If you rent a home or apartment instead of owning a house outright you may not think you have a need for insurance or believe that it is even available to you for that matter. The truth of the matter is that regardless of whether you own or rent it is a good idea to have insurance and even if you rent instead of buy you can qualify for insurance; it is known as renters insurance and it can be a safety net you can’t afford to miss.
At a minimum renters insurance will cover your personal property such as furniture, clothing and electronics in the event of theft, fire or natural disaster. Renters insurance may also provide protection for you in the event that someone is injured while at your residence.
There are several options available with renters insurance which can give you a lot of flexibility depending on your needs and how much you want to spend on it.
Personal property coverage will cover just your personal property in the event there is damage related to fire, hail, smoke, vandalism, lightening, plumbing, etc. This type of policy will also cover your personal belongings in the event you are the victim of theft. In order to take out this type of policy you will fix a value on your property and the policy will be written for that amount. Make sure you determine an accurate value for your personal property or you may find yourself undercovered in the event of the unexpected.
You can also take out personal liability protection which will protect you in the event that you are sued due to an injury incurred by someone while visiting your residence. This type of policy will cover related damage as well as relevant legal costs. The minimum for such a policy is usually $100,000 and will cover injuries or damage that is occurs while at your residence or that is caused by you, your children or pets.
Another type of policy you may wish to consider is known as additional living expenses. In the event that you can no longer live in your rented residence because of a hazard that is covered under the policy, this type of coverage will pay up to 20% of the contents coverage amount in order for you to pay additional living expenses. This would include hotel costs as well as meals, laundry, etc. until your residence is ready to be re-inhabited.
An improvements coverage allows you to apply up to 10% of your contents coverage in order to either replace or repair items that you redecorated or altered before a covered hazard occurred.
In the event that you’re held legally responsible for fire damage to your place of residence, a fire legal liability policy will protect you.
It is important to be aware that you are usually liable for deductibles with renters insurance just as you would be with any other type of insurance coverage. You can adjust the deductibles in order to lower the cost of your premium, which may make the policy more affordable.
Joe Kenny writes for SelectLoans.co.uk, a UK personal loans comparison site, visit us today for information on all loan topics including secured loans and links to leading UK providers.
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Roundtable: Health reform 2010 In the summer of 2009, <em>The Business Review</em> brought together eight health care, insurance and businesspeople for a frank discussion about the state of the health care system and what they hoped, and feared, would come out of the reform effort.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> What does the reform act look like? At best, it?s ?incomplete,? panelists say The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became law on March 23, although many of its provisions do not take effect for a few years. The act promises to insure 32 million additional Americans by expanding Medicaid eligibility, establishing an individual mandate and requiring employers to provide insurance?or pay a penalty. It also sets new rules for insurance policies and establishes an exchange to help people find affordable coverage.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> Bennett: Reform can start here??I feel strongly about acting on a regional level? While the roundtable panelists were disappointed by the reform act, they were not ready to give up on change. They just decided it was up to them. All of them.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> Useful e-medical records: Just around the corner? Or light years away? The federal government has made electronic medical records a top health care priority. Beginning next year, providers will be rewarded for meeting stringent ?meaningful use? standards. Later, the incentives will turn into penalties for those who do not make the grade.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> With new law, new ways to pay docs, but are these merely recycled ideas? Included in the reform act was funding for pilot projects in three new care delivery and payment models.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> Panelists: Meaningful reform is a must, but we might be running out of time In a recent poll by the Business Council of New York State, employers ranked health care as their top cost-of-doing business-concern. Meanwhile, Mercer, a global human resources consulting firm, put the upstate average premium at $8,308 per worker in 2009, and saw a rise of another 10 percent this year.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> If reform will insure 32 million more Americans, there aren?t enough docs The reform act promises to insure 32 million more Americans, in part through an individual mandate. There are concerns, however, that there will not be enough primary care physicians to handle the influx. One panelist also expressed concern about the insurance industry.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> Liberty Mutual eyes subsidiary IPO Liberty Mutual Group?s plan to sell a slice of one of its subsidiaries to the public could raise $2 billion or more as the Boston-based insurer bolsters a capital position weakened in recent years by major acquisitions.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> Reform to cloud hospital, insurer relations: Seehausen Novant Health Inc. found itself in a very public battle in recent months as it worked to negotiate a contract with Aetna Health Inc.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> Value-based health care could control rising costs Have we exhausted all available strategies for containing the growth of health-care costs? Many experienced plan sponsors are asking that very question, for good reason. If you assess the success of our past efforts to control health-care costs, you have a right to be skeptical.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> Cost of creating health insurance exchange in Md. 'largely unknown' As health care reform is ushered in, states are mulling over how to set up a new marketplace in which consumers can purchase health insurance that?s supposed to be cheaper than that offered by commercial insurers.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> Integrative medicine feels slighted by health reform As America?s health-care system becomes increasingly complex and expensive, advocates say integrative medicine offers a better way.<div class="feedflare">
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</div> Higginbotham acquires Corpus insurance broker Swanter Fort Worth independent insurance broker Higginbotham & Associates has acquired Swantner & Gordon Insurance, a Corpus Christi firm with Houston operations.<div class="feedflare">
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