{"id":10,"date":"2021-08-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=10"},"modified":"2021-07-23T11:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T17:35:30","slug":"it-s-summer-does-your-home-insurance-cover-hvac-breakdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/it-s-summer-does-your-home-insurance-cover-hvac-breakdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Summer: Does your home insurance cover HVAC breakdowns?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never fear if your Foley, AL home&rsquo;s air conditioning goes out during summer. Your homeowner&rsquo;s insurance just might cover the damages, says Southern Risk Associates.<\/p>\n<p>The standard homeowner&#8217;s policy covers HVAC breakdowns when caused by a named peril. Named perils to include fire, tornado, hurricane, lightning strikes, hail, etc. So, if during a storm, lighting took out your HVAC or damaged it, your home policy covers that. Call your insurance agent at Southern Risk Associates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What if wear and tear caused the problem?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For any cause besides a named peril, you need an add-on to the standard home policy to cover the damages. Your insurance agent at Southern Risk Associates can help you add this necessary coverage. Without the add-on, you would need to cover the repairs yourself which could cost thousands.<\/p>\n<p>If you do have an add-on already in place, call your insurance agent to start the claims process. You may have purchased an add-on with a deductible, so you need to pay your deductible before the insurance process begins. Your agent takes care of the rest once you file a claim and submit the paperwork that you paid the deductible amount.<\/p>\n<p>Your home insurance can cover HVAC problems. You can also supplement it by purchasing a home warranty. These allow a specific maintenance schedule, and they cover the maintenance visits under a flat annual fee. Once you pay for your warranty for the year, your maintenance and some repairs are completely covered.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Southern Risk Associates of Foley, AL to check whether your home policy has this coverage or if you need to purchase an add-on to help make sure your insurance policy covers the important things in life like cool air during Alabama summers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never fear if your Foley, AL home&rsquo;s air conditioning goes out during summer. Your homeowner&rsquo;s insurance just might cover the damages, says Southern Risk Associates. The standard homeowner&#8217;s policy covers HVAC breakdowns when caused by a named peril. Named perils to include fire, tornado, hurricane, lightning strikes, hail, etc. So, if during a storm, lighting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance","tag-foley-al","tag-southern-risk-associates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southernriskinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}