Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Alaska Homeowners' Insurance -- How To Attract Cheaper Rates

By Chimezirim Gabriel Odimba

Alaska homeowners' insurance: It doesn't normally take implementing a hundred tips to realize massive discounts while maintaining adequate coverage. Just understanding a few compulsory steps and applying them will make a big difference. Here are several things that will bring you closer to the goal...

1. Your claims in time past have an effect on an insurer's perception of your home's risk. Making too many claims will result in your house being seen as a bigger risk than it actually is. This will force you to get more expensive rates.

So if it's something you can take care of with relative ease, do NOT file a claim. This will help you maintain a cheap rate for long.

2. You'll get lower rates if you build with the right materials. For instance, brick homes are best in regions with high winds while frame houses are preferred in earthquake zones.

Therefore, if you reside in the East, you will enjoy more affordable rates if you yours is a brick home. But if you reside in the West, a frame home will save you a lot more.

Using the right material will get you a discount of about 5%.

3. Make sure that the exterior of your home is fire-safe and your premium will be lower. You'll do well if you don't have anything that's inflammable close to your home.

Cut bushes around your home. Even though it looks simple, you'll get cheaper rates if you do keep them at a distance of at least ten feet from your structures. This is because how fire-safe a house is goes a long way in shaping what it will cost to insure it.

4. Shatter-proof windows will bring good savings. You'll get huge discounts by changing your windows to these if you reside in a place where hail storms and high winds are frequent.

It may be wiser to discuss this with your agent first to get an idea of what discounts you will obtain if you undertake this before you commence.

5. Buying coverage against every peril is NOT quite a need. The likelihood of certain perils in your state is too low to make buying coverage for them a real need. Different states have perils that are likely and those that can rarely ever happen.

It's really a good financial advice to purchase coverage for every peril that has a good possibility of happening. Buying coverage for a peril that has never occurred in a state can be regarded as a waste.

Review your policy and keep coverage for only the right perils. You will reduce your premium by doing this if you bought excess initially.

6. Get and compare quotes from a minimum of five quotes sites. Visiting at least five quotes sites increase the chances that you would receive more affordable home insurance quotes.

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