When you increase the home value within the policy, it will cost you more to insure it, but you’ll be able to replace the house if you have a claim or receive the full value of a partial loss to your house.
Do you have adequate property insurance coverage?
We have found there is a strong need for rental property owners to do an insurance assessment. Such an assessment will:
- Ensure the policy is properly titled
- Determine if it is insured to the appropriate value
- Identify whether the policy is properly insuring a rental dwelling or if it is an invalid homeowner’s policy.
About Bill Mecklenburg
Bill Mecklenburg is President of SES Risk Solutions, a subsidiary of Alliant Insurance Services. Bill was previously the CEO of Redwoods Managers, Inc. and the COO of The Redwoods Group, a specialty insurance organization that The Wall Street Journal and the nonprofit organization Winning Workplaces selected as one of 15 winners of the 2008 Top Small Workplaces. Bill also served as a Managing Director of reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter and he was an SVP and the leader of the Property & Casualty Division of KEMPES, Inc. Bill has an Economics degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
About SES Risk Solutions
SES Risk Solutions is a leading provider of insurance services for real estate portfolios. SES currently services over 50,000 properties for fiduciaries, owners, and managers through master policies on a nationwide basis. SES has a 30-year history of offering competitive and comprehensive insurance products complemented by unparalleled service and technology platforms for properties (residential, commercial, farm, and land) held in trust by financial institutions or owned by real estate investors.
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