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We don’t always know what is ahead in life, but one thing is for certain: unexpected things do happen. You can be ready when it does. Allow us to assist in securing your family, your home, and you.
Home Insurance
Get a Home Insurance Quote Right Away
Home. You can feel protected there. It’s where you raise your family and make lifelong memories. Homeowners insurance that suits your needs and your budget can help you secure this valued investment.
You can concentrate on those small, crucial moments when you know you have the protection you need for your house and personal items. It’s quick and simple to get a home insurance quote right now.
What is Home Insurance?
You can be protected against the unexpected with homeowner’s insurance. It can assist with paying for repairs or replacements, interim lodging, court costs, and other expenses if your home is damaged, your possessions are stolen, or someone is hurt on your property.
Why Do I Need a Homeowners Policy?
Anyone who owns a house or condominium is advised to get a homeowners policy; in some cases, your mortgage lender may even mandate it. To effectively guard against damage from floods or earthquakes, your home and personal property will need separate coverage.
Home insurance can assist you in getting your life back to normal if the unexpected occurs.
What Does Homeowners Insurance Cover?
A Travelers salesperson may assist you in choosing the homes insurance that best suits your requirements and financial situation, but a typical policy can cover the following:
- The structure of your home
- Other structures on your property (e.g. garage, shed)
- Your personal belongings
- Additional living costs if you are displaced from your home as a result of a covered loss
- Your personal liability or legal fees
- Limited valuable items (extra coverage can usually be added)
Make sure to look at possibilities to tailor your coverages and limits to your needs. In order to help ensure that your house and assets are properly safeguarded, your homeowners insurance policy contains coverages in the following categories.
Car Insurance
The Journey Starts Here With a Car Insurance Quote
Obtaining a quotation for auto insurance is quick and simple. Feel secure knowing that you, your loved ones, and your pockets are well secured when you are on the road. While you enjoy the freedom of the trip, let us worry about the hazards of the road.
What Is Car Insurance?
Automobile insurance can shield you from the costs associated with collisions and other losses, such car theft. Your automobile insurance policy is a contract for which you pay your insurance provider a specified sum, or “premium,” in exchange for the coverage options you choose.
Why Do I Need Car Insurance?
Accident victims may incur costs for things like auto repairs, property damage, medical bills, lost wages, and more. Without the necessary coverages, you can be forced to foot the payment by yourself.
What Does Car Insurance Cover?
In most states, liability insurance is typically needed. When you are found to be responsible for the accident, this coverage assists in paying for someone else’s property damage or bodily harm. There are additional insurance policies that may assist in defraying the expense of harm to you or your vehicle. Talk to your insurance provider about the different policy options to acquire the most comprehensive protection for your particular needs.
Liability Coverage
Most states mandate liability coverage, which covers both bodily injury and property damage liability coverage. If you cause an accident, this coverage pays for any damages your car causes to someone else’s property as well as any injuries to other people.
This coverage may pay up to the limit you choose if you are determined to be at fault for accident-related damages, and it may also offer you a legal defense if you are sued.
Roadside Assistance
You can add roadside assistance to your auto insurance policy to provide aid if you become stranded due to unforeseen auto problems, such as a dead car battery. These unanticipated occurrences can occur while you’re at work, out running errands, or even at home.
Loan/Lease Gap Insurance
If your car is financed or leased, gap insurance, commonly referred to as loan/lease insurance, may be able to assist protect you. This coverage can cover the difference between the actual cash value of your car and the outstanding balance of your auto loan or lease if it is totaled (declared a total loss).
Renters Insurance
Renters insurance might help you avoid losing or damaging your belongings if you rent a house or an apartment.
Protecting You and Your Possessions with Renters Insurance
You can start by calling your Travelers representative right away or you can acquire an estimate for a renters insurance policy online in just a few minutes. If you have to leave your house because of a covered occurrence, renters insurance can assist pay for the increased living costs. It can also shield you against personal liability claims. Renters insurance can shield you from the potentially crippling expenses associated with losing your possessions from a home or apartment that you do not own.
What's Covered by a Renters Insurance Policy
While the actual residence where you reside is probably covered by your landlord’s insurance, it may be up to you to safeguard your personal property, such as your clothing, electronics, and furniture. Renters may also invest a lot of time and money in remodeling or renovating their rental property. If modifications built by you or purchased at your own are damaged by a covered loss, you may be able to use up to 10% of your personal property coverage under a renters insurance to repair or replace them. There are options for greater levels of protection.
