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