Yes, If you have not the insurance company and endorsed the policy to vacant as required and they discover the vacancy they can cancel immediately and void all coverage retroactively to the date it became vacant. It's in the contract.
Same if you rent it out and don't notify them.
If you are required to carry homeowners insurance by, say, the bank through which you have your loan, you can switch to another provider for insurance at any time (there are a few forms you would need to fill out, but your new agent would be able to help you with that). You wouldn't be able to switch to another kind of insurance, though. The new policy would need to be a homeowners policy.
There are millions of things that a homeowners insurance policy does not cover. To find out what it does cover just read your policy, anything not on there is not covered.
Homeowners Insurance for Vacant Homes.Yes Homeowners Insurance is automatically null and void when a home becomes vacant. You should have a "Vacant property rider" added to your Homeowners Policy to ensure continuing coverage during a period of vacancy.
No pet bites would be covered under your homeowners or renters insurance policy.
If you don't carry homeowners insurance and you have your home financed, you are breaking the contract and your bank will take out a forced place policy to cover their interest in the home and you will have to pay the premium which is far more than a homeowners policy. If it's not financed, you take the entire risk of loss upon yourself.
You have to review your policy limits. Every policy is different.
NO, your homeowners policy will cover 'additional living expenses' but will not cover your mortgage.
No, Homeowners Insurance does not provide the coverage of a life insurance policy.
Yes, of course. The current owners on the policy have to pay for the insurance policy, This is why this policy states that it is a homeowners policy.
You might want to check with your insurance agent, but cash, stocks, bonds and bullion are typically not covered under your homeowners insurance policy unless specifically scheduled.
Yes. That is covered on a homeowners policy.
Homeowners insurance does not generally cover the murder of a person listed on the policy. For that, you need life insurance.
A homeowners insurance policy will cover the interests of the named insured on the policy. It does not matter if the insured is a student or not.
Separate
depending on you insurance company... I know my snowmobiles are covered on my homeowners
Your homeowners insurance should cover damage to your sprinkler system if the cause of the damage is covered by your homeowners insurance policy such as fire, lightning, freezing of pipes, etc. Homeowners insurance is not a maintenance policy and will not cover mechanical failure of your system.
No. Your Car is covered by your Auto Insurance Policy. It is never covered by a homeowners policy no matter whose property it is on.