
{"id":39,"date":"2023-10-20T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2023-10-31T00:59:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T06:59:22","slug":"three-mistakes-to-avoid-when-shopping-for-homeowners-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/three-mistakes-to-avoid-when-shopping-for-homeowners-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Mistakes To Avoid When Shopping for Homeowners Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have just purchased a new home in Cloquet, MN, you need to properly insure it. In most instances, your mortgage lender requires you to have a certain level of homeowner&#8217;s insurance. There is a litany of different options available to you on the home insurance market, and you are bound to make mistakes as a first-time shopper.<\/p>\n<p>We want to help you shop here at Brittany Olson Insurance Agency LLC, so here are three of the most common mistakes made by those shopping for homeowner&#8217;s insurance to avoid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Three Mistakes To Avoid<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Getting Lured In By the Lowest Price<\/h3>\n<p>No one would fault you for going with the lowest price when shopping for insurance for your Cloquet, MN home. Beware that it may be the cheapest for a reason. To put it simply, things are cheap because they are cheap. Make sure you read the contract to see what exactly is covered in the policy. This doesn&#8217;t mean you should automatically take the most expensive policy either.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>2. Underinsuring the Replacement Value<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;A common mistake people make is insuring their home to the value of the home on the mortgage. This is a mistake because the home&#8217;s value will increase over time. If you have an issue down the road and your home has gone up in value by 20%, it won&#8217;t be properly covered. Try to account for future gains in value when calculating the replacement value on your homeowner&#8217;s policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>3. Insure Yourself Against All Risks<\/h3>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t live in California, you could be at risk of damage from an earthquake. You&#8217;d also be surprised how many areas get hail or wind damage that aren&#8217;t in high-risk areas. Don&#8217;t skimp on covering these things to keep your premiums low.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Consult With Us<\/h3>\n<p>At Brittany Olson Insurance Agency LLC, we help our customers insure their homes properly at a great price. Contact us today if you have questions about your homeowner&#8217;s policy and what it should include.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have just purchased a new home in Cloquet, MN, you need to properly insure it. In most instances, your mortgage lender requires you to have a certain level of homeowner&#8217;s insurance. There is a litany of different options available to you on the home insurance market, and you are bound to make mistakes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,5],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-brittany-olson-insurance-agency-llc","tag-cloquet-mn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.olsoninsurancellc.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}