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State Farm hurricane deductible jumps to 5%

Posted on 7/9/14 at 7:15 am
Posted by Elusiveporpi
Below I-10
Member since Feb 2011
2576 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 7:15 am
This means a $10,000 deductible on a $200,000 home. Might as well set the thing on fire if anything were to happen to it..........

What are the huricane deductibles for other insurance companies?
Posted by Skeeter 79
Prairieville, LA
Member since Nov 2007
2225 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 7:16 am to
Farm Bureau 2%
Posted by Phate
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
11725 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 7:29 am to
Mine is $1,000 with ASI
Posted by jtmiller02
Member since Jan 2013
114 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 7:32 am to
How about a $2,000,000 home, $100,000 deductible, most people consider a total loss where you get a $1.9 million check. They forget that roof damage etc could mean writing a check for $100,000 out of pocket.
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:01 am to
quote:

This means a $10,000 deductible on a $200,000 home

Correct

quote:

Might as well set the thing on fire if anything were to happen to it..........


Wow. Are you that poor and pathetic?
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
24965 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:16 am to
Sadly with the value of homes increasing along with building materials the insurance companies i would think have to raise deductibles. I have a $5k deductible and it goes to that plus $2% of policy limits for a named storm. I set the $5k deductible to get rates down and honestly if i have less than $10k in damage i wouldn't make a claim anyway. That will just drive up your premiums. I know several people that make claims almost every time we get any kind of storm yet they bitch about how their insurance keeps increasing
Posted by BeerMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
8392 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:17 am to
Progressive will offer a $1000 deductible as well. So will Safeco and a few others. You have to read your mail from your insurance company very carefully because they'll frick you when they can. Insurance must be switched from time to time in order to maintain a fair rate & coverage amount.
Posted by ThePoo
Work
Member since Jan 2007
60616 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:24 am to
Standard is 2%

Some companies will allow a flat deductible that matches the AOP deductible

Gulfstream has an aggregate deductible


Also depending on company the non AOP deductible can either be wind/hail, named storm, or hurricane these are different

Posted by Brageous
Member since Jul 2008
107724 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:25 am to
Does this affect people that have already had the lower % locked in? I'm going to check my next statement either way.
Posted by HebertFest08
The Coast
Member since Aug 2008
6395 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:37 am to
Farm bureau is 2%.
It all depends on where you live right now whether you can get wind and hail coverage through a company or through the citizens program.
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
10056 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 8:41 am to
No big deal, when the big one comes like it did in aught five, they'll just claim flood and make the Feds take the liability. The check will say State Farm, of course.
Posted by John Wayne
Baton Rouge, La
Member since May 2007
916 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:27 am to
quote:

Mine is $1,000 with ASI
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52157 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 10:55 am to
2% with Liberty Mutual

FWIW, I heard that SF is slowly attempting to work their way out the Gulf Coast states
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
45197 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:20 am to
I just found this out. Also my agent is going crazy in that they can no longer write in Ponchatoula and Springfield. I am getting ready to switch everything to USAA.
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92877 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 11:24 am to
Earthquake insurance in SoCal is WAY worse!
Posted by Festus
With Skillet
Member since Nov 2009
85044 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 4:08 pm to
Not only did they increase the hurricane deductible from 2% up to 5%, they did not lower the rates accordingly and the rates actually went up. AND, they didn't even advise the homeowners that they were doing it. You found out when you got your insurance renewed and received your policy.

Pretty crappy of them. It's clear they are wanting to get out of the market in the gulf states. I get them doing it, but not even a phone call from your agent letting you know it was coming so you could shop around?

And it's not all big companies doing it, most are at 2%.

Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 7/9/14 at 4:10 pm to
No named storm deductible with Safeco. Just the regular one.
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