How can I buy home insurance if I use one room for my business?

Hello there! I am a freelance web publisher so basically I work from home using my laptop. My husband and I just bought our first home. The other day I was shopping around for home insurance when an agent told me if I run my home business many carriers will mark me as "not eligible" [...]

Why home insurance companies are sensitive to lapses in the insurance?

When I shop for a home insurance I am always asked if my home is currently insured or if there are lapses in my insurance policy. Some companies outright refuse to give me a quote when I tell them that I haven’t had home insurance in the last 3-4 months. I am wondering why this [...]

Will an insurance company insure our home if there is a unpermitted cottage?

I’m in the process of buying a foreclosure home (Saratoga,CA, can’t transfer the insurance since it has already lapsed) that has a detached unpermitted cottage (2 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and living room total of 900 sq ft), the main home also has a unpermitted converted garage that is used as a in law quarter (separate [...]

How the home insurance for secondary home different from primary home insurance?

I am renting my home for 4 months and that’s why I need to convert my Primary home owner’s insurance policy to Land lord policy. But after 4 months I can’t change the insurance of my home to Primary home owner policy. But I will have to get the Home owner’s insurance for the secondary [...]

Why is home insurance limited to each and every different type of disaster?

The home is either livable or NOT livable…it matters NOT what disaster ruined the home..
Why then is it that you have to pay extra for each different type of circumstance? An accident is an accident…. a disaster is a disaster… the home can only be burned, flooded, distroyed by earthquake / tornado / [...]

Home Insurance?

I plan to turn my first single home into a rental property. Do I need to report the insurance that I will not live in that house?

Home insurance?

I am buying a home. How do I find a home insurance company? Will my mortgage company help me with that?

home insurance?

i live in southern california and my home value is 600,000. I pay 2,200 for insurance every 6 months. i think this is a little too high but would like to know if this is average. When i bought the house i was too excited that i didnt even talked to my insurance agent, who [...]