Ways to Save on Your Renters Insurance
Renters insurance may be more affordable if you acquire many policies or install a home security system. A policy with a higher deductible is another option. In the event that your covered belongings are lost, damaged, or stolen as a result of doing this, you might have to pay more up front before your insurance policy settles a claim. However, generally speaking, choosing a greater deductible results in reduced monthly premiums.
Condo Insurance
Obtaining an estimate for condo insurance from Travelers may be done in a matter of minutes. This insurance could fill up the gaps between your condo association’s insurance coverage and your personal obligations. Your condo unit’s physical structure as well as common property of the condo association may be covered by the insurance policy of the condo association. Your personal property and the contents in your house may be covered by your condo insurance policy, which may also offer personal liability protection.
What Does Condo Insurance Cover?
Personal Property Coverage
Your furniture and other personal property may be covered by a condominium unit owner policy from covered perils like fire, lightning, and hail. It can assist make sure that your property is protected up to the level of insurance you buy. This is also known as “contents coverage.”
Theft Protection
The condominium unit owner coverage can shield your belongings from a variety of theft-related losses, whether they occur in your apartment or elsewhere. Insurance that can cover theft from your unattended boat or automobile is also covered.
Special Limits of Liability for Certain Possessions
The majority of condo insurance provide specific liability limits for particular types of property. For instance, a fine of $200 for cash and coins and a $1,000 fine for the theft of jewels, watches, or furs. Generally, you have the option to raise these figures.
Personal Liability Protection
Liability insurance can assist in paying the associated legal fees and related damages if a claim is made against you or you are sued for accidently injuring someone else or damaging their property. For insured physical injury and property damage suffered by others for whom you or covered members of your household are legally accountable, the majority of condo unit owner plans offer $100,000 (minimum) in personal liability coverage.
Medical Payments
Regardless of your legal duty, the majority of liability insurance policies will cover up to $1,000 per person in essential medical costs for visitors who unintentionally get hurt on your property. It can also offer protection in other circumstances. Higher levels of protection are available.
Damage to Property of Others
Generally, your condo owners coverage can pay up to $1,000 for each covered occurrence if you unintentionally damage someone else’s personal property while that property is in your care.
Condo Additional Living Expenses
Loss of use insurance can be useful if your apartment is damaged and you need to move out while it is being repaired. Up to a percentage of the contents coverage amount you chose, the policy may cover additional necessary living costs (such as lodging, meals, washing, etc.). The rules and conditions of the insurance apply to this.
Dwelling, Additions and Alterations
Other situations may also be covered by a condo unit owner’s policy. You might be accountable for the internal components of your unit, such as the windows, walls, and doors, depending on your condominium declaration and/or bylaws, as well as the state where you reside. Up to the dwelling coverage limit, your unit may also be covered for additions, modifications, and other renovations.
Loss Assessment Coverage
In general, condominium insurance can offer up to $1,000 in protection if damage to jointly held property exceeds the policy’s maximum level of coverage. This coverage may be useful if your condo association charges each unit owner a fee to pay the increased loss (or to cover personal liability claims made against the community). This sum could be raised.
Boat and Yacht Insurance
For All the Boating Adventures Ahead
Get an estimate on boat or yacht insurance today and get set to spend more time doing what you love: spending time on the water with loved ones. Make sure Travelers has the right coverage for your boat and everyone on it.
How Much Is Boat Insurance?
Depending on the state in which you operate your boat and the coverage options you choose, boat insurance premiums will change. For instance, agreed value insurance will typically be more expensive than actual cash value insurance. If cutting expenses is a top concern, selecting a greater deductible can lower your policy’s premium. Policies can be obtained for a fairly affordable price depending on the state where the boat is utilized.
Why Do I Need Boat Insurance?
For a variety of reasons, you need boat insurance. Boat insurance helps to financially safeguard you against losses or damages resulting from covered mishaps as well as loss or damage to your boat. Liability insurance can also shield you if you use your boat to harm someone else or their property. The medical payments coverage pays for medical expenses if you or your visitors are hurt. Even on-water towing is covered by boat insurance.
Boat & Yacht Insurance Coverage
A Basic Boat Insurance Plan That Is More Comprehensive
Get basic boat insurance coverage with protections like mechanical breakdown, uninsured boater, personal property, medical costs, commercial towing reimbursement, fuel spills, and dinghy coverage that other carriers may charge extra fees for.
