Have you ever contacted an insurance agent or company and asked them to insure your home for a specific dollar amount?  If so, you're probably in the .00001% of insurance consumers.  That's just not how it works in real life.  

In real life, we rely on agents and insurers to tell us how much insurance we need on our homes. And when we apply for insurance, they do tell us.  Well, ok, their computer tells us... When we apply for insurance, we answer some basic questions about the size, age and features of our home, and we get a print...

UP is constantly working to publish information and guidance on investing your insurance dollars wisely by patronizing companies that offer quality protection and have a record of good claim service.  We promote shopping tools that allow consumers to compare coverage side by side.  We promote and support efforts by state insurance regulators to make it easy for the public to review complaint records, market conduct exams and sample policies.  We are cheerleaders for an entrepreneurial initiative called ValChoice that distributes reports on insurance company claim...