How Moving Affects Your Auto and Home Insurance
America is on the move. With many employers required or volunteered to offer their employees to work from home and with the telecom availability, people are leaving their more expensive cities and houses, and moving out to cheaper places. In San Francisco, for instance, the exodus is so big, it’s a major news headline every other day with a special vacancy / rent reduction coverage once a week on all media outlets.
Moving can come with a lot of stress. Not only do you have to figure out moving costs, pack and orchestrate the movers, but you also have to update your address across all relevant forms. Two important things to pay special attention to during this time are your auto insurance and home insurance.
No one wants to spend hours getting new insurance quotes or transferring over insurance information, but doing so will protect you, your home, and your vehicle during and after your move. Here, we’ve answered the most common auto and home insurance questions to help cover your bases during your upcoming move.
As of September 2018, 37 states require carriers to report coverage on vehicles they cover to departments of motor vehicles. Many states require data for commercial vehicles and have rigid timelines for reporting based on the coverage effective date. Some states are considering fines for continually exceeding their timelines. Police patrol cars now scan vehicle license plates for up-to-date insurance coverage and are more likely to rely on DMV supplied information rather than an insurance ID card. It has never been more important to provide timely and accurate information for DMV reporting.
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