Category Archives: Condominium Insurance

Condo insurance can seem similar to homeowners insurance, but it’s deceivingly more complicated at it’s core. It’s extremely important to find a broker who knows how to properly insure your condominium to ensure that you and your family have sufficient protection.

Our hope is that with these articles we can help inform you on the insurance coverage that you should be considering. We have put our over 100 years of experience to work for many families in Ontario that are insuring condos. Let us help you choose the best coverages for you and your family.

Water Leak Detection Alarms and Insurance

  
water leak

Everyone loves to save money on their home insurance, so we thought we would share how you could save money on your insurance and protect your home from damage at the same time. Quite a few insurance companies now offer discounts if you have a water leak detection alarm installed in your home or condo. Keep reading to find out… Read more »

Why a Home Inventory Checklist Can Benefit You

  
Bookshelf of belongings

Anyone that has had a property insurance claim can agree that it can be a very stressful time, whether the claim was caused by fire, water, theft, or another covered loss on your policy. While our goal as Insurance Brokers is to make the process as smooth as possible, there are proactive steps you can take to aid in ease… Read more »

How to Insure Art and Art Collections

  
How to Insure Your Art or Art Collection

Whether you have art as an investment, to simply enjoy, or both; you will want to confirm that you are insuring your artwork correctly. If you put investment into something, you will want to protect that investment as much as possible and your artwork should be no different. Insuring your artwork can be a bit confusing at times. If you… Read more »

Jewellery Insurance: How to Insure Your Jewellery

  
Jewellery Insurance: Personal Articles Endorsement

Your home or condo insurance policy will most likely cover some of your jewellery, but a lot of people are unaware that there are special limits that will limit the amount paid by the insurance company if you had a claim. Depending on the insurance company, sometimes those limits are as low as $3,000 for all your jewellery combined. Some… Read more »

What is a Mutual Insurance Company?

  
Mutual Insurance Company

Every year that you renew your insurance policy or when you quote out your insurance, you have an option that you may not have realized that you had. You can place your insurance with a Mutual Insurance company or a Stock Insurance company. The majority of Ontario citizens might not know the difference between the two types of insurance companies,… Read more »

Is it Worth Putting in a Claim?

  
House Fire - Insurance Claim

This is a very common question when it comes to insurance. Most people realize there will be some sort of resulting impact for putting in a claim on their insurance policy. Whether it be a loss of a claims free discount or a rate change, there is usually some sort of cause and effect with putting in an insurance claim…. Read more »

We Can Do That Too! The Broker Advantage.

  
The Broker Advantage

Every day through some form of advertisement you most likely hear an advert for an insurance company bragging that they can either save you money or they give you the impression that only that insurance company can offer a certain coverage or discount. The truth is, not only can brokers also offer these services, but they also offer more services… Read more »

The Wonderful World of Liability Coverage

  
Liability Insurance

Liability coverage is built into most insurance policies from personal auto to big commercial policies. The only catch is that most of these liability coverages have exclusions that make it necessary to make sure you are still covered when you think you are. Within this article we are going to be looking at the very wide world of liability insurance… Read more »

What is a Restoration Company?

  
Restoration Companies

If you have an insurance claim on your home or have property damage in urgent need of clean up and repair, you will most likely be looking for a local restoration company. Restoration companies work in all sorts of conditions from fire damage to water damage, or mold and asbestos removal. Insurance companies rely on restoration companies’ expertise and fast… Read more »

Special Limits: Limits on Your Home Insurance Contents

  
A woman reading her special limits on her policy.

“Special limits” is a fancy term to indicate that there are limits or caps put on certain contents in your home insurance policy in the event of an insurance claim. Not knowing which limits could affect you could be devastating to your way of life if you ever experience a claim on your home, tenants, or condo insurance policy. Unfortunately,… Read more »