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New Bling from Your Valentine? Make Sure It’s Covered

2012-02-17T09:44:00.000-08:00

Feb, 2012 - If you receive an expensive gem or a new Valentine’s Day bauble, make sure you have the necessary insurance.

While no one can put a price on sentimental value, insuring your jewelry will keep it financially protected if it is lost or stolen.

Most homeowners and renters insurance policies include coverage for expensive personal belongings like jewelry. But many policies limit the dollar amount for theft, so you may want to purchase an additional rider to expand the coverage on the policy. It is always good practice to review your policy whenever you purchase new, expensive items.

Some of homeowners and renters insurance policies have a $3,000 limitation for theft of personal items such as jewelry. If you own jewelry, watches, furs or precious stones, and any one item is valued at more than $3,000, you may want to purchase additional coverage or add a personal inland marine rider to the policy.

The name “inland marine” is an old-fashioned term dating back to the 19th century shipping industry. The name described insurance coverage for ship cargo in transit (cargo moving inland from ships to barges, wagons, trains and other vehicles). Now, the insurance term describes coverage that helps protects jewelry or specific property (already on land).
Insurance Coverage Options

Goodwill Financial, Inc. Independent Insurance Agency offers various options from many industry leading insurance companies to protect your valuables. Those choices include:

Purchasing expanded policy coverage. For an additional premium (the amount paid for coverage), you can increase your coverage limits for each theft loss. .

Keep in mind that coverage varies by different insurance companies and states. Our friendly staff that cares can review the options in more detail with you.

Purchasing a personal inland marine policy. You can add an endorsement to an existing home insurance policy or purchase a separate personal inland marine policy for expensive items such as jewelry, furs, watches or precious stones. This type of policy provides broad coverage, including theft, misplacement or losing a valuable item. The policy can be purchased with no deductible; or, for a lower premium, a deductible can be applied.

Protecting Your Jewelry

Whenever you purchase an item with considerable value like jewelry, you should:

Check your insurance coverage.
Have the item or gift appraised. This can help in establishing the value of the item. If the jewelry is an antique or was purchased several years ago, it will need to be appraised for a dollar value.
Keep your store receipt with your home inventory records and take a picture of the item. Photos and documentation will help speed up the claims process if you have to file a claim.
Store the item in a secure location. If it is something that you don’t use on a regular basis, you may want to consider keeping it in a safe deposit box. You can also email, fax or mail pictures and/or store receipts to keep on your file in our agency.

For all questions please call our office at (630) 785-2412.

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2011-04-28T06:25:00.001-07:00

Since we started a company in 2005, we created a website which served us as a business card. You could see that we truly are legit business, find out about services that we provide, get our address, phone number and that’s pretty much it.

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2011-02-24T08:45:00.001-08:00

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