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Homeowner's Insurance

Homeowners Insurance Renewal…Yuck!

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

I received our homeowner’s insurance renewal this afternoon. Our new annual premium is…
$2,072!!!!!
Yes, I realize that we live on the Gulf Coast and that our area has been hit with two hurricanes in 3 years. But…we have never filed a claim. Never.
Looking through our old insurance renewals, I noticed a trend:
2005 – [...]

My Homeowners Insurance Renewal: OUCH!

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

I received the first draft of our homeowner’s insurance policy. Our premium went up to $1,823, a 19% increase over last year’s premium of $1,528. Oh, and they added a new 2% deductible for wind damage, which would put us on the hook for the first $4,652 in damages if our home received [...]