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Home insurance premium up 11.5% #2914266
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Thanks to the inflation cost of building materials my replacement cost went up $25,500 which caused the premium to go up 11.5%. Talked to others who saw similar results. They don't miss a trick when they get a chance to raise but usually ignore reasons to lower premiums. I'm sure they'll lower it next year when prices come back down. NOT! Lol

Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: second 70] #2914269
04/24/21 11:32 AM
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Yep. Mine went from $1600 to $2400! And I have high deductibles and limited coverage.


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: second 70] #2914298
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Yep, my increase is similar to Larry's. I'm seriously considering cancelling my homeowner's insurance and banking the money I pay them. If a "Hurricane Michael" ever happens to strike here, I'll suck it up and rebuild on my own dime...

EDIT: And for many in this area, the government just updated the flood plane maps. I have 3 friends, all neighbors to each other, that have suddenly been told they're REQUIRED to purchase flood insurance, even though they've never flooded. One of the 3 just finished building his house a year ago, and built his house 24" above what's required. Now HE has to go through the process of proving that he's above the flood plane.

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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: Fat_Mike] #2914377
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Most of THEM apimp are LIARS and THIEVES anyways... as one of THEM apimp here can confirm tsk

Mark me down for self insurance ..... as many do in this area.

MUCH of the insurance biz is a RACKET and a CON

Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: dOrk !] #2914379
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I believe we must have insurance, or at least liability. Got to cover someone being injured on your property. But it is getting outrageous. I moved into my house in 1997. Concrete block/stucco. I added more hurricane protection. Hurricane straps to trusses. I have corrugated steel shutters for every glass. I had a wind mitigation survey and got a thumbs up. I'm not covered for flood because my area is very low risk for flood. In my 24 years I've never had a claim. But every year they have an excuse why my rates jump.


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: larrymopar360] #2914389
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Condos are diff ... no choice on the basic insurance you have to carry because MOST units are mortgaged.... but that’s a BIG PART of the monthly condo fee.

Inside contents are optional AND EXPENSIVE...all considered

Because this place is a waterfront SALT WATER abode and is real close to the Gulf o Mex. THAT gets expensive covering that .....

Like ... total coverage WITH A HUGE DEDUCTIBLE.... 130k$ per year

Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: second 70] #2914416
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I've been looking for places to retire, what I'm finding is most places housing is appreciating ~ 4% month, including here. The taxing authorities are collecting windfalls, on occasion they'll adjust their percentage down when this happens but it's a token. I'd started thinking I'd be able to retire here but it won't happen when my "rent" is $1,000 / month and rising rapidly.

Naturally insurance costs are following along but at least for us, it's about 1/5th of the taxes.


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: second 70] #2914420
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Material cost is just the excuse....the blm summer of riots is the real reason.

Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: 4406bbl] #2914422
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Originally Posted by 4406bbl
Material cost is just the excuse....the blm summer of riots is the real reason.


Yeah, except that it's not. shruggy

My home insurance premium went up about 8%. Still a bargain, relative to the value of the assets I'm insuring. Car insurance is much more expensive than home insurance for most people in general, but even for those in hurricane/tornado prone areas, it's still usually cheaper than car insurance when you compare the values of the assets in question.


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: not_a_charger] #2914429
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I just double checked my numbers. I'm up OVER 50%!

I understand 5%-10% increases, but not over 50%.

We can probably thank injury attorneys for some, just as we can for auto insurance increases


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: larrymopar360] #2914460
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ANYONE REMEMBER when the primary meaning of the word PREMIUM meant .....

...a REWARD ??!!

Oh how that word has be throughly CORRUPTED by those dastardly apimp ...

Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: larrymopar360] #2914461
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Originally Posted by larrymopar360
I just double checked my numbers. I'm up OVER 50%!

I understand 5%-10% increases, but not over 50%.

We can probably thank injury attorneys for some, just as we can for auto insurance increases


Your HO went up 50%? Or auto?


