Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Arkansas Homeowners' Insurance -- Sure Ways To Discounts

By Chimezirim Odimba

It doesn't usually take implementing very many tips to make massive savings while maintaining sufficient coverage. It's normally small things that result in big savings. Let's go through a good number of them in this article...

1. You'll also enjoy a discount if you have motion-sensitive lighting on your property. Thieves generally do NOT like to operate in any environment they could be easily noticed or caught. Because thieves keep off from houses with such lighting, you reduce your home's risk of burglary and, by extension, your premiums.

2. Ensure you do NOT leave ladders lying just anywhere. You might be helping thieves with the very equipment they need for their operation. Do not also leave your tools, machinery or such on the lawn or wherever in the open as they could lead to accidental injury and increase your liability claims. They also make breaking and entry a lot easier for thieves. Keep them well and you'll be avoiding a high premium.

3. Do not insure your house along with the land it is built on as this will cost you more but needless. A good number of folks spend much more than they should on home insurance on account of this mistake. You've made same mistake if you insured your house for the cost you purchased it without checking the cost of the land it is built on and subtracting it.

If you did this quickly meet with your agent and check through your home insurance policy. Deduct the land's cost and use only the cost of your structures and its contents.

Your premium will be less and you'll still have sufficient coverage if you do this right. Don't ever forget that insuring the land your house is built on is plain waste of money because it does you no good whatsoever.

4. Choosing to pay your rates on a monthly basis leads to more expensive Arkansas home owner's insurance rates than you'd spend if you choose to pay yearly. This is because sending you twelve bills by mail monthly costs your insurer a lot.

As if that was NOT enough expense, each check you send attracts a transaction fees as well. 12 checks mean 12 transactions which attract 12 different transaction charges. These and other charges so incurred by your insurer are eventually borne by you, the policy holder..

You will get reasonable savings if you start paying annually. You could save up to a month's premium in just a single year.

5. Set up your account to pay your premiums automatically and you'll enjoy more affordable premiums for that. All you have to do is to advise your bank or credit card company to send your premiums at at a particular time automatically until told to stop. In addition to saving you in rates you'll also save yourself much time and hassles.

6. You can reduce your home insurance rates by asking for and comparing quotes from at least five good insurance quotes sites. - 16928

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