This Old House

Home insurance checkup

  treat buying coverage for our homes and personal property as a set-it-and-forget-it proposition, signing off on our annual renewals with minimal scrutiny. That’s not surprising given the complexity of typical policies and the difficulty of comparing similar policies from different insurers. “It can be very hard to shop,” says Fabio Faschi, property and casualty team lead at online insurance broker Policygenius. “With auto insurance, the consumer can say, ‘I want this much coverage.’ But home

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