Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Affordable Home Insurance Rates -- Actions That Will Help

By Chimezirim Odimba

If you're retired, you can enjoy lower rates with a retiree discount. But bear in mind, though, that not all insurance carriers offer this discount.

Insurance companies who offer this discount know that burglars hardly ever go to houses where they know somebody is usually around. Furthermore, Fires will be quickly spotted and put off if somebody is always around.

You will also get a discount if you have motion-sensitive lighting on your property. Thieves naturally do NOT like to operate in any place they could be easily noticed or caught. Since thieves keep off from houses with such lighting, you lower your home's risk of burglary and, consequently, your rates.

Ensure you have fire extinguishers in your home at very strategic points or close to all fire sources. Your kitchen is one crucial place to have one or more functional fire extinguishers. And do ensure that it is such that is adequate for the kitchen in question.

Place them within easy reach and ensure they are working well. This may seem little but you'll pay more if you don't keep them in your house.

If your neighborhood has a Neighborhood watch that should fetch you some discounts. Let your home insurance agent know if you have it in your neighborhood. And, if you don't have If this is non-existent in your area, you can organize and start one as soon as possible. Everyone in your neighborhood stands to gain as this will reduce their home insurance rates.

If you get a sprinkler you will get a discount. Sprinklers are very useful in putting off fires and therefore reduces the risk of fire damage. Ask your agent the discount you'll get for doing this before you try to install yours because they are quite expensive.

You will save more by visiting a minimum of 5 quotes sites. If you do this, you will increase your chances of getting the lowest quotes possible because five sites will present up to 25 quotes altogether.

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