If you own a home or business and if you had a house fire, or you were in a car wreck, you could lose everything. No one wants to start over from scratch. Learn more about what type of insurance you should carry for yourself and your business to ensure all of your assets are properly protected.
Liability Insurance
You need to have liability insurance for your car, home, and business. Additionally, if you have quite a lot of assets, you should consider adding a blanket liability policy, which provides additional protection beyond what your home, car, and business policies cover.
Liability insurance is what covers the cost of medical bills and property damage to the victim if you were responsible for someone’s injury. For example, if you own a house in New York and someone slips and falls on your walkway because you failed to shovel the snow or remove the ice, you’re responsible for the costs related to the person’s injury. The injured party could easily contact personal injury lawyers in Garden City, NY to file a personal injury claim. If you didn’t have liability insurance, the cost of the settlement awarded would come out of your pocket — if you don’t have the money to cover the settlement amount, you could lose your home or other assets.
Liability insurance also covers car-accident-related injuries, and for businesses, it covers things such as negligence or injuries that resulted from defective products. Additionally, if you own a brick-and-mortar business, you should consider obtaining public liability insurance to make sure all of your bases are covered.
Homeowners Insurance
It’s important to have homeowners insurance on every house you own — even rental properties. Your homeowners’ insurance covers any damage to your home caused by things such as fires, tornados, vandalism, and theft. If you live in a flood-prone area, it’s also important to get flood insurance in addition to your regular home insurance. Also, you should talk to your insurance agent about the different types of additional coverage their company offers. For example, if you live in an area that could get hit by a hurricane, you need to make sure your home insurance policy covers hurricane damage.
If you don’t own a home, you should still obtain renters insurance. It covers all of your belongings. So if there’s a fire or your home is robbed, you can file an insurance claim to be reimbursed for the value of your damaged or stolen property.
Car Insurance
If you own a vehicle you need car insurance. Accidents happen all the time and they can Insurance is important — without it, your assets aren’t protected. So if someone sued you or your happen anywhere. You could even back into a car pulling out of your driveway. Car insurance protects your vehicle, as well as any vehicles or property you damage in an at-fault accident. It also covers medical expenses for injured people when you’re in an at-fault accident — but not the people in your car. That’s where your health insurance comes in. Also, some car insurance companies offer additional medical coverage, which covers people in your car who don’t have health insurance.
No one enjoys paying their monthly insurance premiums, but in the long run, it’s worth it. You never know when you might need to file a claim.
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