Home Owners Insurance

Protect what matters most. Your home, your belongings, and your financial security deserve coverage designed around your needs.

Home Owners Insurance can help protect your home and personal belongings against certain covered losses. Coverage can also include liability protection and other policy features, depending on the policy you choose.

  • Protects Your Home

  • Liability Protection

  • Financial Security

  • Help in Unexpected Events

  • Peace of Mind

  • Protects Your Belongings

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What Is Home Owners Insurance?

Home Owners Insurance is designed to help protect your home, personal belongings, and financial interests from certain covered events. Depending on the policy, it may also provide personal liability protection and help with additional living expenses after a covered loss.

  • Coverage, limits, deductibles, exclusions, and eligibility vary by policy and provider. Review the policy documents carefully to understand what is and is not covered.

Key Benefits of Home Owners Insurance

  • Protects Your Home

    Helps repair or rebuild your home when it is damaged by a covered event, subject to policy terms.

  • Protects Your Belongings

    May help replace or repair eligible personal property after a covered loss, subject to limits and exclusions.

  • Liability Protection

    May help protect you when you are legally responsible for certain covered bodily injury or property damage involving another person.

  • Financial Security

    Can help reduce the financial impact of certain unexpected covered losses.

  • Helps With Unexpected Events

    Provides policy-based protection for covered situations, with specific coverage determined by the policy.

  • Peace of Mind

    Gives homeowners a structured way to manage selected property and liability risks.

Coverage Highlights

  • Dwelling Coverage

    Helps protect the structure of the home against covered losses.

  • Personal Property Coverage

    May cover eligible furniture, clothing, electronics, and other belongings, subject to policy terms and limits.

  • Personal Liability Coverage

    May apply when you are legally responsible for certain covered injury or property damage claims involving others.

  • Additional Living Expenses

    May help with eligible extra living costs when a covered loss makes the home temporarily uninhabitable.

  • Guest Medical Protection

    May help with certain medical expenses for a guest injured on the property, subject to policy terms.

  • Other Structures Coverage

    May help protect eligible structures on the property, such as a detached garage or shed.

Do not state that flood or earthquake damage is universally included. Where relevant, explain that separate coverage or endorsements may be needed.

Who Needs Home Owners Insurance?

  • First-Time Homeowners

    New to homeownership and evaluating protection for the property and belongings.

  • Existing Homeowners

    Reviewing current coverage as needs, property features, or household circumstances change.

  • Newly Purchased Homes

    Evaluating coverage for a recently purchased property.

  • Families

    Protecting a household's home, belongings, and potential liability exposures.

  • Vacation Home Owners

    Exploring coverage for a second or seasonal residence, where eligible.

  • Owners of Valuable Belongings

    Reviewing limits and additional coverage options for higher-value possessions.

Home Owners Insurance Explained

Watch this short educational video to learn how Home Owners Insurance works, what common coverage categories mean, and what to consider when reviewing a policy.

  • What Home Owners Insurance Covers.
  • Key Benefits and Common Coverage Options.
  • Understanding Policy Limits, Deductibles, and Exclusions.
  • Questions to Ask When Comparing Coverage.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Home Owners Insurance is designed to help protect your home, personal belongings, and financial interests against certain covered losses. Depending on the policy, it may also include personal liability protection and additional living expense coverage after a covered loss.

Common coverage categories can include dwelling, personal property, personal liability, additional living expenses, guest medical payments, and other structures. Coverage varies by policy, so limits, exclusions, deductibles, and conditions should be reviewed carefully.

Requirements depend on your circumstances and location. A mortgage lender may require homeowners insurance as a condition of the loan, while other situations may have different requirements. Check your lender's requirements and applicable rules.

Many homeowners policies include personal property coverage for eligible belongings, subject to limits, exclusions, and other policy conditions. Higher-value items may have special limits or may require additional coverage.

Not necessarily. Flood and earthquake damage may be excluded from a standard homeowners policy and may require separate insurance or an endorsement, depending on the situation and available products. Review the policy terms for your property.

Personal liability coverage may help protect you when you are legally responsible for certain covered bodily injury or property damage involving another person. Coverage is subject to policy limits, exclusions, conditions, and applicable law.

Factors can include location, property characteristics, replacement-cost considerations, coverage limits, deductible, claims history, property features, and underwriting factors. The actual premium depends on the insurer, policy, property, and individual circumstances.

OLPolicy can help you explore homeowners insurance options based on your property, coverage needs, and circumstances. Availability, eligibility, pricing, limits, and policy terms vary, so review the final policy documents before making a decision.