Reducing Insurance Cost: HOA insurance coverage new rules apply, but you may still be able to lower your insurance cost. For instance, I recently quoted a newer Home Owner Association which was paying $72,000 for insurance. My quote with Farmers: $16,000! No kidding! The solo broker had placed the Association with a super Non-Competitive and Surplus Lines carrier. Their smart Manager recognized the huge […]
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HOA Insurance Rates Video Transcript: Hi everybody and thank you all the Board Members out there that have taken your valuable time to be here for this ECHO educational webinar today you’re going to get a lot of good update information about HOA Insurance rates. About three years ago when David came up with a
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Unfortunately, both homeowners and auto insurance rates are expected to continue rising. Therefore, it’s unlikely that homeowner and auto insurance rates will stop increasing in the near future. But that doesn’t mean you can’t lower your insurance costs. The most serious reasons for the increases include the following: As a result, insurance companies are struggling
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I’ve been selling life insurance for 26 years to families. Some years people have died, and I delivered a check to the husband or wife. It does not replace the tragic loss of their loved one, but it helps a lot so the surviving spouse can keep their house and have money in the bank.
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Clients are asking this solar panels impact on home insurance question, so I decided to answer it in this short blog post. Solar Panels As you probably know solar panels are devices that convert sunlight into electricity. They can help you save money on your energy bills as well as reduce your carbon footprint. Installing
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Clients are asking about the impact on their home insurance of building an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), so I decided to answer it as a short blog post. What is an ADU Yes, you can build an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) at your home, subject to local permitting. An ADU is a small living or
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Clients are asking this question more frequently so decided to answer it as a short bullet point blog post.
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Insurance is the world’s Safety Net. We could not own and live in our homes, work in our businesses, drive our cars or protect our families (life insurance) without transferring the risk of loss to insurance companies for the price we pay them. I want to share with everyone my opinion about what to expect
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Click on the blog post title to open the post, then play the video of Kevin’s HOA Insurance Megatrends PowerPoint that was presented at an ECHO educational event.
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This post has been updated to include the latest 2022 Maps. Wildfire zone risk in California has become a huge concern for all of us, whether we are homeowners, Association members, or Insurance companies. For safety and insurance reasons it’s important to know your proximity to the higher risk wildfire zones and how the new
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