{"id":538,"date":"2021-04-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=538"},"modified":"2021-02-14T04:51:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T04:51:57","slug":"the-importance-of-keeping-a-home-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-keeping-a-home-inventory\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of keeping a home inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The importance of keeping a home inventory&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<p>While buying home insurance seems to be one of the best ways to protect your home and valuables, creating an inventory makes filing a claim much easier and efficient. For instance, if thieves broke into your Wayzata, MN home and made away with several items. How will you convince your insurance provider&nbsp;that you owned them? It can be tedious and time-consuming, which is why Pizano Insurance recommends creating and updating your inventory.<\/p>\n<h2>It makes filing a claim faster and easier<\/h2>\n<p>The last thing you want is a back and forth game with your home insurance company after a disaster strikes your home. What you need and deserve is a smooth transition that will help you get back to your normal life as soon as possible. Without an inventory, your insurance company may have a difficult time believing your word of mouth.<\/p>\n<h2>It helps you buy the right amount of insurance<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;How will you buy the correct amount of home insurance if you don&rsquo;t know what you have? When you shop around for a home insurance policy in Wayzata, MN, very few companies can accurately estimate your home insurance value without calculating the value of your belongings. Therefore, you may end up over-insuring or underinsuring your home. Some companies can also take advantage of that fact and add coverages that you don&rsquo;t need. However, when you have a correctly updated inventory, you can have a more productive conversation with your insurance company.<\/p>\n<h2>An inventory helps when applying for financial assistance<\/h2>\n<p>Following a catastrophic event, there is only one way to determine whether you qualify for disaster assistance or tax break&#8212;substantiating your financial losses. An updated inventory can be quite helpful in such a process.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure where to start? Pizano Insurance can help you analyze your insurance needs and help you determine how to protect your possessions effectively. Call us today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The importance of keeping a home inventory&nbsp; While buying home insurance seems to be one of the best ways to protect your home and valuables, creating an inventory makes filing a claim much easier and efficient. For instance, if thieves broke into your Wayzata, MN home and made away with several items. How will you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[127,240],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-insurance-homeowners-insurance","tag-pizano-insurance","tag-wayzata-mn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pizanoinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}