{"id":44,"date":"2023-03-27T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2023-04-03T11:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T17:44:27","slug":"three-things-you-might-not-know-about-home-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/three-things-you-might-not-know-about-home-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Things You Might Not Know About Home Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The more you understand about home insurance, the better equipped you will be to deal with it.&nbsp;Great Lakes State Agency&nbsp;in Lansing, MI is here to help.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Here are three facts about the subject that you may not be aware of:<\/h2>\n<h3>Your Insurer Needs to Have a Good Reason to Drop Your Coverage.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>We hear about insurers abruptly terminating coverage, but the truth is that they are required by law to provide a reason. An insurer who is careless about dropping a customer may face heavy fines and lawsuits as a result of their efforts.<\/p>\n<h3>You Can Reopen Old Claims<\/h3>\n<p>You may be able to reopen a claim even after you&#8217;ve been reimbursed in some cases. Often, you won&#8217;t know the full extent of the damage until repairs begin, in which case you may be able to get supplemental payment from your insurer.<\/p>\n<h3>Your Insurer May Limit Your Deductible<\/h3>\n<p>Different insurers have different limits. Typically, most insurers will not allow you to set your deductible higher than $1,200. Lower premiums result from higher deductibles and vice versa. But, of course, there has to be a limit somewhere &mdash; both for the sake of your insurer and for your own. You don&#8217;t want to file a claim only to discover that your deductible is several times the amount of your damages.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to be an expert, but it&#8217;s always a good idea to do some research before spending money on something. This is especially true for home insurance.<\/p>\n<h3>Reach Out To Us<\/h3>\n<p>To learn more about home insurance or to get a&nbsp;free quote, contact&nbsp;Great Lakes State Agency&nbsp;today. Our agents are proudly serving the Lansing, MI region and can help answer any and all of your insurance-related questions. Call us today to find a policy that best&nbsp;fits your needs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The more you understand about home insurance, the better equipped you will be to deal with it.&nbsp;Great Lakes State Agency&nbsp;in Lansing, MI is here to help.&nbsp; Here are three facts about the subject that you may not be aware of: Your Insurer Needs to Have a Good Reason to Drop Your Coverage.&nbsp; We hear about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,5],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-great-lakes-state-agency","tag-lansing-mi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatlakesstateagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}