Texas Homeowners Insurance Costs Rising Faster than Inflation

Texas · Rebuild cost moves the premium and the deductible

This page will not claim a percent versus inflation. What it will say is that Coverage A is rebuild cost, and a percentage hail deductible is calculated on that number.

A homeowners premium prices the next covered loss. Hail, wind, the cost to rebuild, and the reinsurance the carrier buys behind those storms all sit in that price. Lawsuits are something carriers talk about. This article will not put a number on them, and it will not compare the premium to a consumer-price index it has not checked. A higher renewal is not more coverage. If Coverage A did not move with rebuild cost, you can be paying more and still be under the coinsurance line.

When rebuild cost rises, a 2 percent hail deductible rises with it. Two percent of $400,000 is $8,000. Two percent of $450,000 is $9,000. Those are examples, not your declarations. Many HO-3 forms pay replacement cost on the dwelling only if you insure to about 80 percent of rebuild cost. If the rebuild is $400,000, 80 percent is $320,000. Carry $240,000 and an $80,000 repair can pay $60,000 before the deductible. A new roof can change whether the roof is replacement cost or actual cash value. It does not shrink the percent. Flood is still excluded. A credit-based insurance score changes price, not Coverage A.

How to shop the new price: the shopping guide, how to size Coverage A, and dwelling coverage. What the policy still is: what it covers and how it works. The storm: hail season and hail on the house and the car. The product page: Texas homeowners.

Read the new Coverage A and the deductible in dollars before you decide the renewal is only “inflation.” Ask an agent or get a home quote.