Homeowners ยท Maricopa, AZ

Homeowners insuranceand which form you are actually on.

At 83.6% owner-occupied, Maricopa is almost entirely owner households in recent housing. Almost all of them are on one of two standard forms and very few could say which.

The difference between the common forms is how your belongings are covered, not how the house is.

Common Issues We Solve

What a Maricopa house asks of a policy

Three things about the contract rather than the property.

The house and your belongings are covered differently

On the most common homeowners form the structure is covered against any peril except those listed as excluded, while your personal property is covered only against a specific list of named perils. If a loss to your belongings is not on that list, it is not covered, and most owners assume both halves work the same way.

The broader form reverses that for contents

A broader form extends open peril cover to personal property as well, meaning anything not expressly excluded is covered. It costs modestly more and it is a materially different contract, particularly for the odd losses that no named peril list anticipates.

Nobody is told which they bought

The form is identified on the declarations page in a way that means nothing to most people. It is the single most consequential fact about a policy and the one least likely to have been explained at the sale.

What Is Covered

What we check on a Maricopa home

Reading the contract you already hold.

Which form the policy is written on

One line on the declarations page, and it decides how contents claims work.

Whether the broader form is worth the difference

Usually modest. We will show you the actual numbers rather than assert it.

Whether contents settle at replacement cost

A separate question from the form and equally worth confirming.

Get a Quote

Get a Maricopa homeowners quote

Send your declarations page. The form is one line on it and it changes a lot.

Request a Maricopa quote

We tell you which contract you hold before quoting a different one.

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FAQ

Homeowners questions from Maricopa

What form is my homeowners policy and does it matter?
It matters most for your belongings. The common form covers the structure broadly but your personal property only against a listed set of perils. A broader form covers contents against anything not excluded. Send us the declarations page and we will tell you which you have in a minute.
Is the broader form worth paying for?
Frequently, and the difference is usually modest. It matters for the losses nobody anticipates, which are precisely the ones a named peril list tends to miss. We will quote both so you are choosing rather than guessing.
Does the form affect how the house itself is covered?
Less than you might think. On both common forms the dwelling is covered on an open peril basis. The real divergence is personal property, which is where the comparison should focus.