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Condominium Insurance Florida

1. Local Companies

2. Condominium Insurance Overview

3. Basics

4. Home Inventory

5. Featured Local Company

1 . Local Companies

Advanced Insurance Underwriters
954-963-6666
3250 N 29 Ave.
Hollywood, FL

Brooke Insurance Titusville FL
(321) 383-4566
143 Harrison Street
Titusville, FL

Allpro Insurance
941-794-5100
4411 60TH ST CT W
BRADENTON, FL

Hazard Insurance Agency
305-247-4004
1008 NW 1 Ave
Homestead, FL

LeCain Family Insurance & Financial Services, LLC
727-289-7022
7239 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL

The Nabors Group
(954) 364-7850
4302 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, FL

New England Financial So. Florida Financial Strategies
561-886-3373
2500 North Military Trail, Ste. 300
Boca Raton, FL

Coast to Coast Title Company
209-6800
2101 Vista Parkway, Ste. 102
West Palm Beach, FL

Cris Warner Allstate
904-783-0668
10250 Normandy Blvd Suite 503
Jacksonville, FL

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
(305) 921-7245
8400 NW 33rd Street
Doral, FL

2 . Condominium Insurance Overview

Condo insurance is a type of insurance that is very much like home insurance or tenant insurance. Condo insurance is a policy that helps a condominium owner in Florida protect their personal belongings. While the Condominium Association often insures the building that a condo is housed in, the actual condo and its contents are not covered under such insurance. Thus, the owner of the condominium in Florida becomes responsible for the additional insurance: insurance that covers the condo and the belongings therein. The Condominium Association buys insurance that often covers the surrounding areas of the building, the actual building itself, and the areas that are shared by all of the condo owners. The purchased condo in Florida is considered a separate unit, therefore requiring additional condo insurance. As a condo owner, you are responsible for understanding what is and is not covered by the insurance purchased by the Condominium Association. You will also be responsible for understanding your own condo insurance and what it covers.

Like homes that require home insurance, condominiums require a certain amount of coverage to protect all that is contained within the condo. While the insurance for a condo is not as extensive as one would purchase for a home, it is a policy that will reimburse a policyholder in the event that their condo or the property within it is damaged. The typical condo insurance policy contains protection for personal belongings and it also provides basic liability coverage: coverage that will protect the condo owner if someone should get hurt at the location in Florida. An HO-6 is a form that a condo owner will have, that includes such protection when condo insurance is purchased.

Before buying condo insurance the condo owner will have to carefully review the Condominium Associations Declaration. This is a document that details what is covered by the Condominium Association’s insurance. Once the declaration is reviewed, the condo owner in Florida will have a better idea of what kind of coverage they will actually require when it comes time to buy condo insurance.

3 . Basics

When you first address the Condominium Association and review the Association Declaration, you will have a far better idea about your condo insurance needs. Further, if there remain any questions after a complete review of the declaration, don’t hesitate to ask them. Make sure you question whether or not the outside areas of the condo are covered, and if so, what precisely is covered. The Condominium Association may also be able to provide you with some recommendations about where you can get condo insurance, and perhaps reveal to you recommendations by others who have condos in the building.

There are several things you will need to consider before you buy condo insurance. First and foremost, you will need to assess what your property in Florida is worth. You can do this by sitting down and thinking about replacement costs. What do you think all of your personal property is worth? It helps if you take an extensive inventory of your property. How much is the condo worth if you were to lose everything? What kind of liability coverage do you think will be adequate? What kind of “acts of God” do you want covered: do you want coverage for fire, theft, vandalism, flooding are all of the latter mentioned events?

Let’s face it; three basic things have to be fulfilled before you will feel totally secure: First, you will need to get adequate coverage for your condo. Secondly, you will need to understand all of the ins and outs of your condo insurance. Third, you will need to know that your condo is covered, no matter what unexpected event may strike.

4 . Home Inventory

One of the most important things you can do before you buy home insurance or condo insurance is to create a detailed home inventory. In the event that something happens to your condo or your belongings, you will have a complete list of everything you owned. This will make replacement a bit easier, it will help you have a better handle on the amount of condo insurance or home insurance that you need; it will help any and all claims through the insurance company meet a speedier end; and it can serve as verification come tax time when you write off your losses. Finally, with a home inventory list, you will not be struggling to remember what property you had before you lost it.

One of the most convenient ways to create a home inventory list is to go through every room in your house or condo, one room at a time. If you are just purchasing a new condo, you can start by inventorying what is being unpacked, or you can conduct the inventory as you are packing. You will want to create a detailed list and you may want to create sub-headers for different types of belongings. For example, create a list that includes your clothing, electronics, furniture, collectibles, jewelry and the like.

A lot of people like to take photographs or video tapings of what they own. This works as proof that they actually owned the belongings in the event that the belongings are destroyed. Along with photographs and/or video, people also keep their receipts for purchases made. You will find that art and jewelry may fall under special insurance needs, but you will still want to inventory them anyway.

The most important measure you can make when you are creating a home inventory is to do it before you buy condo insurance and to keep the list in a location off the premises. For example, if you have a safety deposit box, that is where your home inventory should remain. At the very least, keep it in a fireproof safety box, and keep a copy of the list with someone you trust like a relative. Keep the inventory, the photos, the videos and whatever other important documentation you have in the same place for easy location. Finally, update the home inventory list at least once a year.

5 . Featured Local Company

Advanced Insurance Underwriters

954-963-6666
3250 N 29 Ave.
Hollywood, FL

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