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The minimum limit you can insure to is $30,000, but you can choose whatever limit you want to insure your contents for! We do think it’s a good idea to review what you have and to estimate how much money you think you would need to replace everything you have with brand new stuff. We have an inventory list that might help you along. Click here.

The great thing about Third Party Liability Insurance is that it gives you liability insurance for your premises plus it gives you Personal Liability Insurance that follows you anywhere in the world, and covers you for being negligent. The definition of negligence is doing something that a reasonable person wouldn’t do, or not doing something that a reasonable person would. For example, let’s say you rent a hotel room and somehow you accidentally start a fire. If the hotel sued you for the damages to their property, your TPL would protect you in a court of law, and pay any settlement placed upon you (up to the limit on your policy).

If you are family, or if you are in a relationship – you can share a policy. Otherwise, each occupant requires their own.

You bet! We can amend the address to reflect your new residence, and if needed, change the type of policy you have to give you Homeowner’s coverage.

The Condo Corporation typically insures the building, and it will insure it to be rebuilt how it was originally built.

The Condo Unit Owner is responsible for their own contents, and for any upgrades done to the unit. (For example, the unit owner removed the original carpet, and installed hardwood floors.)

It is always recommended to look at the Estoppel Certificate to see exactly who is responsible for what – all condos can slightly differ.

The building policy for your Condo Corporation will have a deductible that needs to be paid in the event of a loss. Typically, this deductible is in the range of $5,000 – $25,000. If a claim occurs and the deductible needs to be paid, it is typically assessed to the condo unit owners.

In the event of a covered loss, with your Deductible Buy Down, you will only need to pay your deductible – your policy will pay the additional amounts assessed to you by the Condo Corporation.

In the event of a covered loss, where the Condo Corporation does not have insurance, or their policy is inadequate – your policy will pay up to the amount of protection shown on your policy page to cover your interest in your unit.

The cost to insure your home generally goes up each year to account for the increased cost of construction (and you will see the limit on your home will go up each year on your policy to correspond).

The rates may also increase according to losses not only in Saskatchewan, but across Canada and around the world.

Insurers are also adding new coverages, and sometimes additional premium is attached to them. Often times these are optional coverages and allow for some flexibility and choice on your policy.

This is often referring to your deductible. In the event of a loss, all policies carry a deductible. This is the portion of the loss that you are responsible to pay. Your policy will show you what your deductible is.

Sewer Back Up (SBU) and Overland Flood coverage are optional. If you have coverage, it will be stated on your policy cover pages. For more information on the importance of Flood and SBU, click here. (Take them to the Water Damage page). Note: when you have a broken pipe consumers often refer to this as a “flood” – “my basement is flooded”. In the insurance world, a broken pipe that causes water damage is called “water escape” – this is different than “overland flood”.

No. However, fireplace INSERTS are considered a Solid Fuel Heating appliance, and they need to be recorded that way in order to maintain proper coverage on your Home or Seasonal Home policy. Anytime that you have some sort of “solid fuel heating” in your home you should let your broker know.

Unfortunately, all insurance companies differ on this answer. But once per day during the primary heating season is a good rule of thumb.

If you have a 24 hour monitored alarm system that monitors for low temperature, you don’t need anyone to check your home at all! If you are going away during the heating season, it is a good idea to consult your broker to find out the rules that are specific to your insurance company.

You need to have a Loss of Use endorsement on your policy to be guaranteed a rental vehicle. This coverage does come at an additional cost and is not automatically included on your policy. It can be added with a simple phone call though 😊

All claims will impact your rate for the next renewal term. The increase from having no claims for Road Hazard Glass and 1 chip repaired is approximately $6/year.

You sure can. However, each ding is considered a separate claim, and each claim will have your deductible applied. Typically, this makes claims of this nature not worth pursuing.

Yes. Your package policy coverage will extend to a similar, temporary substitute vehicle in Canada and the USA. It will also extend to anyone that you give permission to drive, as long as they have a valid driver’s licence. *Some restrictions may apply – give us a shout.

Yes. Your package policy will extend to any temporary substitute vehicle. *Some restrictions may apply.

Absolutely. We get many of these requests daily – some might be from your customers, maybe from banks or leasing companies when you finance new equipment or a vehicle, or possibly from your Landlord.

Send the requirements to: certificates@hoffmannkool.com and we will take care of it.