{"id":38,"date":"2021-11-29T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2021-12-09T14:57:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:57:36","slug":"why-you-need-flood-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/why-you-need-flood-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Need Flood Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are thinking about buying a home, you are going to need to find homeowner&#8217;s insurance. Since there are so many options, you may be unsure about what you need and what you can save money on.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Flood insurance may be something that you are considering. Here are some reasons why you should get it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your mortgage company may require it.&nbsp;<\/strong>Certain mortgage companies require you to have flood insurance if you live in an area that floods easily.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you can&#8217;t afford to salvage your home in a flood, you will need to have flood insurance.&nbsp;<\/strong>Many insurance companies won&#8217;t cover any flood claims unless there is a Presidential Disaster Declaration. If you have flood insurance, your insurance will take care of your claims regardless.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The simple truth is that most homeowners&#8217; insurance doesn&#8217;t cover any flood damage.&nbsp;<\/strong>Even if you don&#8217;t live in an area that is considered a flood area, you may want to get this extra insurance, just in case. If you don&#8217;t, and you find your home flooded, your insurance may not cover any repairs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Even if you get help, it may not be enough.&nbsp;<\/strong>When flooding happens, it can cost homeowners forty thousand dollars or more. If you get a loan or grant to help you, you may only get a few thousand dollars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though you may not want to get flood insurance, your mortgage company may require it. If not, you may still want to get it, because flood damage can cost a lot of money. Even if you apply for loans and grants, that still won&#8217;t cover the damage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to make sure that you are fully protected in Brooklyn, NY, contact us today at Access Legacy Insurance Group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are thinking about buying a home, you are going to need to find homeowner&#8217;s insurance. Since there are so many options, you may be unsure about what you need and what you can save money on.&nbsp; Flood insurance may be something that you are considering. Here are some reasons why you should get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flood-insurance","tag-access-legacy-insurance-group","tag-brooklyn-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accesslegacyinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}