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[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 67 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

She said her homeowner's insurance won't cover anything pest-related because they deem it preventable.

What’s the point of insurance if whenever you need to use it, they deny you it. Might as well take your monthly insurance payment and put it into a bank account to use if needed.

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 37 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There seems to be a misunderstanding. You see a insurance is only for the safe feeling before something happens

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Insurance is required by your mortgage company.

If you try to use it, the insurance will try to fuck you.

[–] UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone 6 points 6 months ago

Outside the US it's uncommon to require insurance on the property.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 2 points 6 months ago

Well, duh. It isn't there to protect you. It's there to protect the mortgage company.

I used to live in an apartment complex where someone got wasted, took the main road corner too fast, plowed down 3 10ft tall pines, plowed over the complex signage, and into the living room of one of the apartments. The brick facade was coming down in chunks all along the building.

My family was on chit-chat-about-your-life terms with the property manager, and apparently their insurance company was refusing to do anything because, you guessed it.... "preventable"

Now, how could this have been prevented you ask? Well I'll let you know when they find out because replanting thicker trees, and putting a guard rail didn't help since literally a month later someone was street racing and spun out on the same corner. Didn't hit the apartments, but took out the semi-reconstructed sign and the cars in front of the apartment.

If I had to guess, I'd say the car insurances refused to pay also. Idk, didn't know the families that lived across the road.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Rats and roaches I understand. Bees do t come because you did something wrong.