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Your Renters Insurance Doesn’t Cover Your Roommate. This Is What That...

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Kelsey and her roommate split an $18/month renters insurance premium and assumed both were covered. When the roommate's guest slipped in the apartment, the insurer denied the roommate's liability claim. She paid $4,700 out of pocket.

A storm flooded her ground-floor apartment and ruined $9,000 of belongings....

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A standard renters policy covers your belongings only against a specific list of named perils. Losses from any cause not on that list, like flood, are denied.

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Her Employer’s “Free” $285,000 Life Policy Added $1,213 to Her Taxable Wages

The coverage your employer pays for is only tax-free up to $50,000. Above that, the IRS prices it from a fixed age table and adds the result to your taxable wages.
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Her $96,000 Salon Build-Out Burned. The Policy Paid About $23,000.

The landlord's policy covers the building. The part of it you paid for sits inside your own business personal property limit, and it is almost always underinsured.
She Was Rear-Ended at a Red Light. She Still Paid the $1,000 Deductible.

She Was Rear-Ended at a Red Light. She Still Paid the $1,000 Deductible.

Filing on your own collision coverage is the fast path after a crash, and it is the path that costs you the deductible. Getting that money back depends on subrogation.
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Her Health Plan Left $2,300 in ER Bills After the Crash. A $10 Add-On...

A small, often overlooked auto coverage pays your crash-related medical bills no matter who was at fault, covers your passengers, and fills the gaps your health plan leaves.
A Guest Fell on Their Deck and Won $900,000. Their Homeowners Policy Stopped at $300,000.

A Guest Fell on Their Deck and Won $900,000. Their Homeowners Policy Stopped at...

When a liability judgment blows past your homeowners or auto limit, a personal umbrella policy covers the excess. Here is how it attaches, what it costs, and who really needs it.