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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Why You Need an Umbrella Policy

Imagine working and saving for decades, only to have it all taken away with one incident.

Personal Umbrella insurance is additional liability insurance, designed to pay out on top of your existing auto and homeowner’s/renter’s insurance policies. For example, you may only have $300,000 in liability coverage on your car insurance. If you are hit with a claim of $1,000,000, you would be on the hook for $700,000 yourself unless you had an adequate umbrella insurance policy.

Banks make people buy home insurance to get mortgages and states require drivers to buy auto insurance. But no one mandates buying a policy that could turn out to be the most important part of your insurance package.

Listed below are a few reasons to buy an umbrella policy:
  • A blogger writes something bad about a company and gets sued for defamation.
  • A man was asked to cut down a tree from his own yard. He refused, and later a storm blew the tree down and injured someone in the neighboring house.
  • Your dog bites someone.
  • You have a pool, and a visitor hurts themselves.
  • A handyman or contractor hurts themselves on your property.
A personal umbrella insurance policy can give one added liability protection without a large added cost. Additional liability insurance is often inexpensive, especially compared to the added coverage one gains. Having the added protection of a personal umbrella policy is coverage no one should go without.
Visit www.hunt-miller.com for more information on obtaining a Georgia personal umbrella policy.

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