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Protect your possessions with
Renters Insurance
The Homesite Standard Renters Product (ISO -
HO-04)®
Our standard product provides broader coverage for the
customer's personal property and the ability to add many
optional coverages including scheduling valuable property,
special coverages, water back-up, varying deductibles and
coverage limits from $36,000 to $100,000. Renters insurance
policies are designed to protect your prized possessions,
protect you against any personal liability, and provide
assistance should your rented home or apartment become damaged
or unlivable. Our policies include the following protections:
- Your personal property starting at $36,000 up to
$100,000.
- Medical expenses (paying up to $1,000* per
person if someone is injured on your property).
- Liability exposures (protecting you against certain
risks up to $100,000* per accident for bodily injury or
property damage).
- Our standard Renters product is a "named peril" policy
and covers losses from any 17 "named perils." If your
property is lost or damaged as a result of one of these
perils, your insurance company will compensate you for your
loss. The covered perils are as follows:
- Fire or lightning
- Windstorm or hail
- Explosion
- Riot or civil disturbance
- Aircraft
- Vehicles
- Smoke
- Vandalism or malicious mischief
- Theft
- Volcanic eruption
- Falling objects
- Weight of ice, snow, or sleet
- Accidental discharge or overflow of water
- Sudden and accidental tearing apart
- Freezing
- Artificially generated electrical charge
*Additional limits for medical payments and
liability are available, as wells as optional endorsements for
property such as personal computer equipment, business
property, jewelry, bicycles, cameras, etc.
Limitations
- As with most insurance, our policies have per-category
limits for certain items such as jewelry, antiques, and furs.
If the value of your property exceeds these limits, you will
need have to get an appraisal stating its worth. You can then
purchase an additional rider to cover the full value of your
property.
Liability coverage - Renters insurance also
provides liability coverage. Our renters insurance policy
covers you for accidents and injuries that occur in your home,
as well as accidents outside of your home that are caused by
you or your property. (This does not include automobile
accidents.) This liability coverage includes legal defense
costs, if you are taken to court over such an accident.
Additional living expenses - If your house or
apartment is unlivable as a result of any of the 17 named
perils, renters insurance will cover your "additional living
expenses." That means that it will pay for you to live
somewhere else (usually in a comparable house or apartment)
while your home is being repaired. The limit on this type of
coverage is 40 percent of the amount of your personal property
coverage.
Available Endorsements
Replacement
Value Loss Settlement Terms — Means replacing Actual Cash
Value for Coverage C with replacement cost coverage. Doesn't
include rare art, memorabilia, items in poor condition or
items obsolete or in storage.
Scheduled Personal
Property — This coverage provides a set amount of insurance
for valuables like jewelry, watches, furs, fine arts, etc. An
appraisal from last three years will be required for anything
over $2,500 (single item).
Coverage C Higher Limits on
Certain Personal Property — Increases the overall coverage
amounts in areas with a sub-limit of coverage exists.
Computer Coverage — Covers hardware and software for
any direct physical loss, due to theft, electrical
disturbance, magnetic, or erasure. In essence, changes the
covered perils from Named to All Risks.
All coverage
is subject to approval and qualification. Coverage information
is intended to be a summary and does not supplement or replace
specific language of the insurance contract.
*The GMAC Insurance Homeowners Program is
underwritten by member companies of the Homesite Insurance
group, a leading provider of homeowners, renters and
condominium insurance. Member companies include: Homesite
Insurance Company, Homesite Indemnity Company, Homesite
Insurance Company of California, Homesite Insurance Company of
Florida, Homesite Insurance Company of Illinois, Homesite
Insurance Company of the Midwest, Homesite Insurance Company
of New York, Homesite Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, and
Homesite Lloyd's of Texas.
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"If
you rent an apartment or condo, make sure
your renters' policy covers any damage to
the inside structure in case of accidents"
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