Need renters insurance?
See below to better understand what your coverages mean and what all the different factors are that help determine your rate.
Understand Your Coverages
Rating Variables
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Age
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Marital status - single, married, divorced, widowed
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Credit - ability to make payments
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Location - where you live within the state
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Insurance history - claims and tenure with prior carrier
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Policy details - coverages, limits, and deductibles
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Apartment / home characteristics
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Year built
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Construction type - brick, frame (vinyl, aluminum, composition, etc.), stone, wood
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Foundation type (if renting house) - slab, crawl space, basement
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Protection class - distance to nearest fire department and fire hydrant
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Personal Property - covers your stuff up to the limit on your policy including things like furniture, technology, kitchenware, etc.
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Loss of use / additional living expenses - this is the limit of time you are covered for in a situation where you are not able live in your apartment / home due to something like a fire
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Personal liability - covers you on AND off your premises for anything you would be liable for
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Medical payments - serves as a goodwill keeper, covers immediate medical expenses in a situation where you are liable such as an ambulance ride to the hospital
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Optional coverages
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Replacement cost on personal property / contents - means you would get new stuff for your old stuff in a situation where your stuff is destroyed by a covered peril
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Sewer & water backup for building & contents - this covers you in a situation where your apartment / house or stuff is damaged by sewer and water backup
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Valuable articles - covers items for different kinds of losses such as losing your item
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