Posts with tag home insurance

All Patrick Rodgers wanted was for someone at his mortgage lender to talk to him. But when the bank ignored repeated requests, the Philadelphia homeowner sued -- and won. According to Rodgers, all he wanted was for the lender to answer his questions about its demand for him to purchase more home insurance. Yet the bank... Continue Reading »

Home insurance is one of most homeowners' least favorite subjects. So not surprisingly, the realization that home insurance rates have gone up while the market value of many homes have fallen hardly gets talked about at all. Jennie L. Phipps of our sister site WalletPop.com explains this confusing situation. The market... Continue Reading »

When was the last time you took a good look at your home insurance policy? Insurance is one of those things that's easy for homeowners to ignore. Once you sign up for a policy, chances are you write the check for the annual renewal without giving a lot of thought to whether your needs (or your insurer's terms of coverage)... Continue Reading »

When Suzanne Patt went shopping for a home insurance policy, she ran into a problem: her daughter's trampoline. Some carriers refused to issue her a policy as long as the trampoline was in place; others were willing to include it, but at substantially higher rates. "That really limited my choices," says the Cranford, N.J.,... Continue Reading »

Many homeowners are baffled by trying to figure out the maze that is home insurance. Take Stephanie and Eric Jones, who for 15 years paid too much because they weren't clear on which coverage they needed and which they didn't. Their local insurance company wasn't very responsive to the Jones' inquiries about how they... Continue Reading »