{"id":1228,"date":"2011-01-11T20:17:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T01:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/?p=1228"},"modified":"2024-05-23T06:59:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:59:07","slug":"is-mold-covered-by-your-maine-homeowners-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/is-mold-covered-by-your-maine-homeowners-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mold Covered by Maine Homeowners Insurance?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mold is nasty. It’s hazardous to health, hard to eradicate, and may be undetected for a long time. Even worse, \u00a0Maine Homeowners Insurance<\/a> policies provide very little protection against mold damage.<\/p>\n

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The standard homeowners policy excludes damage from mold, fungus and wet rot. Then, it gives back a small amount of coverage – often $5,000 – for mold damage in very limited cases. Even if the cause of the mold is covered, your policy\u00a0excludes mold damage unless it was hidden. In other words, you shouldn’t expect much help from your home insurer. And, we know of no other insurance source either.<\/p>\n

OUTLINE* OF MOLD COVERAGE UNDER
\nMAINE HOMEOWNERS POLICIES <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Determining how an insurance policy responds – or doesn’t – \u00a0to mold is tricky, even for experienced local insurance agents<\/a>. It’s impossible to tell whether you’ll have coverage until an adjuster sees the damage. If you discover mold in your home, contact your local Maine insurance agency<\/a> to discuss it. They can help you report an insurance claim<\/a> to your insurer. They can also help explain your policy coverage and exclusions. An agent can also advocate for you if your claim is unfairly denied.<\/p>\n

For answers to questions about your home, condo, or Maine business property, contact your agent<\/a> at Noyes Hall & Allen Insurance at 207-799-5541.<\/p>\n

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*This outline is for discussion purposes only, and is not meant to imply or deny coverage. Refer to your policy for actual coverage wording.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mold is nasty. It’s hazardous to health, hard to eradicate, and may be undetected for a long time. Even worse, \u00a0Maine Homeowners Insurance policies provide very little protection against mold damage. The standard homeowners policy excludes damage from mold, fungus and wet rot. Then, it gives back a small amount of coverage – often $5,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,13,15,10],"tags":[41,51,50,43],"class_list":["post-1228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-property-insurance-business-insurance","category-condo-insurance","category-homeowners-insurance","category-renters-insurance","category-trends","tag-claims","tag-condos","tag-home-insurance","tag-water-damage"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6727,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1228\/revisions\/6727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}