Uninsured Boater Coverage
This offers protection for circumstances where one boater might not have insurance. Uninsured boater coverage can assist in paying your medical expenses and bodily harm claims stemming from a collision with a driver who does not have insurance, provided that you have selected adequate limits for your policy. You, your family, and your passengers are all covered. Each state has its own requirements for uninsured boater coverage.
Flexible Coverage Options
You can pick between coverage for agreed value and actual cash value. With agreed value, insured partial damages involving your vessel are given “replacement value.” You receive a premium discount for actual monetary value. Settlement is based on a depreciated value in the case of a loss.
Towing and Assistance Reimbursement
Get paid for gas delivery, roadside assistance, and transfer of your boat to a repair facility when it becomes inoperable.
Personal Property Coverage
safeguards personal property aboard the boat, including but not limited to clothing, fishing gear, and boating-related gear like life jackets.
Physical Boat Damage Coverage
In the case of a collision, such as one with a submerged item or another boat, this coverage offers security.
Liability Protection
This aids in defraying the expense of someone else’s property damage or personal injuries.
Landlord Insurance
Landlord insurance will safeguard your properties.
With insurance coverage often created for owners of rental properties, you can safeguard your real estate investment. The travelers’ landlord policy provides liability and property insurance, and there may be choices for medical payments and premises liability coverages.
Taking Care of Rental Properties
Apartments, condos, single-family homes, multi-family homes, and other rental properties with one to four units that you own or let to others are often covered by Travelers’ landlord insurance.
Premises Liability
Being held accountable for losses that happen on the rental property is one of the hazards that landlords run. Liability insurance, if obtained, can aid in defending you against physical harm or property loss resulting from the use of your rental property. There are liability limits available of as least $100,000.
Medical Payments
If liability insurance is acquired, a $1,000 maximum is included (larger amounts are also available), which can cover medical costs for someone hurt on the property or as a result of a situation on the land. You and anyone else who resides on the property on a regular basis are not covered by this insurance.
Property Coverages
Travelers’ landlord insurance often offers rental property owners protection from covered damage to the rental property, other structures (like a garage or a shed), and the landlord’s personal property (like furniture and appliances) inside the rental unit.
Loss of Use Coverage
By covering the fair rental value of the property if it is unlivable while your property is being restored as a result of a covered loss, loss of use coverage can help safeguard your income. The rules and conditions of the insurance apply to this.
Umbrella Insurance
Additional liability protection offered by umbrella insurance can assist safeguard valuables like your house, car, and boat. Additionally, it can aid in defraying legal bills, court costs, and other expenses related to lawsuits.
What Is an Umbrella Policy?
When the costs of covered claims surpass the limitations of your house insurance or auto insurance plans, umbrella insurance coverage can assist in defending you against those costs.
When you are being sued for causing harm to another person’s property or other people’s injuries as a result of an accident, an umbrella insurance can assist in paying defense expenses.
What Does Umbrella Insurance Cover?
You can rapidly find yourself in charge of paying for losses that exceed the coverage limits of your auto, homeowners, or boat policies, whether the incident is a catastrophic automobile accident with high medical costs or one that occurs on your property. When that happens, having an umbrella insurance policy might offer protection that goes above and beyond what your basic coverage will allow.
Under umbrella policies for travelers, the following may be covered:
- Liability of $1 million to $10 million can assist safeguard assets like your house, car, and boat.
- Libel, slander, character-defamation, and breach of privacy claims.
- Legal defense expenses, such as lawyer fees and other court-related expenditures.
- Obligations arising outside of the United States.
Any vehicle, homeowners, or other policy would benefit from having a Travelers umbrella insurance policy added on for additional personal liability coverage.
Anyone can be sued today, even if they haven’t done anything wrong. Because of this, it’s more crucial than ever to think about incorporating an umbrella insurance as an additional layer of security for your assets and mental peace.
What is Not Covered by An Umbrella Policy?
A personal umbrella coverage typically does not cover damage to your own property.
Other instances of coverage that is not typically covered by an umbrella policy are:
- Commercial losses A personal umbrella policy would often not cover losses linked to the operation of your business or damage to your commercial property. Even if you run your business out of your house, this exception still applies. If you require this kind of protection, think about getting business insurance.
- Deliberate actions. A personal umbrella policy is not intended to shield you from responsibility for your own willfully damaging actions, such as if you harm a guest at your house.
When big claims surpass the coverage limitations of your primary house and auto insurance, umbrella plans can be a terrific method to help protect yourself from the potentially crippling costs. Umbrella policies are often fairly reasonable.
