Coastal Beach House Insurance Program

Coastal Beach House Insurance Specialists in South Carolina

Buying insurance for your South Carolina beach house can be extremely confusing – especially if you are from out of state, dealing with your out of state insurance agent. We strongly recommend that you work with a local, coastal insurance specialist to make sure your home at the beach is properly insured to protect your investment.

Mappus Insurance specializes in insuring homes in coastal South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.  Our areas of expertise are Isle of Palms, Sullivan’s Island, Kiawah Island, Seabrook Island, Edisto Island, Pawley’s Island all the way up to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and down the coast to Sea Island, Georgia.

Being a beach house insurance specialist since 1960, Mappus has developed special programs to meet all your beach house insurance needs. We have developed these programs by listening to our clients and designing them around their needs. We have them broken down so you can “pick” the program that best meets your needs, then we will customize your program to meet your specific needs.

Coastal Beach House Insurance Programs in South Carolina

Primary Plan (Ultra) – this program is designed for families that reside in their beach house as a primary residence. We want to make sure you are covered foundation to shingles and all in between not only with the home itself, but all your valuables and personal belongings.

Secondary w/ Some Rental (Deluxe) – this program is designed for families that use their beach house as a secondary home. It is a scaled-down version of the Ultra plan but still provides all the same bells and whistles to insure the property itself. Where it differs is that it’s a little bit lighter in the personal property and loss of use coverage areas, which can save you a lot of money. This plan also allows for some rental exposure (typically up to 16-20 weeks a year).

Vacation Plan (Deluxe Lite) – this program is designed for families and corporations that primary use their beach house as an investment property to rent out most of the year. It is important that if you rent your property out over 50% of the year, you have specific insurance in place for this exposure.

Things to consider when insuring your beach house:

1. Will my current policy insure me if I rent it on a weekly or daily basis?
2. Do I have a loss of rental income coverage should a loss not allow me to rent my beach house?
3. How are my personal belongings covered? (furniture, art work, clothing)
4. Do I need flood insurance and/or “excess” flood insurance?
5. Are we covered if we have a pool and someone gets injured?
6. We have a golf cart, is this covered?
7. How much is my wind or hurricane deductible?
8. If an LLC or Trust owns the house, how should the insurance be written?
9. Do I need excess liability coverage to protect my assets?
10. Should I have a separate wind only policy? (If this is you, call us ASAP)

If you are not working with a coastal insurance specialist like Mappus Insurance, are you confident you are insured properly should a loss occur today?

Discuss your options with one of our beach house insurance specialists today by calling us directly, or heading over to our quotes page to get the process started online.

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