Q&A :Insurance

minimize personal property coverage on homeowners insurance

This month, my homeowners insurance is due for renewal. I noticed that the personal property coverage is beyond $100k, which exceeds my needs by at least two orders of...

Actual Cash Value (ACV) of a remodeled mobile home

I have an investment mobile home manufactured in 1972. Last month a contractor was removing trees and landed a big one on my mobile home, cutting it in half and totaling...

What's the reason I can't have insurance with more than one company?

Excuse my pure ignorance on this matter, I barely understand the basics of any insurance. When I first moved to the UK years ago I have been told that I can’t have...

Should I Purchase Health Insurance Through My S-Corp

I currently have an S-Corp, of which I am the only employee. As of this year, I started purchasing my own health insurance through healthcare.gov. In previous years, my...

Contribution Principle for Insurance

I was reading up on Contribution Principle of Insurance when I came across the following example used to explain the concept In the homeowner example, if the owner...

Do you need to have insurance on an unused car?

I’m buying a car and garaging it until I can fix it. Do I need to have insurance on it to be able to register it (so I won’t get fined for not registering...

At what damage amount should I pursue a homeowner's insurance claim?

We have a recently built house (2008). This past year, a roof leak materialized. I am out of pocket $3250 for several contractor visits that tore out interior drywall,...

I am thinking about cancelling my car insurance. Will there be any hidden costs down the road?

I own my car outright and just moved to a large city. Public transportation and access to a roommate’s car makes transportation easy. I am thinking about storing...

What is Loss Assessment Coverage?

I am buying a condo and looking for condo unitowners insurance (HO6 policy). What is Loss Assessment coverage? Can I use it to pay any special assessments imposed by HOA...

What happens if a person with life insurance goes missing and is found many years later?

Suppose a person has life insurance and goes missing while the policy is valid. His body is not found, noone saw anything which would be an evidence of the person death....