06 Feb 2009 9:25 PM:
Details of the Buildings Insurance cover under the Community Insurance with Mapfre has now been posted on the HR Owners Website www.hrgr.es/3.html
Basically if you have no mortgage then you are satisfactorily covered by the Community Insurance for Buildings and thats it... and you only need to arrange your own Contents cover and you can use Mapfre or any company you like. Mapfre have supplied a table of levels and quotes for information.
If you have a mortgage then it can be a little more complicated. Most mortgage companies/banks will have some some specific requirements. Most will have a minimum cover amount and they also must be named as beneficiaries. You will need a personal certificate to present to your lender. However, your actual Buildings cover under the Community Insurance is by your apartment quota and typically would be about 100,000 of cover. This would be fine in reality as a rebuild cost, but It may not reach the higher levels that some mortgage lenders specify as minimum cover. Some mortgage providers specify as high as 150,000 minimum cover and some as low as 75,000 minimum cover. It all depends on your own lender and you need to find that out and any other requirements. In these cases you will require a top-up policy to bridge that 'shortfall'. Mapfre have supplied some quotes on top-up.
There are quotes for Contents, Top-up and Contentes etc....and the detailed policy cover.
Happy reading.
This message was last edited by ColatLT on 2/6/2009.
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renewal of insurance
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