Monday, July 27, 2009

Does Your Property Insurance Include Homeowners Liability Insurance?

By William Hazelhurst

When most of us think about the insurance cover that we get on our property we normally think about protecting ourselves from disaster. For example, we would want to make sure that the insurance that we have will cover us in case of a fire, flood or natural disaster. However, what many of us do not realize is that there are other policies that are available and we would want to ensure that we have these included in the bundle.

Homeowners liability insurance is a good example of such a plan.

It is a very good idea to have this type of insurance cover quite simply because all of us are responsible for what goes on in our house. This sort of liability insurance covers you in case something goes wrong, either inside your house or even outside of your house. For instance, if an individual should happen to trip and fall at our house because of your negligence, or indeed for any other reason, you might be held liable for their accident in a court of law. This type of insurance policy would provide you with cover in that situation.

Of all of the different forms of insurance coverage that you are likely to have on your property this is in all probability the one that is most frequently neglected. The fact of the matter is however that most mortgage companies will require you to have homeowners liability insurance included in your plan in order to meet with the terms of your mortgage agreement. Naturally, there will be varying degrees of liability insurance available to the homeowner so you will have to talk this over with your insurance agent to ascertain what is best in your particular case.

With homeowners liability insurance you will not only have protection at law if a person sues you when they are injured on your property but will also have coverage for any medical expenses which may be incurred as a result of the injury. Although we all hope that circumstances such as these will not arise it is clearly possible so you want to ensure that you are covered just in case.

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