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| News reports of apartment fires often include tragic stories of renters who lost everything because they were uninsured. If you rent an apartment, duplex, house, or townhouse, your landlord´s Southwest Suburbs apartment insurance policy covers losses to the building, but it does not cover your personal property. To protect your belongings, you need a separate renters insurance policy. Renters insurance covers your personal property and household items in the event of a fire, theft, or other loss. It also offers you financial protection if a visitor is injured in your home. |
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| A Southwest Suburbs apartment insurance policy usually includes liability coverage for unintentional damage or injury, compensation for personal property that is stolen or damaged and payment for additional living expenses if you have to move out or temporarily relocate because of damage done to your residence. |
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| With Southwest Suburbs apartment insurance, you can replace what's damaged or stolen. Renters insurance covers your possessions against losses from fire or smoke, lightning, vandalism, theft, explosion, windstorm, and water damage from plumbing. Renters insurance also covers your responsibility to other people injured at your home or elsewhere by you, a family member or your pet, and pays legal defense costs if you are taken to court. |
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| Do not shop for Southwest Suburbs apartment insurance by price alone. You want a company that answers your questions and handles claims fairly and efficiently. Ask friends and relatives for their recommendations for a solid company offering renters insurance. Contact your state insurance department to find out whether they make available consumer complaint ratios by company. |
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| Most Southwest Suburbs aparment insurance policies provide "named peril" coverage, meaning the policy states specifically what you are insured against. Some named perils include Fire or Lightning, Smoke, Vandalism or Malicious Mischief, Theft, Accidental Discharge of Water and 10 others. Liability coverage also includes Medical Payments coverage, which applies to nonresidents of the insured premises. It is important to know what your renters insurance policy does and does not cover |
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| A Southwest Suburbs apartment insurance policy extends beyond on-premise theft and hazards. If your suitcase is stolen while you're on vacation, you'll likely be covered. Same with property stolen from your car. If you're prone to barroom brawls—well, you might need more help than renters insurance, but you'll probably be covered if you hurt someone. Speaking of injuries, you'll also likely be protected if someone slips and sprains their ankle at your annual dance-a-thon; you may even receive compensation for legal defense costs in the case of a lawsuit. |
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| In most cases, a landlord's Southwest Suburbs apartment insurance covers only structural damage to the building itself—and many landlord policies don't even go that far if the damage is caused by a tenant. If you leave the tub running and it turns your floor into cardboard and dribbles downstairs, damaging your neighbor's couch, you may be liable for the whole drippy mess. If your building went up in flames, your landlord's coverage would include repairs, but only to the building, not to the possessions of tenants. Renters insurance will cover your possessions in case of a loss. |
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