{"id":1466,"date":"2019-10-21T05:36:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T11:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2019-10-01T12:05:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T18:05:19","slug":"special-property-special-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/special-property-special-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Property, Special Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Special Property Insurance Limits<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A standard homeowner\u2019s policy offers a limit equal to half of the amount reserved for the residence to protect against loss to a given residence\u2019s personal Property (ex. Your home is covered for $150,000, so your contents and furnishings are covered for $75,000). While this is generous coverage, it doesn’t extend to all types of the property nor for all causes of loss. Certain types of property, because of its high value and liquidity, is far more vulnerable to loss…either easily destroyed, easily stolen or both. So, to compensate for this difference, insurers use coverage restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Causes
Property claims due to theft are subject to lower limits<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Theft Coverage Limitations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When property is lost due to theft, coverage under a standard\nhomeowner policy is severely limited (generally $1,000 – $2,500) for the\nfollowing types of property:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • jewelry, watches, furs, and gemstones<\/li>
  • dinnerware, serving sets, trophies and similar property\n made of or plated with silver, gold, platinum or pewter<\/li>
  • for firearms, accessories and related property<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Other Coverage Limitations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Several categories of\nproperty are subject to very modest limits ($200 – $2,500) of coverage,\nregardless of the cause of loss (theft, fire, accidental breakage, etc.).\nSpecifically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • money, banknotes, coins, medals, gold, silver, and platinum (other than jewelry or dinnerware)<\/li>
    • securities, accounts, deeds, tickets, stamps, manuscripts, passports and similar property<\/li>
    • watercraft and related property including their trailers<\/li>
    • trailers not used with watercraft<\/li>
    • business property located in your residence<\/li>
    • business property located away from your residence<\/li>
    • certain types of electronic property which are lost or damaged while in a car or is located away from your home and used for business.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Handling the Limited Coverage Situation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Insurance companies are happy to provide more coverage if they are paid for their trouble. Specifically, limited coverage can be handled using the following methods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Increased Coverage C Endorsement<\/strong> – this form is only appropriate for\nproperty saddled with limited coverage for theft losses. This form is attached to\na basic policy and it increases the theft insurance limit (i.e. for jewelry\nfrom $1,500 to $5,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Scheduled Personal Property Endorsement<\/strong> – this form is used for increasing\ncoverage for property that has protection reduced for all sources of loss. The\nproperty is removed from the basic policy’s limits and is covered exclusively\nby the endorsement. This form takes more work since each item of property has\nto be listed and assigned a particular insurance limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Inland Marine Property Floater<\/strong> – this method works like the personal\nproperty endorsement, except that it is a separate policy. This alternative is\nmore appropriate for persons owning substantial amounts of high-valued\nproperty. The coverage must often be purchased from specialized insurers and comes\nat a high cost. In order to qualify for such coverage, you may need to meet\nspecial circumstances such as having a residential alarm system or make use of\nvault storage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Another Advantage of Special Handling<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      In order to arrange coverage under a schedule or an inland marine policy, the property must be properly valued. This often involves appraising the property. It’s very helpful to have an expert source to establish the current value of jewelry, furs or other valuable possessions. In fact, such property should be appraised every two or three years since their values often increase over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Do you still have questions about property that needs special\nhandling? Talk to an insurance professional about your needs and make sure that\nyou have proper protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      COPYRIGHT: Insurance Publishing Plus, Inc. 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      A standard homeowner\u2019s policy offers a limit equal to half of the amount reserved for the residence to protect against loss to a given residence\u2019s personal Property (ex. Your home is covered for $150,000, so your contents and furnishings are covered for $75,000). While this is generous coverage, it doesn’t extend to all types of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,69],"tags":[1825,1824,1838,201,1836,1837,1839,1840,1841,1842,1820,1823,1834,1835,1833,1831,1828,1827,1830,1829,1826,1832,1843,1819,1821,1822],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","category-unmanned-aircraft","tag-homeowners-insurance-special-limis","tag-homeowners-special-limits","tag-insurance-coverage-for-theft","tag-insurance-for-boats","tag-insurance-for-business-property-at-your-residence","tag-insurance-for-cash","tag-insurance-for-firearms","tag-insurance-for-guns","tag-insurance-for-jewelery","tag-insurance-for-special-items","tag-lower-insurance-limits-do-to-covered-causes-of-loss","tag-special-insurance-limits","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-boats","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-business-property-at-residence","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-cash","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-firearms","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-furs","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-futs","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-guns","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-gusn","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-jewelry","tag-special-insurance-limits-for-theft","tag-special-item-insurance","tag-special-limits","tag-special-property-coverage","tag-special-property-insurance"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1469,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466\/revisions\/1469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insuringky.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}