To discover more about personal umbrella policies and determine whether this additional coverage is appropriate for you, get in touch with a Travelers licensed insurance professional or locate a nearby independent agency.
Jewelry and Valuable Items Coverage
Your jewelry serves as more than just a fashion statement; it also connects you to a special memory or experience. Whether it’s your grandfather’s watch or your engagement ring, a jewelry and valuable items insurance policy will help you safeguard your prized possessions. For a quote right away, get in touch with your neighborhood independent agent or Travelers representative.
What Does Jewelry Insurance Cover?
Your favorite objects, including engagement and wedding rings, can be protected by jewelry and valuable items insurance if they are stolen or damaged during an event that is covered, including collectibles, sporting goods, electronics, and more. Without a Personal Articles Floater (PAF), a normal homeowner’s insurance policy might not cover or offer enough coverage for such priceless things. Jewelry and expensive item coverage can be useful in this situation.
How Much Does Jewelry Insurance Cost?
Depending on where you live, jewelry insurance costs can vary. Typically, the cost of jewelry insurance is from 1% to 2% of the item’s worth. A $5,000 engagement ring, for instance, may be insured for as low as $50 a year with a $250 deductible.
Is Jewelry Insurance Worth It?
Only you can decide whether your priceless jewelry or other valuables are worth insuring. If you want to determine if insurance for jewelry and other valuables is a good fit for you, ask yourself the following questions:
- Can you imagine losing your jewelry?
- Would you want to have your jewelry replaced or repaired if it were lost, stolen, or damaged?
- What amount would you be able or willing to spend out of pocket if the answer is yes?
Find out how affordable jewelry insurance can be by requesting a quotation for valuables or jewelry today.
Wedding and Events Insurance
What Is Insurance for Special Events?
A wedding or other special event is covered by special event insurance. A wide range of risks can be covered by wedding insurance, such as the photographer not showing up, severe weather, or the need to postpone or cancel the event due to a covered loss.
What Does Special Event Insurance Cover?
The investments you’ve made in your special event can be protected with the aid of travelers. We cover a variety of events, including retirement parties, baby showers, bar and bat mitzvahs, anniversary parties, and more.
An insurance policy for travelers’ special events could include:
- The postponing or cancellation of the special event
- Event images and videos
- Event favors
- Unique attire
- Unique jewelry
- Missing deposits
- Liability protection (optional coverage)
- Liability insurance for alcohol (optional coverage)
How Can I Obtain Insurance Proof for an Event?
Certain venues might demand proof of insurance. The Declarations Page of the Travelers insurance contains details on the coverages and additional insureds. Liability insurance verification might involve requesting the Declarations Page. Liability insurance can shield your interests from unfavorable events like event-related property damage.
What is covered by wedding insurance?
Cancellation or Postponement Coverage
If your big day must be postponed or cancelled due to a family emergency, severe weather, or any unforeseen circumstance, Travelers Wedding Insurance cancellation coverage will assist shield you from financial loss. Transportation, food, catering services, property and equipment rentals, hall and location rentals, and other expenses are all eligible for reimbursement. As COVID-19 is a recognized infectious disease and presents circumstances that could theoretically lead to the cancellation and/or postponement of your event, no coverage will be provided for those events in any way.
Coverage for Lost Security Deposits
Wedding insurance covers lost deposits, including those made to shuttered bakeries, caterers, bridal salons, and wedding locations. If a vendor closes their doors, files for bankruptcy before your wedding, or simply doesn’t show up, we can return your money.
Wedding Video/Photo Coverage
Wedding photographs and movies are covered by wedding insurance. This implies that you are protected if your photographer or filmmaker cancels or delays delivering images and movies after agreeing to do so. We can assist in defraying the cost of taking fresh pictures if your photographer’s film or data storage is flawed, or if the negatives are misplaced or harmed.
Special Attire and Jewelry Coverage
The Travelers Wedding Insurance offers particular jewelry coverage, which covers lost or damaged wedding rings, as well as coverage for lost or damaged dresses or other clothing.
Protection for Wedding Gifts
If your wedding presents are damaged, Travelers Wedding Insurance can offer coverage for them so you can get the repair or replacement cost.
Additional Wedding Expenses
The cost of replacing a broken wedding cake, spoilt food, and other unforeseen problems with catering and entertainment can be covered by wedding insurance.
