State farm insurance for your camera

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Lifer
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Well it's not specifically camera insurance, but personal property insurance

My sister -inlaw works for an office and I had asked about some insurance for my camera and equipment. She emailed me the details and it seems like a no-brainer deal...

Basically our personal articles policy is going to cover his camera and any lens and other equipment that goes with it for $1.65 per hundred dollars worth of coverage per year. So, if he had $5,000 in cameras and lens' then you would be looking at $82.50 a year to cover it with NO deductible. In other words, if something happened to any of it (he breaks it, looses it, drops it, cracks it, gets it wet, it gets stolen or whatever else might happen to it) then State Farm will replace it without you being out any
Money. It is a really great policy and very affordable for the coverage that you get. The only thing that would not be covered is if there was a defect with the camera that was the manufactures fault. If ya'll want to do this all I need is a list of what you want covered with the model info as well as the serial numbers. He can also add additional lens or cameras to it as he gets more.
If you decided that you want to do your ring then all I need is an appraisal. The cost for that would be $1 per hundred dollars of coverage per year. So if it appraised for $10,000 then it would cost you $100 a year to insure it. Just like the camera equipment, it would be covered for all the same losses. The only thing not covered would be if the diamond had an inherent flaw. We had a girl whose diamond split down the middle one time. She had insurance on it but it does not cover this. The diamond had a crack in it when she bought it. Other than that, pretty much any thing you can think of would be covered. As with the camera, there would be no deductible to you if something happened to it.
 

corkyg

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Very similar to my Personal Articles Floater policy from USAA. It is a good way to go.
 

TheDrake

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This is how I get my insurance on my camera equipment and my laptop as well, cant beat the price , mine is actually cheaper, I would assume the price varies by state/city.
 

Maximus96

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is this a stand-alone insurance policy? can i buy it w/o having any other state farm policies?

i wonder if Liberty Mutual have anything similar. I currently have our home-owner's insurance with them. i know that policy covers a certain amount of personal belongings but there is a deductible and i bet i'll have a hard time trying to recover anything from them.
 

magomago

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Originally posted by: Maximus96
is this a stand-alone insurance policy? can i buy it w/o having any other state farm policies?

i wonder if Liberty Mutual have anything similar. I currently have our home-owner's insurance with them. i know that policy covers a certain amount of personal belongings but there is a deductible and i bet i'll have a hard time trying to recover anything from them.

Yes I'dl ike to know...I know someone with a 5D and several lenses that pays 300-500 a year (i think its closer to 500) to insure it...I figured that was the average going rate and though insuring camera stuff was too expensive
 

TheDrake

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Yes it is, I dont have any other type of insurance or service with State farm and I have it. Pretty sure most insurance companies have similar insurance.
 

Fardringle

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You can get this as a stand-alone insurance policy, but if you have homeowner's or renter's insurance, it will be significantly cheaper to add the camera equipment as "personal property" to your existing insurance policy.
 

TheDrake

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Originally posted by: Fardringle
You can get this as a stand-alone insurance policy, but if you have homeowner's or renter's insurance, it will be significantly cheaper to add the camera equipment as "personal property" to your existing insurance policy.

yeah but does homeowners/renters insurance cover the equipment when it leaves the house/apartment? I always wondered about that because I travel often with my equipment plus there is a deductible you have to pay on that type of coverage whereas this you have $0 deductible.
 

OulOat

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Originally posted by: TheDrake
Originally posted by: Fardringle
You can get this as a stand-alone insurance policy, but if you have homeowner's or renter's insurance, it will be significantly cheaper to add the camera equipment as "personal property" to your existing insurance policy.

yeah but does homeowners/renters insurance cover the equipment when it leaves the house/apartment? I always wondered about that because I travel often with my equipment plus there is a deductible you have to pay on that type of coverage whereas this you have $0 deductible.

Ask your agent to make sure, but it generally does. If your laptop gets stolen from your car, it would not be covered by your auto insurance, but your home owners insurance.
 

Fardringle

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Originally posted by: OulOat
Originally posted by: TheDrake
Originally posted by: Fardringle
You can get this as a stand-alone insurance policy, but if you have homeowner's or renter's insurance, it will be significantly cheaper to add the camera equipment as "personal property" to your existing insurance policy.

yeah but does homeowners/renters insurance cover the equipment when it leaves the house/apartment? I always wondered about that because I travel often with my equipment plus there is a deductible you have to pay on that type of coverage whereas this you have $0 deductible.

Ask your agent to make sure, but it generally does. If your laptop gets stolen from your car, it would not be covered by your auto insurance, but your home owners insurance.

It depends on the insurance carrier and how the policy is written, but most carriers will add personal property coverage (like cameras and jewelry) with no deductible.