Coverage Guide
Inside a homeowners policy.
Your home insurance is built from several distinct coverages. Here's what each one actually does.
Dwelling Coverage (Coverage A)
Rebuilds the physical structure of your home.
Dwelling protects the house itself — walls, roof, foundation, built-in appliances, and attached structures like a garage. Limits should reflect the cost to rebuild from scratch (not market value). We help you choose between actual cash value and replacement cost so you can rebuild without compromise.
Other Structures (Coverage B)
Detached structures on your property.
Covers structures not attached to the home: detached garages, sheds, fences, gazebos, and even in-ground pools. Typically set at 10% of your dwelling limit, but adjustable when you have significant detached buildings.
Personal Property (Coverage C)
Your belongings — inside the home and out.
Furniture, electronics, clothing, kitchenware — even things stolen from your car or hotel room while traveling. Coverage applies anywhere in the world. Standard policies include sub-limits on jewelry, firearms, and collectibles, which can be raised with scheduled endorsements.
Loss of Use (Coverage D)
Hotel, food & extra living costs after a covered loss.
If your home becomes uninhabitable after a covered claim, Loss of Use pays for hotels, restaurant meals, pet boarding, laundry, and other extra costs — so your daily life keeps moving while repairs happen.
Personal Liability
Protects you if someone is injured or you cause damage.
If a guest is injured on your property — or you (or a family member) accidentally damage someone else's property — liability covers legal fees, settlements, and judgments. Even applies off-premises in many cases (e.g., your kid breaks a neighbor's window).
Medical Payments to Others
Goodwill medical coverage for guest injuries.
A small no-fault coverage (typically $1,000–$5,000) that pays for minor medical bills if a guest is hurt on your property — no lawsuit required. Helps keep small incidents from turning into liability claims.
Scheduled Personal Property
Higher limits for valuables: jewelry, art, firearms.
Standard policies cap how much they pay for high-value items. Scheduling them adds broader coverage (including mysterious disappearance) and removes the deductible. Essential for engagement rings, fine art, watches, and collectibles.
Flood & Earthquake (Separate)
What standard home insurance does NOT cover.
Floods and earthquakes are excluded from every standard homeowners policy. In Washington, both are real risks — we can place separate flood (NFIP or private) and earthquake policies to fill the gap.