Home insurance with UK history
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Home insurance with UK history
We are looking to purchase our first Canadian home. We have extensive history of home ownership in the UK, but only 6 months renters insurance in Canada and it looks like we may get screwed by this lack of history.
We had a similar issue with auto insurance until we found Johnsons who would take UK no claims into account.
Does anyone know of a company that will carry forward UK home insurance history?
Does anyone know what sort of percentage the previous home insurance history impacts on a typical quote?
Many thanks
We had a similar issue with auto insurance until we found Johnsons who would take UK no claims into account.
Does anyone know of a company that will carry forward UK home insurance history?
Does anyone know what sort of percentage the previous home insurance history impacts on a typical quote?
Many thanks
#2
Re: Home insurance with UK history
I only know how it works for one insurer but, in that case, lack of claims has no impact; claims result in a surcharge rather than the lack of claims resulting in a discount.
#3
Re: Home insurance with UK history
Same for us in BC. Our house insurance is based largely on the square footage of the house
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Re: Home insurance with UK history
Waiting to see what effect the inch of water in our basement before Christmas had - final payout on that claim was just over $24,000 but my monthly premium is still $97.
Policy has a monthly premium rather than an annual renewal I think, so not sure what will/will not happen to the premium...
Last edited by withabix; Apr 8th 2016 at 8:39 pm.
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Re: Home insurance with UK history
We had it when we lived in Victoria before, and we'll get it again when we return.
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Re: Home insurance with UK history
It might be quite low with a very high specific excess/deductible. Our policy has an Eaurthquake Deductible of $37,500, but I could select a Deductible of up to $365,000 to save me $240 per year
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Re: Home insurance with UK history
We don't have earthquake coverage any more. We're high up and in a house built to earthquake tolerances. The deductible was $80,000 minimum. We considered the premiums too high for the coverage. If more than $80,000 of damage was done to our house, likely a lot of people a lot worse off, as in national disaster, so we questioned likelihood of getting any claim paid out.