{"id":18,"date":"2020-07-30T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2020-07-30T19:56:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T01:56:57","slug":"should-you-invest-in-flood-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/should-you-invest-in-flood-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Invest in Flood Insurance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your Pearland, TX home isn&rsquo;t located in a flood zone, you may be wondering if flood insurance is for you. After all, your home is protected with&nbsp;home insurance. Unfortunately, home insurance doesn&rsquo;t cover flood damage. Besides, it&rsquo;s estimated that as many as 25% of flood claims across the country are from people living outside a flood zone. This puts you at risk of flood disasters. Flood insurance is a preventative means of protecting your property. Here&rsquo;s how a flood policy from Barry Insurance Group can protect you.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Home Protection<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Our flood policies offer protection for your home and belongings through separate plans. Dwelling coverage compensates you for damage to your home&rsquo;s foundation, roof, walls, carpeting, stairways, built-in structures, and built-in appliances. You can purchase coverage for up to $250,000 to repair or rebuild your home if it&rsquo;s destroyed in a flood disaster.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Contents Protection<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Contents coverage compensates you for the actual cash value of your belongings ranging from designer clothes to furniture, electronics, artwork, sports gear, and other personal effects up to a limit of $100,000.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When people think of flooding, they often picture water rising to the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> level of their home, causing catastrophic damage. Even a few inches of floodwater can ruin a house or destroy your belongings. As floods can occur quickly and without prior warning, the smart thing to do is protect your property in advance by purchasing flood insurance.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Affordable Cost<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Fortunately, flood coverage is doable for most homeowners in the Pearland, TX area, especially if you live outside a flood zone. By tailoring your flood coverage to your specific needs, you can get maximum flood protection at affordable premium costs.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase a flood policy for your Pearland, TX home, contact an agent from Barry Insurance Group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your Pearland, TX home isn&rsquo;t located in a flood zone, you may be wondering if flood insurance is for you. After all, your home is protected with&nbsp;home insurance. Unfortunately, home insurance doesn&rsquo;t cover flood damage. Besides, it&rsquo;s estimated that as many as 25% of flood claims across the country are from people living outside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flood-insurance","tag-barry-insurance-group","tag-pearland-tx"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barryinsurancegroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}