Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Cheaper Home Insurance Rate -- Factors That Affect It

By Chimezirim Odimba

If you must attract huge discounts, then you must NOT fail to do certain things. Following are some of such things...

According to statistics from a reliable source, 33% of all liability claims (costing insurers a sum of $1 billion) each year are caused by dog bites. This is the reason for the much more expensive rates that dog owners generally get. You can save yourself such high rates by making sure that your dogs are generally kept in such a place where they can do visitors to your house or passersby no harm.

When applying, select a high deductible because it reduces your rate. Make it as high as you can afford with relative ease and you'll attract considerable discounts.

Just bear in mind that this is the amount the law demands that you contribute if you make a claim and that your insurer won't pay if you do not pay it.

You can slash off as much as 25% from your home insurance premium if you increase your deductible from $500 to $1000. The higher your deductible, the more affordable your home insurance premium. But before you pick the highest deductible there is, can you really produce it with relative ease if you ever make a claim?.

Let it be as high as you can easily cope with.

A fire-safe home exterior will help reduce your premiums. Having things that are very inflammable or that help combustion around your dwelling will make you pay higher premiums. Even though cutting bushes around your home looks mundane, you'll get cheaper rates if you do keep them at a distance of at least 10 feet from your structures. This is because how fire-safe a home is goes a long way in determining what it will cost to insure that home.

You qualify for a retiree discount if you are a retired person. But take note that not all insurance carriers offer this discount.

The reason for this discount is the fact that having someone almost always at home makes a home less-prone to burglary attacks. People who're often around are as well in a better position to spot and put off fires before they can cause any damage.

Window locks on every window will help you save since they reduce your home's risk of burglary. You can take this to another level by building in burglary-proof bars on all your windows. If you're not one of those people who feel so uncomfortable with these kind of fittings, they'll get you huge discounts. If you're not one of those people who insist that having such makes them feel imprisoned in their own house, have them fixed if you want to lower your home insurance rates by a huge margin.

You will save a lot of money in home insurance if you obtain and compare home insurance quotes from insurance quotes sites. You'll make savings if you visit only one quotes site. But, you'll get more by using at least five.

The straightforward logic in this is that you'll receive a greater number of home insurance quotes from a wider range of insurance companies. This increases your chances of getting better quotes.

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