Your home is more than just your largest purchase, it's the center of your life. So, making sure it's insured should be a priority. After a catastrophe, having homeowners insurance — and the right ...

Buying your first home is a major milestone. However, it comes with major financial responsibilities, including protecting your home with homeowners insurance. While many first-time buyers focus on ...

Homeowners insurance coverage is a must if you have a mortgage loan, and it’s strongly advised even if you don’t. It covers damage to your property from a wide range of sudden and accidental events, ...

David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, taxes and travel. Based in Chicago, he writes with one objective in mind: Help readers figure out how to save more and stress less. He is ...

With extreme weather events increasing in recent years, homeowners insurance companies have raised premiums or stopped offering coverage completely. Many of the policyholders hit with nonrenewal or ...

Tornado damage is typically covered by a standard homeowners insurance policy, but there may be exceptions. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Your second home is a valuable asset. Whether you keep it exclusively for private use or rent it out for revenue, ensuring your second is important. Standard home insurance policies only cover one ...

Every once in a while, homeowners may have a vacant property on their hands for an extended time. It may be waiting to be sold, undergoing renovations or closed during certain seasons, or other ...

Unlike hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other natural disasters, earthquakes don't have an annual season that homeowners can prepare for. But they do hit certain parts of the country more than others ...

Homeowners insurance policies don’t typically cover mold. But it might be covered in some instances, depending on the circumstances. Try checking your home insurance policy or talking to your agent ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

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