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Letter To The Editor: Solving Homeowners 'Mystery'

Solving Homeowners 'Mystery' To The Editor: Sean Mooney discusses the "mystery" of the unprofitable line of homeowners insurance in his May 28 column ("Price ...

By staff Writer | Updated on August 19, 2001

Solving Homeowners ‘Mystery’

To The Editor:

Sean Mooney discusses the “mystery” of the unprofitable line of homeowners insurance in his May 28 column (“Price Hikes Needed In Homeowners’ Market,” page 19), but fails to mention a big clue–effective insurance-to-value. A poorly calibrated or nonexistent ITV program will lead to red ink over time as surely as inadequate base rates will.

In contrast, tight tracking of construction costs by territory and analysis of the aggregate over/under-insurance levels of different cohorts (number of years insured) of the book allow the collection of adequate premiums from existing customers while competitively quoting new business. This will mitigate both the problem of undercharging for partial losses (associated with under-insurance) and that of moral hazard (associated with over-insurance relative to market value).

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