Travel Insurance
Travel protection is insurance that can help shield you from accidents and other unforeseen occurrences while you’re on the road. Travel protection is a wise approach to assist safeguard against expensive disruptions to your travel plans because it includes benefits to cover trip cancellation, medical costs, and even travel irritants like misplaced luggage.
Several advantages are provided by Travel Insured International’s single-trip and multi-trip travel protection policies. You can buy a plan for any journey, from travel within the United States to travel anywhere in the world. * For details on travel protection, see below.
How to Purchase Travel Protection
Unsure of where to start with travel insurance? Start by thinking about the specifics of your trip and your personal travel priorities.
Advice on Travel Insurance to Get You Started
Review the Benefits
Consider adding Cancel for Any Reason to your plan if you’re worried about spending money on a trip you might have to cancel in order to help preserve your trip expense.
Planning to travel at the time of severe weather? Just two of the 30 covered reasons for trip cancellation under the Worldwide Trip Protector plan are bad weather and natural disasters.
Purchase Ahead of Time
It’s always advised to buy travel insurance within 21 days after making your first trip-related deposit.
This will make sure you are eligible for benefits like Cancel for Any Reason and the Pre-Existing Condition Exclusion Waiver, which have deadlines.
Pet Insurance
Protection for the health of your pet and your wallet
Since pets are a part of your family, you naturally want to do everything in your power to ensure their wellbeing. One way to achieve it is to provide your animal family members with pet insurance.
However, quality veterinarian care is not cheap, and you shouldn’t have to pick between your money and life-saving contemporary veterinary treatment. A pet health insurance policy can assist in defraying the cost of the care that your pets require without straining your wallet. Additionally, optional preventive care coverage is available for a small additional fee. The preventative care option is made to make it easier for pet owners to budget for and prepare for the yearly maintenance care that keeps their animals healthy. The ASPCA® Pet Health Insurance program, a dependable partner, offers pet insurance.
Motorcycle Insurance
You might get a sense of complete independence when riding a motorcycle on wide roads. However, before you get on the road, you should confirm that you have the necessary coverage in case the unexpected occurs. Let’s face it. Insurance for motorcycles is essential. Before you may register your motorcycle, nearly every state demands proof of motorcycle insurance. Motorcycle insurance policies are offered by our dependable partner, Dairyland®, a top provider of motorcycle insurance. For more than 50 years, Dairyland has provided motorcycle insurance with affordable rates and reliable coverage. Having motorcycle insurance is essential in addition to meeting state requirements because it can help protect you and your motorcycle in the event of an accident. With industry-leading services, liability coverage, collision coverage, bodily injury coverage, and assistance, Dairyland stands behind its policies. For motorcycle enthusiasts, Dairyland offers a wide range of coverages and affordable options. To get started with a Dairyland* estimate, enter your ZIP code above or call InsuraMatch, a Travelers-owned agency, at 866-471-2554 to talk with a qualified agent.
Motorcycle Insurance Coverages
Depending on your needs, Dairyland offers a variety of motorbike insurance coverage alternatives. Typical coverages include the following:
- Collision
- Comprehensive
- Bodily harm
Additionally, there are various coverage options, including:
- Cost of replacement
- Rental compensation
- Towing service
- Optional or unique equipment protection
Vehicles and Bikes That Qualify
Many different motorcycles are eligible for motorcycle coverage with Dairyland. These motorcycles range from cruisers to touring to sport bikes and custom bikes, and they are made by companies like Harley-Davidson, Honda, and Indian. Off-road vehicles** like dirt bikes, ATVs, UTVs, and snowmobiles are also covered. When you insure more than one of any of the aforementioned vehicles with our partner, you’ll automatically receive a multi-vehicle discount on your policy. Coverage is also available for two-wheeled rides like scooters and mopeds.
How Much Does Motorcycle Insurance Cost?
Motorcycle insurance from Dairyland can be purchased for as little as $6 per month. Several variables, like whether you are an experienced or novice rider, can affect your cost. Other factors may include your residence, past riding experiences, desired level of coverage, and available savings.
Affinity Car & Home Program
Exclusive Discounts for Qualifying Group Members and Employees
With exclusive discounts that aren’t available to the general public, the Travelers Affinity Car & Home Program can assist employees and members of participating groups in getting the coverage they require. See if you qualify for any special program discounts. Dial 855-914-5530 right away.
What It Does?
You may be qualified for special program savings if you work for or belong to one of our partner employers, credit unions, or association organizations. Additionally, many employer group plans provide payroll deduction with no down payment or service fees, which is convenient.