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: not_a_charger] #2914462
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Originally Posted by not_a_charger
Originally Posted by larrymopar360
I just double checked my numbers. I'm up OVER 50%!

I understand 5%-10% increases, but not over 50%.

We can probably thank injury attorneys for some, just as we can for auto insurance increases


Your HO went up 50%? Or auto?
Homeowners


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: larrymopar360] #2914463
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Them dirty DIRTY birds tsk

Called Allstate on their ad campaign.....

SAVE 700$ on your auto policy ...

The agent pulls a Sgt Schultz on me tsk

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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: larrymopar360] #2914464
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That's a massive increase, even for FL. Materials costs absolutely are contributing to the increases many (including me) are seeing, but 50%? Wow.


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: not_a_charger] #2914466
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I believe living in a high risk area can affect rates. Fire, Flood, Hurricane,Tornado or Earthquake can all cause rates to change after the event.
Living in the woods/fire land has been problematic to find insurance.
I have a good insurance man and have improved the land and home to be fire safe (brush and weeds removed, tempered windows, 1/8" vent screens, etc/). Didn't cut rates, but I pay far less than some nearby homes.
I also found that the land value does not need to be included in coverage. Also, buying a lower value policy (entire home is seldom a loss) and adding replacement cost, and constructing cost riders lessened the premium.
Last the liability (trip stumble fall is a way to save. If carrying liability on cars, homes, boats, bikes, etc why not see if an umbrella works better?

Even with all that above I noticed most sky scrapers, are owned by insurance companies, and all their offices, even in small towns have the nicest carpets, furnishings and location.

Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: second 70] #2914473
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Just paid my condo insurance basically no change. It was actually $2 less than last yr. My home owners premium for our primary residence isn't due till June so I don't know yet but last yr it was 20% less than 2019 with no reduction in coverage or increase in deductable.


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: cudatom] #2914477
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Originally Posted by cudatom
Just paid my condo insurance basically no change. It was actually $2 less than last yr. My home owners premium for our primary residence isn't due till June so I don't know yet but last yr it was 20% less than 2019 with no reduction in coverage or increase in deductable.


What coverages and limits ?

Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: not_a_charger] #2914480
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Originally Posted by not_a_charger
That's a massive increase, even for FL. Materials costs absolutely are contributing to the increases many (including me) are seeing, but 50%? Wow.
That's what I thought. They sent me two links to read about why, which I ignored. I went from $1600/annually to just under $2500. I requested to drop coverage on any personal property, and was told they could not (no explanation as to why) but could drop it to the lowest which is $30k. They shopped around again, and found nothing lower. I was told the rebuild cost on my 1100sq/ft home was $169k. Again, no flood coverage, high deductibles.


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Re: Home insurance premium up 11.5% [Re: srt] #2914485
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Originally Posted by srt
I believe living in a high risk area can affect rates. Fire, Flood, Hurricane,Tornado or Earthquake can all cause rates to change after the event.
Living in the woods/fire land has been problematic to find insurance.
I have a good insurance man and have improved the land and home to be fire safe (brush and weeds removed, tempered windows, 1/8" vent screens, etc/). Didn't cut rates, but I pay far less than some nearby homes.
I also found that the land value does not need to be included in coverage. Also, buying a lower value policy (entire home is seldom a loss) and adding replacement cost, and constructing cost riders lessened the premium.
Last the liability (trip stumble fall is a way to save. If carrying liability on cars, homes, boats, bikes, etc why not see if an umbrella works better?

Even with all that above I noticed most sky scrapers, are owned by insurance companies, and all their offices, even in small towns have the nicest carpets, furnishings and location.
We've been without a big storm for quite awhile now, and I'm without a claim ever, in all my 24 years in this house. I've never had any insurance claim in all my life in fact. I reduced my personal property to the lowest they'll allow. Right now I'm with Swyft (SP?). I was always under the impression even with an umbrella policy, liability was still necessary coverage. No?

Thanks for info. Larry


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