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arnasati November 4th, 2009

If you’re a first time home owner, then first of all, congratulations. Home ownership is a dream for many, and not everybody manages to make the dream come true. So, for starters, be glad that you’ve arrived at this juncture.

Secondly, you’ll probably want to look into getting homeowner insurance, or improving upon your existing policy, fairly soon. Insuring your home can be a tedious, difficult, headache-inducing process, but it doesn’t have to be that way. All you have to do is take a few moments to sit down and educate yourself on the ins and outs of home insurance.

What it boils down to is that every state has minimum requirements, and you might have specific needs yourself, or just insurance coverage you’d like to have to feel a little more secure in your home. However, if you don’t know exactly what you need, then the entire process can be incredibly difficult.

So, to boil the process down to its bare essentials, we’ll start with the basic home owner’s policy. This policy will generally protect against “eleven potential perils”.

These perils are…

-Fire or lightning
-Windstorm or hail
-Vandalism and malicious mischief
-Theft-Vehicle and aircraft damages
-Explosions, riot, and civil commotion
-Glass breakage
-Smoke
-Volcanic eruption
-Personal liability

Floods and earthquakes might also be listed depending on your location. It may seem a bit much. After all, how many people living in, say, Utah, have ever suffered damage from a volcanic eruption?

Nonetheless, this is what you’ll be covered for when you take out a basic policy. Now, home insurance isn’t mandatory in most areas, but, that doesn’t mean that it would be wise to skip it. You may never have a vehicle or aircraft crash into your home, but vandalism, theft and fire are all too common.

Personal liability is especially important. If someone, say, slips on the ice and breaks their ankle on your driveway, and they opt to sue you, you can either pay for that out of your own pocket, or let personal liability take care of those costs for you. In essence, home insurance is, like an umbrella, better to have and not need, than need and not have.

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