Has Water Damaged Your Home, in Savannah?
Water is one of the most common causes of damage and accounts for 50% of home insurance claims costs. And although home insurance policies cover accidental damage resulting from a broken water pipe, a leaking dishwasher or an overflowing of a bathtub, a recent survey reveals that 50% of respondents don’t know what types of water damage is covered. When asked if their home was ever damaged by water, 26% say yes but most (43%) said they don't know how to prevent water damage to their home. Increase in a number of claims With more frequent and severe weather incidents like heavy rain, lightning storms, hail, freezing-thawing cycles, and flooding, there has been an increase in the number of water-related insurance claims across the country. When asked if they feel weather severity has increased in frequency in the last many years, 75% of respondents believe that's true, with 58% indicating they are worried about climate change affecting their personal safety or safety of th