Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Alaska Homeowners' Insurance -- Time-Tested Savings Tips

By Chimezirim Gabriel Odimba

Alaska homeowners' insurance: You don't need to do exceptional things in most cases in order to lower your rates. Just knowing some compulsory things and using them will make a big difference. I'll take the pains in this article to reveal some of those things...

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.

Do NOT make a claim if it's an issue you can deal with without much hassles. You will be keeping your home insurance rate more affordable by doing that.

2. You'll get lower rates if your home is built with the right materials. Buy a frame house for better resistance to earthquakes or buy a brick home for better resistance to high winds.

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. Even though you've the option of insuring against all imaginable peril, you actually do NOT need to. There are perils that will never happen in some places. You can almost say with confidence that some perils aren't a possibility in certain states going by their past record.

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.

Opting for the right perils will make you pay for only coverage you need. This will result in savings if you had too much coverage before doing the review.

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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