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Buying your first home is a major milestone. However, it comes with major financial responsibilities, including protecting your home with homeowners insurance. While many first-time buyers focus on ...

A home warranty and home insurance both provide peace of mind, but they offer different types of coverage. Find out how they differ and if you need both.

As famed surrealist writer Franz Kafka was once believed to say: "Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have." And while insurance can feel like a logistical nuisance for homeowners, its ...

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Melissa Hudson says she was stunned last year when the insurance premiums on her home in Port Orchard, Wash., shot up 40 percent—even though she’d intentionally bought a home at low risk for fire, ...

Home insurance is a contractual agreement between you and your insurance provider. In exchange for monthly or yearly payments, called premiums, the company provides financial protection for your home ...

As the largest homeowners insurance company in the U.S., State Farm is able to offer reasonable rates, exceptional customer service and access to an army of over 18,000 agents, both in person and ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Homeowners insurance is meant to protect your biggest investment, but in recent years, many ...

As climate shocks get worse, insurance companies are increasingly dropping homeowners facing risks of hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters. Now, the results of a congressional investigation, ...